A University of Kansas professor who used the N-word in class said an investigation cleared her to return to work. Her students filed a complaint that triggered the four-month probe.
An incident surfaced of a teacher calling a student the n-word in class at Boston Latin School. It happened 18 months ago, but came to light during a federal investigation into multiple instances of racial abuse at the prestigious high school.
Saying he "did something stupid and wrong," the White president of the Maricopa County chapter of the NAACP on Wednesday apologized for making a sexist comment following a meeting on racial sensitivity, reports the Huffington Post.
The teens claim the act was intended to be a joke for one of the girls' boyfriends, who is Black.
The future police chief of a town in Pennsylvania has issued an apology for using the n-word in an email.
During a Monday interview with comedian Marc Maron, President Barack Obama used the n-word to drive home the point that the shunning of the word in today’s society doesn’t magically make our society post-racial. If last week’s massacre at Charleston, South Carolina‘s Mother Emanuel AME Church is any indication, that’s public knowledge. Accused gunman Dylann Roof reportedly told […]
Zzzzzz https://t.co/ygeIi3b2yP — Chester M. Hanks (@CHETHAZE) April 13, 2014 Tom Hanks‘ rapper son, Chester, is the latest White artist to appropriate the n-word, and he’s sparking a bombastic debate on social media. Gawker reports that early Tuesday morning, Chester, whose rapper name is Chet Haze, posted an Instagram video to explain that “hip-hop isn’t about […]
If you Google Map “nigga house,” this is what you’ll find. America. pic.twitter.com/YWRO1OiYgc — deray mckesson (@deray) May 19, 2015 Internet juggernaut Google is apologizing after a quick search of a racist term in their maps produced White House results. On Monday, the internet community took to Twitter to express outrage over the findings, prompting […]
A day after Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes shut down CNN host Erin Burnett who tried to justify the use of “thug” to describe teens who clashed with police in protest of the death of Freddie Gray, another host entered the fray on Wednesday. While checking in with Stokes about the root cause of sometimes […]
It’s no secret. The word “thug” in the media has long been a euphemism for Black people, often used by those who fail to consider the marginalization and disenfranchisement of Black communities in the face of unrest, as seen in Baltimore as of late. So when CNN host Erin Burnett tried to justify the use […]
A Black University of Kentucky basketball player found himself apologizing after a hot mic picked up his “poor choice of words” towards his White opponent during a post-NCAA Final Four game press conference Saturday. Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison was caught calling his opponent, Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky, the N-word after a reporter questioned the panel of Wildcats about the […]
Lawsuit: Racial slur printed on wedding day photo booth pictures http://t.co/oIv0lBAc3P pic.twitter.com/qnZqgGfBOF — ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) April 1, 2015 A couple from Houston, Texas was disappointed to find out a photo booth at their wedding captioned pics of their guests with a derogatory slur. The couple, who tied the knot in August 2012, hired James […]
