Social media apps became prominent “speak-up” platforms for so-called social justice warriors in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that swept the world following the death of George Floyd this May. A “Mute White People” sticker appeared on Instagram, the Hill contributor Katie Pavlich noted on Monday. The […]
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There’s a joke that Richard Kind likes to tell about himself. It goes like this. The executive in charge of actor contracts comes home one night and asks his wife, “You know that guy who you like so much? He was on Mad About You and then you liked him […]
West Midlands Police raised some eyebrows on social media after proudly announcing they had arrested a 12yo boy just hours after he sent racist threats and images of the Ku Klux Klan to footballer Wilfried Zaha. Prior to a Sunday match between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, Zaha tweeted out […]
Earlier this week, online fashion retailer Boohoo said that it had found “some inaccuracies” as it probed operations at its Leicester factory over allegations that employees there are paid less than the minimum wage and work in “unsafe” conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. UK Home Secretary Prit Patel has privately […]
A Wilmington, North Carolina police officer who was fired for taking part in a violently racist conversation has filed an appeal, claiming his comments were protected religious speech. Wilmington Police officer James “Brian” Gilmore was one of three officers fired last month for taking part in recorded racist conversations. One […]
New York City workers, community leaders and volunteers joined together Thursday morning to paint the phrase “Black Lives Matter” along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, which runs in front of US President Donald Trump’s Trump Tower. Following in the footsteps of Washington, DC, San Francisco, Hollywood, Chicago and several other cities across […]
The recent release of Minneapolis Police Department body camera transcripts has provided the public with even more insight into the final moments of George Floyd’s life, and a clearer record of the 46-year-old’s pleas to the arresting officers on May 25. Made public on Wednesday, the transcripts detail Floyd’s willingness […]
The Chicago Blackhawks have announced they will not change the team’s name as it honors a historic figure – the team is named after a famous Sauk leader. The NHL team issued a statement stressing that their name and logo will remain unchanged, despite mounting pressure from anti-racism activists who […]
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump demanded an apology from Bubba Wallace for supposedly perpetrating what he falsely labeled a hate-crime “hoax” after what looked a lot like a noose was found in the Black NASCAR driver’s garage stall. Wallace responded on social media with a message of positivity and […]
Lamenting declining minority enrollment, California State University’s faculty union has called for tuition-free education for nonwhite students, nixing a ban on affirmative action, and… segregating students and faculty by color? The California Faculty Association has published a list of demands aimed at “redress for systemic anti-Black racism in the CSU,” […]
The fashion-loving daughter of Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim has pledged to “stand up for the Chinese race” against angry Valencia fans, insisting that “we can do anything we want with the club and no-one can say anything.” Aesthetic clinic owner Kim Lim has repeatedly been told to “go home” during irate exchanges […]
After years of doubling down on racist jokes and choosing to “opt out” of critical conversations about her portrayals of people of color, Tina Fey’s work has finally caught up with her. Last Tuesday, the Saturday Night Live alum joined a chorus of Hollywood comedians and showrunners trying to rectify […]
Fresh off an astonishingly incendiary speech at Mount Rushmore on Friday night, President Trump picked up where he left off on Saturday and took aim at the media—bizarrely claiming that journalists who call out racism somehow “slander” the entire country and all U.S. military veterans. “To those in the media, […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. This week: The Viola Davis Speech We Need to Talk About It’s not a surprise that, […]
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty The archetypical Karen has ruined countless cookouts and lemonade stands, and she’s made a mess of a few telltale accessories. Close your eyes and think of the kind of privileged woman who might call the cops on any slight, perceived inconvenience: spiky bob […]
If the sky is the limit, as the saying goes, a striking performance this weekend will harness those lofty ambitions quite literally. “In Plain Sight” is a complex and politically-charged nationwide choreography that involves skytyping powerful phrases, selected by 80 artists and activists, across the United States. With a sense […]
Timothy Berry served as class president at the U.S. Military Academy West Point in 2013, one of a few Black class presidents in West Point history. “I have always had a profound appreciation for what this country has said its ideals are,” Berry said. “But being a Black American, in […]
Lake Orion, Michigan – A white couple leaving a Chipotle restaurant this week were falsely accused of racism by a black woman and her 15-year-old daughter. The black woman accused a pregnant white woman of bumping into her daughter near the entrance of the restaurant and demanded an apology. The […]
In a podcast episode published Wednesday, seven Barstool Sports employees of color spent 80 minutes talking around the fact that their boss Dave Portnoy, whose racist videos had gained attention this past weekend, had not apologized publicly or in private to them. Objectively, the discussion was pathetic. Former NFL player […]
Antifa terrorists torched a racist Elk statue last night in Portland. Here is the statue in 1900. Advertisement – story continues below Last night violent leftists burnt the Thompson Elk to the ground. Around 200 antifa terrorists and far left militant protesters gathered at the Portland Justice Center on Wednesday […]
Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar, here in July 2019, tells NPR the popular neighborhood app is taking steps to address reports of racial profiling and censorship on the platform. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar, here in […]
When Brandon Sicilia was named the police chief of Price City last July, some residents of the small Utah town were “horrified.” While the 47-year-old law enforcement official had spent over two decades serving the Carbon County city of 8,715 residents, he also had a history of posting vile, racist […]
Guardian: After spending over $30m of laundered Russian cash to help elect Donald Trump in 2016, the National Rifle Association faces a deepening financial crisis with over 200 staff layoffs and furloughs in 2020, according to three NRA sources, gun analysts and documents. And this. https://t.co/zpBmAkgfbC — Katrina Hagen (@KatrinaHagen2) […]
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of lower Manhattan on Sunday for the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality, a rallying cry against police violence that combined the spirit of Pride with the ongoing calls of the Black Lives Matter movement. Late afternoon reports on social […]