racism in America
American Airlines Accused of Racial Discrimination In Lawsuit
American Airlines' current motto is "Let good take flight," but that wasn't true for three Black male passengers.
Jacksonville Shooter Was White Supremacist, Authorities Say
The shooter in the Jacksonville Dollar General shooting was a white supremacist, according to authorities.
No Murder Charge For Susan Lorincz In Ajike Owens Case
Florida State Attorney William Gladson announced that his office would not upgrade the manslaughter charge brought against Susan Lorincz to murder in a statement on Monday. Lorincz was arrested for the shooting death of her Black neighbor Ajike Owens, who was unarmed as she stood at Lorincz's door on June 2nd.
Black TikToker Shames Plane Passenger Over Racist Texts
A Black woman travel influencer confronted a fellow plane passenger over racist text messages he sent to his family, capturing the encounter on TikTok. Talia Rouse showed how the man, who is unidentified, complained about having to sit next to Black and gay people on the flight from Puerto Rico to Atlanta. The post Black TikToker Shames Plane Passenger Over Racist Texts appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
No Sir, Not Me: Black Waiter Forced To Serve Confederate Flag-Wearing Diners
A waiter at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Ohio was subjected to racial abuse by a group of Confederate flag-wearing diners over the weekend. Video of the incident was uploaded by a co-worker, which captures the obnoxious party repeatedly using the N-word. The post No Sir, Not Me: Black Waiter Forced To Serve Confederate Flag-Wearing Diners appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
GOP Scammer George Santos Flashes White Power Symbol in Congress
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Win McNamee / Getty Controversial Republican politician George Santos has made headlines again, this time for flashing a white nationalist symbol during a vote in the House of Representatives last week. Santos, the elected Republican representative from New York, was making his vote for Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) in the 10th round of his bid to become Speaker of the House of Representatives Thursday (Jan. 5). As he did by raising his right hand, his left arm was folded across his waist and observers noted from the coverage on C-SPAN that his left hand made a sideways “OK” gesture. The gesture has been appropriated by white nationalists as an expression of white supremacy, which was first boosted by right-wing trolls on the 4chan website in jest. There are tho...
Cincinnati Karen Cop Busted Using N-Word On Video, Tries “Not All” Struggle Defense
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC News / NBC News A Cincinnati, Ohio police officer is in hot water after being caught on video using the N-word. She claimed to investigators afterward that she wasn’t referring to all African-Americans at that moment. According to reports, Officer Rose Valentino was attempting to pull into the parking lot of the police department’s district office in the West Price Hill neighborhood on April 5th. She got agitated because of the traffic backup due to parents picking up children from Western Hills University High School nearby. Her body camera was on, capturing her putting on sirens to compel drivers to move. Valentino then rolled down her window and shouted at a driver, who was Black, to move their vehicle. A 16-year-old student walking by fl...
GOP Senator Says Supreme Court Justice Nominee Will Be Affirmative Action Pick
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Future Publishing / Getty The U.S. Supreme Court saw one of its justices electing to retire in Stephen Breyer, paving the way for President Joe Biden to appoint a new justice to the bench of the highest court in the land. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican senator representing Mississippi, said in a recent interview that Biden’s selection will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action along with other quips. The Mississippi Free Press published a report highlighting that Sen. Wicker made an appearance on SuperTalk Mississippi Radio on Friday (Jan. 28). Wicker reacted to the news that Biden’s next Supreme Court justice could be a Black woman, living up to a promise the administration made on the campaign trail to promote diversity at the federal judiciar...
Moscow Mitch McConnell Gets All The Smoke For Racist Comments About Black Voters
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tom Williams / Getty A day after overseeing Republican obstruction of voting rights legislation in the Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell made a racially disparaging comment about Black voters, setting off a torrent of backlash online. In a press conference held on Wednesday (January 20th), the Senate Minority Leader spoke at a press conference regarding the previous day’s debate and failed votes to advance a bill that contained the Freedom To Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act which included an attempt to change the filibuster rules to do so. A question was posed by a reporter honing in on concerns from Black voters and other voters of color about this obstruction to Senator McConnell. “Well, the concern is misplaced because if you lo...
MAGA Twitter Desperately Tries To Paint President Joe Biden As Racist #RacistJoe
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Pool / Getty President Joe Biden will never satisfy folks on both sides of the aisle or political ideology, and it’s safe to assume his detractors remain hellbent on finding a reason to tear down the former U.S. Senator. On Thursday (November 11), Biden delivered remarks at a public ceremony where he stumbled on his wording by saying the words “the great Negro” as he honored former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, Donald M. Blinken. At a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., President Biden addressed attendees during a speech in observance of the federal holiday. Biden turned his attention to Blinken, the father of current U.S. Secretary of State Atony Blinken, to thank him for his military service and public service to ...
NBA To Investigate Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver Over Racism & Misogyny Allegations
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christian Petersen / Getty The Phoenix Suns are facing an internal crisis as allegations of racism and misogyny swirl about the team’s majority owner. Robert Sarver is now the target of an NBA investigation after a report from ESPN blew the lid off of happenings within the Suns organization. ESPN issued a report on Thursday (November 5) from Baxter Holmes that zeroed in on the allegations made against Sarver, who has been the majority owner of the Suns for the past 17 years. The outlet highlighted comments made by former NBA player and former Suns head coach Earl Watson regarding Sarver’s use of the “n-word” and how he felt a right to use it because Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors did so. Related Stories Watson retold the story and said that h...
Twitter Discusses How They First Learned Of The Tulsa Massacre Of 1921
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Universal History Archive / Getty HBO’s excellent Watchmen series opened with the Black Wall Street massacre, largely known as the Tulsa Massacre and alternatively, the Tulsa Race Massacre. The term Tulsa Massacre began trending on Twitter on Wednesday (October 27) with users sharing when was the first time they learned of the tragic event that took place a century ago in Oklahoma. Here is what we wrote of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 2019: In 1916, Tulsa passed a city ordinance that enforced a rule that Black and white people could not live within one block of each other. As a result, the Greenwood neighborhood was formed and became a haven for Black business owners and thriving Black families. Tensions flared in 1921 after an unconfirmed report of a...
