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Police have launched an investigation after a restaurant displayed a sign claiming that they can "refuse service to white people". According to Daily Mail, the sign appeared outside of a Popeyes branch in Lake St. Louis, Missouri. Watch this news report on the sign in the video below: The sign,…
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A Black woman was given a $385 fine for "talking too loud" on her phone and people are taking to social media to rally around her. Diamond Robinson of Eastpointe, Michigan, told Fox 2 Detroit that one of her neighbors confronted her on Thursday as she walked up and down…
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George Floyd's family is due to visit the White House later today - Tuesday, May 25 - on what is the first anniversary of his murder. Per NBC News, the relatives of the police brutality victim - whose death at the hands of ex-cop Derek Chauvin in 2020 sparked a…
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A man who attempted to intimidate Black Lives Matter protesters with a rifle is now running for Senate. Per CBS, 63-year-old St. Louis personal injury lawyer Mark McCloskey announced his campaign to run for senator in Missouri in a statement made on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News on Tuesday. McCloskey…
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Joe Rogan has sparked backlash for speaking out against so-called 'woke culture'. In a recent episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, the 53-year-old comedian, fighter, and broadcaster gave his opinion on the issue of cancel culture, which he believes will eventually lead to "straight white men" being silenced.…
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The highly-anticipated Friends reunion has been criticized by fans for featuring zero Black actors in cameos. In a post made to its official Twitter account on Thursday, May 13, HBO Max - the network due to air the new episode - tweeted a list of celebrities, actors, and other stars…
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A high school student in Connecticut has been arrested after sending a racist Snapchat asking why his Black classmate wasn't "in chains". The 16-year-old unnamed student was arrested on Friday, May 15, shortly after the image surfaced at Fairfield Warde High School. Per ABC7, the teen was charged with second-degree…
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A man has shared a passive-aggressive letter his family received from a neighbor over their BLM sign. On Thursday, May 13, a Twitter user named Aj Shehata took to the platform to post a picture of the irate letter he had received, after a neighbor of his took umbrage over…
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Michelle Obama has opened up about her anxieties around the racism her daughters may face in the future. In a new interview with CBS News presenter Gayle King, the 57-year-old former First Lady of the United States spoke about her own fears about the prejudice her children may experience when…
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The manager of a café has come under fire for condoning a racist comment made to customers. When handing over a bill to two diners, waiters wrote on the top of the receipt "two very annoying Asians". Rather than condemning the racist behaviour, the manager of the restaurant in Brisbane,…
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A parent caught her child's teacher making racist comments after forgetting to turn off her mic on a Zoom call. Per CNN, Katura Stokes' sixth-grader son, who attends Desert Willow Fine Arts, Science and Technology Magnet Academy in Palmdale in California, had been struggling with learning online during the pandemic. On January…
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Megan Thee Stallion has donated $50,000 to charity in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings last week. The 26-year-old Grammy award-winning rapper and musician announced in a recent post on Instagram that she intends to donate the large sum to Advancing Justice Atlanta. Advancing Justice Atlanta is a nonprofit…
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A New York headmaster has resigned after being reported for racism. Per the New York Daily News, John Patrick Holian, the headteacher at St. Martin de Porres Marianist School in Long Island, forced an 11-year-old student to apologise the "African way". HIs behaviour left the sixth grader "humiliated, hurt and…
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Halle Berry has branded a radio presenter's comments "disgusting" after he spoke on air about how he used the skin tones of different Black women to judge toast. While presenting on the 97 Rock show Morning Bull in Buffalo, New York, radio host Rob Lederman was speaking about his desired…
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An Asian-American woman who fought off a man who attacked her in the street is donating the money raised by the public to charity. According to The Daily Mail, 76-year-old grandmother Xiao Zhen Xie was attacked by an assailant in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 17. A police report states…
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Ken Jeong has donated $50,000 to the families of the victims of the Atlanta spa shooting that left eight people dead. According to NBC News, in the wake of the horrific shooting spree across three spas in Atlanta on Wednesday (March 17), five $10,000 donations were made by the 51-year-old…
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Sandra Oh has spoken about how proud she is of her Asian heritage at a Stop Asian Hate rally this week. The 49-year-old Killing Eve actress spoke at a protest in Pittsburgh over the weekend amid a recent outbreak of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States. Take a look…
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The wife of divisive comedian Bill Burr has responded to a critic on social media who claimed that their marriage is "a sign of racism". The 52-year-old Mandalorian star pushed a number of viewers' buttons while presenting several awards at the Grammys Premiere Ceremony, which aired prior to the 63rd…
