🌎 Discussion: Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Critical Race Theory, Systemic Inequality, and Racism - Part 4

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Harriet Tubman awarded posthumous rank of general on Veterans Day

Tubman helped free several Black people from slavery and led soldiers on a gunboat raid during US civil war

www.theguardian.com

 

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Tony Hinchcliffe Apologizes 'To Absolutely Nobody' For Trump Rally Puerto Rico Joke

The roast comic endorsed Donald Trump last month with a controversial stand-up set that included a joke about Puerto Rico many found racist and degrading.

www.huffpost.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ye sued by ex-employee for 'antisemitic tirades' that created a hostile workplace

A man who allegedly worked on Ye's construction projects filed a lawsuit claiming he was never paid and was subjected to Ye's antisemitic remarks.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Racist and anti-LGBTQ+ texts target Americans across US, including teens

FBI investigating anti-migrant and anti-gay texts that follow messages sent to Black people after Trump election win

www.theguardian.com

 

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[squeekness]

America sucks.

 

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Uncertainty in Springfield, the Ohio town put on the map by Trump’s false claims about immigrants

Residents in Springfield, Ohio, are trying to move on after Trump’s rhetoric about Haitian migrants. Some now worry he could make an example of them.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

I'm embarrassed for my country.

 

[Lily Adler]

I'm embarrassed for my country.

Fun fact: This group is an offshoot of the same one that started the Haitian eating pets propaganda.

 

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Violent threats follow video asking if Native kids had been 'dropped off' in the desert

A woman recording students from a Native American charter school triggers violent threats and a school lockdown.

www.azcentral.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Across the U.S., White Supremacist Incidents Have Become the Norm

Flash demonstrations intended to spread fear and anxiety are happening almost weekly, say experts who track the incidents.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Morg]

‘This Doesn’t Look Good’: White Arizona Woman Claims She Had ‘Fear In Her Heart’ After Seeing Group of Native American Students On Field Trip, Igniting Hateful Responses to Viral TikTok

 

[squeekness]

‘This Doesn’t Look Good’: White Arizona Woman Claims She Had ‘Fear In Her Heart’ After Seeing Group of Native American Students On Field Trip, Igniting Hateful Responses to Viral TikTok

Snowflake. Maybe she should move to Sweden where only white people live.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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[blueharvest]

And everything like this is only going to get worse over the next four years.

 

[squeekness]

Yep. I hope Trump voters get the shock of their lives.

 

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RIP DEI? The war on 'woke' America has a new commander-in-chief

With Republican control of the White House and Congress in 2025, Trump is in a position to make good on his campaign promises to crack down on DEI.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s

ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.

www.propublica.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Miss Universe CEO said crowning a winner with 'blond hair and blue eyes' is the 'ultimate evolution' for the pageant

Miss Universe leaders Anne Jakrajutatip and Raul Rocha also shared comments by Elon Musk praising the pageant for picking a "biological female."

www.businessinsider.com

• Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip said the pageant no longer needs to evolve.
• "We have blond and blue eyes, so we're coming to the ultimate evolution already," she said.
• Jakrajutatip previously came under fire for saying diverse women "can compete, but they can't win."

 

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Indian-American family faces racist tirade by passenger on United flight

‘I just hope we find her and let her know that this isn’t okay,’ Pervez Taufiq said of the incident

www.independent.co.uk