Racism

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American Airlines
March 17, 2020
Video from a recent American Airlines flight has gone viral due to the aftermath of a female passenger referring to…
Stephen Abbot
March 16, 2020
A Georgia man is facing criminal charges after refusing to stop during a traffic accident because the two women he…
Mara Gay
March 12, 2020
New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay was dragged on Twitter following an #epicfail math demonstration on the air…
Starbucks sign thegrio.com
March 6, 2020
Black baristas at some of Starbucks airport locations say they are paid less than white baristas and are subjected to…
Bea Dixon
March 2, 2020
The Honey Pot, a Black owned business, came under racial attack after their Target commercial aired and resulted in negative…
Ole Miss thegrio.com
February 27, 2020
The University of Mississippi has apologized to dozens of African Americans who were arrested in 1970 for protesting racial inequality.
Wake Forest University
February 21, 2020
The president of Wake Forest University issued a public apology Thursday for the institution's past involvement in slavery.
February 5, 2020
Video captured a high profile white CEO Hans Berglund calling his Uber driver the N word because he was not…
February 4, 2020
Tennessee judge Haywood Barry sparked backlash after declaring that he would not work like a slave because he is a…
January 27, 2020
A student at Texas Christian University says she was subject to racist abuse at the hands of faculty while on…
Basketball player thegrio.com
January 24, 2020
The family of high school basketball player Jace Colucci says this is not the first time an incident like this…
Sauntore Thomas theGrio.com
January 23, 2020
Detroit man recently wins a racial discrimination settlement and when he went to the bank, they refused to cash it…
Sherrilyn Ifill
January 19, 2020
The train was general admission and was not full, Sherrilyn Ifill noted, yet the conductor steadfastly refused to allow her…
Martin Luther King Jr. theGrio.com
January 18, 2020
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Virginia is canceling their the annual Martin Luther King Day Jr Vigil and Day…
Chicago School Bus
January 18, 2020
A mother is suing Franklin County Schools, alleging they did nothing as her biracial son was subjected to being called…
black man frustrated
January 15, 2020
Black business owners are routinely denied bank loans, even if they have good credit scores and consistent annual profits.
Kim Gardner
January 14, 2020
A St. Louis Circuit Attorney filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, the local…
Erik Daniels theGrio.com
January 7, 2020
A Black, girls high school basketball coach in Kentucky had just lost a game and when he noticed a racial…
California Highway thegrio.com
January 5, 2020
Black drivers in Los Angeles are stopped at nearly three times the rate of white drivers, according to a new…
January 4, 2020
West Virginia correctional cadets photoed posing with a Nazi-related salutation are set to be fired, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice…