Civil Rights & Social Justice

According to the Justice Department, Donner faces a $250,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.

Elementary school student launches an anti-bullying campaign after a classmate called him the N-word.

Kevin Spacey allegedly shouted the N-word to keep Black security personnel from watching a 'House Of Cards' trailer, among other racist slurs.

A Staten Island, New York chiropractor is behind bars after issuing several racist threats to an African-American child and Black NYPD officer, said authorities Wednesday.

Crime

Police in Charleston, South Carolina are investigating a string of recent vandalism incidents involving racial slurs painted on three buildings including a library named for one of the Charleston Church Massacre victims.

A disturbing video shows a White student referring to her African-American male classmate as a "Black piece of s**t" during an altercation following what the Black teen said was months of harassment and threats.

Nation

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird have been snatched from bookshelves as a Virginia school district decides whether or not to permanently ban the books.

https://twitter.com/robin182zz/status/617802251789332482 A Spring, Texas family who invited an African-American friend to stay with them was surprised to find their truck defaced with racial slurs, PEOPLE reports. Darren and Hayli Franke, who are White, had a Black friend stay with them for two days. While Darren and his friend were doing chores around the yard, they found the couple’s […]

Biz/Media

Never one to shy away from truth, CNN’s Don Lemon has voiced his support for the use of the word “nig***” when reporting the news, reports the Huffington Post. SEE ALSO: Gumbel: I Was Embarrassed by Today ‘Co-Host’ Palin In a round-table on-air discussion, Lemon explains to his White colleagues that nothing good can come […]

BUFFALO-The Kenmore East High School girls basketball team was suspended after an African American player claimed the team used a racist chant before every game. Tyra Batts, the only African American player on the team claimed that the girls would yell “One, Two, Three, N-Word” before every game. The New York Daily News reports: “I […]