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Quaker Oats announced on Wednesday that the Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will be getting a new name and image, after they acknowledged that "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype." The brand, which has been in production for 130 years, features a black woman…
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In the last few weeks, white women such as Amy Cooper and Lisa Alexander have found themselves going viral online after they have been recorded calling the cops on people of color in situations where they really didn't have to. Social media has since nicknamed people who do so "Karen"…
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A bride has been widely criticized on Reddit after posting a photo standing next to a "Brides Lives Matter" sign. Posting on the website’s Wedding Shaming subreddit, Reddit user @u/funnygal1224 shared a photo of a white woman wearing a wedding dress and posing under an outdoor tent which had the…
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An investigation has been launched into the case of a black officer who intervened after a white colleague put a suspect in a chokehold. The incident took place in November 2006 when former Buffalo police officer Cariol Horne saw one of her white colleagues choking a black man. Horne explained…
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The heartbreaking moment a ten-year-old black boy hid from a passing police car has been caught on CCTV. The footage showed 10-year-old Eliah playing basketball outside his home in Trumbull, Connecticut, however, when a police car passes by, he immediately hides. The footage was subsequently shared online last Friday by…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johson's car has been involved in a collision after a protestor targeted his convoy. According to the Guardian, there have been no reports of any injuries caused by the incident, which took place this afternoon outside parliament. The convoy was targeted as it departed from the Palace…
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Schools in Beijing have been closed as the second wave of Covid-19 hits the city. According to Al Jazeera. the city's education commission ordered the closure of schools in a bid to once again halt the spread of the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China late last year. On their…
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The 75-year-old protester who was pushed to the ground by officers from the Buffalo Police Department's Emergency Response Team suffered a broken skull and is still unable to walk, his attorney has stated. On June 4, cell phone footage showing Martin Gugino being shoved to the ground by Buffalo police…
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The CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has stated that the photo-sharing app needs to better support the black community, and in order to do so, the company is looking into how its "policies, tools, and processes impact black people". "We stand in solidarity with the Black community. But that’s not…
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At least two callers and a dispatcher expressed concern about Minneapolis police officers' use of force with George Floyd, according to dispatch recordings and transcripts released by the city's police department on Monday, per CNN. Floyd, a black man, was arrested by Minneapolis police on Monday, May 25, for reportedly…
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An A&E doctor from East London in the United Kingdom has gone viral on TikTok after asking people to treat him with respect whether he was wearing his scrubs or a hoodie. Dr Emeka Okorocha created the TikTok video, which highlights the differences in peoples' perception of him, in the…
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Producer and actor Tyler Perry has offered to pay all funeral expenses for Rayshard Brooks, family attorney Chris Stewart said per CNN. Yesterday, singer Justin Timberlake took to Instagram to pay tribute to Brooks. Timberlake wrote; "As a dad, this photo hurts. #RayshardBrooks was a father of three girls...1, 2,…
