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Symbols of Black Lives Matter and the “Black Panther” movie on Hubert Roberts’ truck made it a target for vandals on Juneteenth in Clio, Mich. The N-word was painted in white on one side, “Wite Pride” on the other side, swastikas spread around, tires slashed and red shoelaces hung from…
A fifth grade teacher in South Carolina has been placed on administrative leave after asking her students to provide a justification for the actions of the Ku Klux Klan. Tremain Cooper, an uncle of one of the students who received the assignment, identified the teacher on Facebook as Kerri Roberts,…
Confederate statues are a rallying point for today’s neo-Nazis and white separatists. President Trump confirmed this by making it a central point of his meltdown in the Trump Tower lobby earlier this week. The difference between George Washington and Robert E. Lee is taught in elementary school history lessons. But…
I saw the president’s press conference live yesterday because I had a premonition that he was going to snap back from what he was apparently forced to read from a teleprompter on Monday. And he did, to a degree that I didn’t anticipate. President Trump said it plain and clear:…
The riots in Charlottesville this past weekend that left three dead has hit a nerve for many people of all ages, including me a millenial who was primarily raised in Northern Virginia. Growing up in the 90s there were times I wanted to avoid history class. I don’t speak about…
In a previous column, I advocated for CEOs to speak with this president. I take back what I said based on President Trump’s behavior over the past six months. The breaking point came this weekend in the aftermath of Charlottesville. Equating neo-Nazis with Americans counter-protesting white supremacy is beneath contempt….
President Donald Trump, after days of pressure and ridicule from both the left and right, on Monday afternoon finally condemned white supremacy by name, saying “racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists that are repugnant…
The campaign and subsequent election of President Donald Trump have made hate groups and words more mainstream. And Breitbart News seems to be attempting to assimilate, too. Steve Bannon, former head of Breitbart before being tapped as Trump’s chief strategist, previously described the publication as “the platform for the alt-right.”…
Duke said he’s concerned about security as “Dillard [University] is pretty supportive of Black Lives Matter.” By Sheryl Estrada Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Dukewill be on the campus of Dillard University, a private historically Black college in New Orleans, to participate in a televised Louisiana Senate race…