Racism

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August 15, 2019
A Mississippi sheriff revealed his own thinking about African Americans, but says he is not racist...he was just "aggravated"
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and Jay-Z appear at a news conference at ROC Nation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 in New York. The NFL and ROC Nation, Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company, announced Tuesday they were teaming up for events and social activism, a deal Jay-Z said had been in the works over the last seven months. (Ben Hider/AP Images for NFL) thegrio.com
August 15, 2019
A day after Jay-Z announced that his Roc Nation company was partnering with the NFL, the rap icon explained that…
Luther Johnson V has retained legal counsel to fight for his right to play high school sports after enduring racist taunts on the lacrosse field last season. (Johnson family)
August 14, 2019
A Black high school lacrosse player says his future college scholarship is on the line after enduring violent racist taunts…
Ku Klux Klan kkk thegrio.com
August 13, 2019
Rob Mathis and his wife, Reyna were touring a five-bedroom home in Holton, Michigan when they stumbled upon racist memorabilia,…
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August 12, 2019
A Black man in Texas driving along a road was chased down by a white man who had a rope…
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks to an overflow crowd before a Women of Color roundtable discussion, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
August 12, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Friday that President Donald Trump “seems to derive joy” from provoking some Americans to
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August 12, 2019
The first black woman to serve as American University's student government president won a lawsuit Friday against a neo-Nazi website…
August 10, 2019
A Black couple in Holton, Mich. wanted to buy a home, previously owned by a police officer, until they stumbled…
August 7, 2019
[griojw id=”kB5awMyb” playerid=””] U.S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) made quite a few heads turn at the most recent Democratic debate
Police Car thegrio.com
August 2, 2019
A 28-year-old belligerent white man was looking for trouble and found it at the end of a Black man’s fist.
August 1, 2019
Aftershocks from the widespread college admissions scandal reveal that one girl pretended to be African American on her applications and…
Caroline Rush (L) and Naomi Campbell attend The Fashion Awards 2019 and Fashion For Relief special announcement at The Ritz on June 24, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
July 31, 2019
Iconic model Naomi Campbell states she was denied access to a Paris hotel due to the color of her skin.Campbell…
A screenshot taken on Thursday Feb.7, 2019 from an online fashion outlet showing a Gucci turtleneck black wool balaclava sweater for sale, that they recently pulled from its online and physical stores. Gucci has apologized for the wool sweater that resembled a "blackface" and said the item had been removed from its online and physical stores, the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity. (AP Photo) thegrio.com
July 31, 2019
Gucci has tapped the talent of a Black executive who will take over as its diversity chief, following widespread criticism…
(Michael Snyder/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
July 31, 2019
Two Miami International Airport TSA workers have been suspended after being accused of engaging in a racist prank by tying…
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 31, 2019
When President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for describing a majority-black congressional district as a "rat and rodent infested mess"…
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 30, 2019
Virginia's black state lawmakers announced Monday that they will boycott a ceremony this week commemorating the beginnings of American democracy…
A boy rides his bicycle after volunteering to paint a mural outside the New Song Community Church in the Sandtown section of Baltimore. In the latest rhetorical shot at lawmakers of color, President Donald Trump over the weekend vilified Cummings' majority-black Baltimore district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
July 30, 2019
As Latoya Peoples painted a mural with high school-age students Monday in Baltimore, she was determined not to let President
Black Rag Doll
July 28, 2019
New Jersey state legislator Angela McKnight discovered the dolls at a store in Bayonne, N.J., and found them "offensive and…
Emmett Till thegrio.com
July 27, 2019
The Emmett Till Memorial Commission plans to replace the current 50-pound marker of the place the young man's body was…
July 25, 2019
The Fox News poll also says that a majority of participants, feel that President Trump went too far in his…