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Michelle Obama Gracefully Responds To Being Labeled ‘An Angry Black Woman’...

In a much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama tackles a plethora of topics including the very racist label she acquired during...

Excuse Me While I Bust These 7 Stereotypes Against The Millennial...

I am a Millennial; we are the generation that is aged 18 to 34. Many people in older generations see us as lazy, entitled, and...

Open Letter: Dear Woman Next To Me In CPR Class Tonight

Dear Woman Next to Me in CPR Class Tonight, You told me you'd happily save the life of the child you nanny. But you'd refuse...

Watch: Black C-Span Guest GOBSMACKED After Caller Asks How To Stop...

A powerful moment happened today. Heather McGee, president of the public policy group Demos, received a call from a viewer during her appearance on C-SPAN....
illegal immigration

Faux Pas: School Official Asks Student About Immigration Status (VIDEO)

Randy Dorn is a top school official who decided that it was appropriate to ask a student about his legal status while visiting Raisbeck...
Waleed Abushaaban at a press conference (screengrab courtesy KHOU)

You’ll Never Believe What A Texas Teacher Called One Of Her...

An English teacher in Sugar Land, Texas has some explaining to do after calling one of her students a "terrorist." Whether it was a poorly...

Halloween Costumes That Promote Racial/Ethnic Stereotypes – Just Don’t

The Courier-Journal, a local newspaper near the University of Louisville, recently published an online gallery of photos taken on campus. In one photo, U of...

David Guetta Needs To Go To Rehab For Racists: Why Millions...

I used to like David Guetta. Now that?the Parisian is?edging toward 50 years-of-age, it's apparent that he was born in a time when racism...
african

African Men Take On Negative Hollywood Stereotypes

In our country, we see certain people portrayed certain ways in movies over and over again. African American men and women are often stereotyped,...

Black Judge Takes Controversial Stand Against Racism (VIDEO)

There are those of you reading the headline and asking yourself WTF? But you read the headline correctly. Kentucky Circuit Judge Olu Stevens recently presided...

A Message From Black Men And Women

We all know the stereotypes about black people in America. Unfortunately, in some cases those stereotypes become truth for too many people -- and...

Young Black Man Destroys Conservative Stereotypes In Touching Video

If there is one thing every black male in America can understand, it's how it feels to be pre-judged. No matter how you look...
Mississippi State Capitol (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Mississippi Lawmaker Apologizes For Racist Remarks

Earlier this week, Gene Alday, a Republican state representative in Mississippi, sparked a national firestorm when he said that all of the blacks in...
The Mississippi State Capitol (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Mississippi Lawmaker: Blacks In His Town Draw ‘Welfare Crazy Checks’ Rather...

A state representative in Mississippi is catching well-deserved heat after saying that the blacks in his hometown would rather spend "welfare crazy checks" than...
Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte (courtesy Debe Maxwell's Photobucket)

High School Students In Charlotte Asked About Chance That A Child...

// // The latest entry in the "what were they thinking?" department comes from a high school in my hometown of Charlotte, NC. On...
Ron Natinsky, Republican candidate for Dallas County judge (from Natinsky's Facebook)

Dallas-Area Republican Wanted Blacks To Spend Food Stamps Rather Than Vote

// // The Republican candidate for chief executive of Dallas County, Texas, is trying to run away from a horribly racist comment he made...

8 Powerful GIFs That Will Alert You To Stereotypes Most People...

Sadly, whether we as liberals like it or not, stereotypes do exist. Sometimes we are even subconsciously guilty of stereotyping people. We do, however,...
asians

Hilarious! If Asians Said The Stuff White People Say (VIDEO)

    This hilarious and insightful video from BuzzFeed will change how you look at the way Americans (and white people elsewhere in the world, maybe)...