Racism

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June 17, 2015

Woman accused of being racist at McKinney pool party says she was forced to move due to death threats

theGrio REPORT - A white woman implicated in a melee at a community swimming pool in McKinney, Texas, is now…
June 15, 2015

Rachel Dolezal's black woman ruse: It was all about social capital

OPINION - My conclusion: Rachel Dolezal’s social capital goes even further as a light-skinned, blue-eyed black girl even than a…
June 14, 2015

Blackface or too much bronzer? High school student blasted over yearbook photo

theGrio REPORT - A photo in a Washington high school yearbook has generated controversy after many people accused the girl…
June 13, 2015

Texas teacher fired after racist McKinney Facebook post

theGrio REPORT - Karen Fitzgibbon, a fourth grade teacher at Bennett Elementary School in the Frenship Independent School District in…
June 13, 2015

Florida Walmart calls police on black customers for shopping too slow

theGrio REPORT - A Walmart in Pensacola Florida in under fire after video surfaced of the police being called on…
June 9, 2015

California high school yearbook refers to minority students as 'trash collators'

theGRIO REPORT - Berkeley High School were upset when they got their yearbooks only to find that someone had changed…
June 7, 2015

Pittsburgh bus slogan removed because it's a racial slur when read backwards

theGrio REPORT - The Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has decided to change a longtime slogan on its buses…
June 6, 2015

University announces punishment for advisor who threatened to call security on black student

theGrio REPORT - Kennesaw State University academic advisor Abby Dawson has been suspended after the university conducted a review when…
June 6, 2015

Philadelphia city councilman attends "White Lives Matter" rally

theGrio REPORT - Around 200 people in Philadelphia gathered in a "White Lives Matter" protest that was supposedly about a…
June 3, 2015

Blind man receives racist note on windshield for using handicap spot

theGrio REPORT - This week, a Maryland man says someone left a racist note on the windshield of his fiancee's…
June 3, 2015

Retail racism: New study says minorities in retail get paid less, promoted less

WASHINGTON (AP) — African-American and Latino cashiers, salespeople and first-line managers are paid less, are less likely to be promoted…
June 2, 2015

Black bus driver called ‘Monkey' and 'Blackie' at Jewish School in Brooklyn

theGrio REPORT - According to a new federal lawsuit, the only African-American bus driver at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in…
May 31, 2015

Mississippi couple calls woman a n****r in Walmart parking lot

theGrio REPORT - A video recently uploaded to YouTube shows a black woman and her daughter have a confrontation with…
May 31, 2015

Ohio sheriff's deputy fired over racist tweets comparing Baltimore protesters to 'Planet Of The Apes'

theGrio REPORT - Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly confirmed that deputy Zachary Davis was fired on Wednesday after racist tweets…
May 30, 2015

Tracee Ellis Ross: "I think racism usually trumps" sexism in Hollywood

theGrio REPORT - Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross recently sat down at a roundtable of comedy actresses, including Amy Schumer,…
May 30, 2015

Video shows boy taunting black family with racial slurs

theGrio REPORT - A video released this week shows a 7-year-old white boy taunting a black man and his daughter…
May 30, 2015

Apartment complex allegedly puts up notice directed to black residents

theGrio REPORT - An apartment company in Irvine, California, has drawn well-deserved criticism after posting a flyer with specific noise…
May 30, 2015

Cop on video to black teen: ‘If you f*** with me, I’m going to break your legs’

theGrio REPORT - Many are upset after the ACLU released video footage of an officer arresting an African-American teen "because…
May 27, 2015

‘Go back to Baltimore': Kansas councilman allegedly calls teen ‘black n****r b*tch’ over traffic mishap

theGrio REPORT - Less than two weeks on the job and Edwardsville city councilman Chuck Stites, is already being investigated…
May 24, 2015

Byron Allen on Obama: 'White president in black face'

theGrio REPORT - President Obama has a lot of high profile fans, but it appears television mogul Byron Allen isn't…