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Controversial anti-Obama political display in Morgan Hill, California (KTVU.com)

Anti-Obama display includes watermelons, noose

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Residents in Morgan Hill, California are calling a nearby homeowner's anti-Obama display racist and threatening towards the president...
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Oakland Mills resident Ambrose Lane Jr. tightens the bolt on the newly named April Wind Court on Monday. A name change for the street, previously called Coon Hunt Court, was approved by the County Planning Board in September. (Photo by Jon Sham, The Baltimore Sun)

Residents get 'Coon Hunt' street name changed

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - After seven months of petitioning, a group of Columbia, Maryland residents gathered Monday for an official ceremony revealing their neighborhood's new street name.
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Eugene Jarecki, award-winning director of the film "The House I Live In" (Photo by thehouseilivein.org)

'The House I Live In' director says everyone loses in war on drugs

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Award-winning director Eugene Jarecki calls the 40-year-long War on Drugs a 'terrible American secret' and it's one he wants to expose to the public...
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UT alumnus Chas Moore speaks to the crowd. "This is not 1960," said Moore. "We are not going to be afraid to walk anywhere. We are not going back in time." (Matt Portillo, The Horn)

Students pelted with bleach balloons

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Dozens of University of Texas at Austin students, alumni and faculty gathered around a campus statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. Tuesday to protest recent reports of racist attacks on the campus...
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(Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for RFK Center)

Martin Sheen: Romney 'is really not on our side'

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Backstage at the Free the Children's We Day youth rally in Toronto on Friday, Huffington Post spoke to Martin Sheen, 72, about the election and he spoke candidly...
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A model walks the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show

Dolce & Gabbana responds to 'racist' earrings controversy

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - After causing an international uproar by sending what many deem to be racist imagery down their runway, Dolce & Gabanna have responded indirectly to the firestorm through their style blog Swide...
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Whoopi vs. Coulter in race debate

Ugonna Okpalaoka
VIDEO - Ann Coulter's appearance on 'The View' today to promote her latest book 'Mugged' quickly erupted into a back and forth between her and Whoopi Goldberg...
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George Allen

New ads attack GOP candidate's 'racist' past

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The man behind the infamous 'macaca' slur is back in the spotlight for his racially troubled past...
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A model walks the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show

Dolce & Gabbana 'Blackamoor' earrings spawn racism claims

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - During the brand's Spring 2013 runway presentation held on Sunday, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana chose to pair a collection full of light, whimsical elements -- such as prints featuring soldiers and Italian frescoes -- with 'Blackamoor' earrings that harken back to a darker past...
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Josh Jambon was caught on a cell phone video hurling racial slurs. (Video still via Brandi Worley)

White man blames 'bad day' for n-word attack

Joy-Ann Reid
GRAND ISLE, LA - A 29-year-old woman who was cursed at, called the n-word and spat on by a Louisiana homeowner will return to work this week, but Brandi Worley says she remains shaken by the incident last Tuesday...
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