Bob Romanik, a radio host at KQQZ 1190 AM — whose show was once declared a platform for “hate speech” — is back in the headlines following a racist rant aimed at rapper Waka Flocka. Romanik’s racist tirade was in response to Flocka claiming that he uses a Trump jersey as an ass-wiping device. Bob […]
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey high school is weighing whether it should allow students to utter racial slurs during performances of the musical “Ragtime.” Cherry Hill school district officials had planned to remove the N-word from the show that’s due to debut March 10 at High School East. But that has been […]
Followers of Eric Braeden on Twitter were shocked to see a tweet posted by “The Young & The Restless” legend, which featured a meme of himself with a caption that included the N-word. “If you know this ni**a, yo grandma helped raise you,” read the meme, which drew an immediate negative reaction among his fans […]
Yahoo Finance says it accidentally tweeted out a racial epithet when promoting a story about the cost of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to increase the size of the U.S. Navy. The headline for the story on Yahoo Finance is, “Trump Wants a Much Bigger Navy: Here’s How Much It’ll Cost.” But when it was tweeted […]
Rapper French Montana took to Instagram Wednesday to vent his frustration with Delta Airlines after YouTube sensation Adam Saleh reported acts of racial profiling during his flight to New York City. Saleh filmed himself being kicked off Delta because he was speaking in Arabic — his native language — while on the phone with his […]
MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) — Police are investigating a break-in and racist graffiti scrawled on the wall at the New Jersey home of an injured New York Giants player. Moonachie police Sgt. Richard Behrens tells The Record police are investigating the break-in at Nikita Whitlock‘s home as a hate crime. Whitlock, who’s black, showed the graffiti […]
In a recent interview on BBC Radio 4’s Mastertapes, Paul McCartney revealed that Oprah Winfrey advised him to steer clear of the 2015 track “All Day” with Kanye West, because of the song’s rampant use of the N-word. “I get this track back, a thing called ‘All Day’: he’s taken my melody and he’s made […]
Language warning. The song you’re about to hear might offend you. “I got killers with the deuce-deuce, them Tan Boys my niggas They gon’ ride with me too, bust they nines with me too That’s my bilingual crew, who do sign language true Bandannas in they pockets, how the f*#k we gon’ lose?” That […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has sued Gawker again, saying the gossip website leaked sealed court documents with a transcript that quoted him making racist remarks. Hogan’s new lawsuit Monday comes on the heels of winning a $140 million verdict against Gawker after it posted a video of him having […]
Words matter. But it also matters HOW we use those words. We all know there’s a lot of controversy right now over a particular word that ‘Nightly Show’ host Larry Wilmore used at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night. Here’s how he ended his set. “So Mr. President I’m gonna keep it 100. […]
Black-ish isn’t falling back on controversial topics for its second season. While the hit ABC show dealt with corporal punishment in its first season, an episode in the upcoming season “will tackle ‘the N word’ — and its repercussions — when youngest son Jack (Miles Brown) utters it during a talent show performance at his […]
In the town of Clinton, La., a white 54-year-old man was arrested and charged with a hate crime and an additional misdemeanor charge after he…
