Black people across the US are receiving racist messages saying they’re ‘slaves’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Black people across the US are receiving racist messages saying they’re ‘slaves’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dunham described feeling ‘disturbed’ and ‘very upset’ when her daughter showed her the text All across the country this week, Black people are receiving racist text messages demanding they show up at “plantations,” where they’ll be enslaved. “I definitely had a high level of fear and anger and awareness around it, because obviously, you’re talking about slavery,” Dunham told The Independent. “So it’s not something that I was just dismissing as a prank.” Dunham told The Independent she contacted her local law enforcement office on Thursday. “I don’t think that the timing was a coincidence that it was the day that President Trump was announced as the next president of our country,” Dunham said.

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Racist texts invoking slavery sent to Black men, women across US, probe on
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Racist texts invoking slavery sent to Black men, women across US, probe on

India Today  

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The Clemson Police Department said in a statement that it had been notified of the “deplorable racially motivated text and email messages” and encouraged anyone who received …

Donald Trump effect? Racist texts summoning Black people to slavery sent across US, reads ‘Report to cotton plantation…’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump effect? Racist texts summoning Black people to slavery sent across US, reads ‘Report to cotton plantation…’

Live Mint  

Donald Trump wins US Elections: A disturbing wave of racist text messages summoning Black people to “report for slavery” has raised alarms across the United States, prompting the FBI to launch an investigation. Racist Texts Referencing President-elect Trump The text messages followed a chilling pattern, addressing recipients by name and instructing them to “report to a plantation to pick cotton,” …

After Trump's win, students in multiple states receive racist text messages referencing slavery, investigations underway
4 months, 3 weeks ago

After Trump's win, students in multiple states receive racist text messages referencing slavery, investigations underway

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including NewYork, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennesse.They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording. …

Trump slammed for ‘unbelievably racist’ claim that Black people like him because of mugshot
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump slammed for ‘unbelievably racist’ claim that Black people like him because of mugshot

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump claimed Black voters like him because of his …

Trump Administration’s '1776 Report' Justifies Slavery, Three-Fifths Compromise
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump Administration’s '1776 Report' Justifies Slavery, Three-Fifths Compromise

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, only two days before President Donald Trump leaves office, the Trump administration released a report from its “1776 Commission” that excuses slavery, justifies the racist Three-fifths Compromise and rails against socialism and “identity politics.” The 45-page report reads in places like a right-wing manifesto: It makes excuses for slavery and the …

Joe Biden says Trump is ‘first racist president’ of US – despite slave-owning predecessors
4 years, 8 months ago

Joe Biden says Trump is ‘first racist president’ of US – despite slave-owning predecessors

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Joe Biden called Donald …

Biden Claims Trump Is The First Racist President
4 years, 8 months ago

Biden Claims Trump Is The First Racist President

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, claimed Wednesday that there had never been a racist president in the U.S. until Donald Trump. Biden made the claim at a virtual town hall on Wednesday after being asked about Trump’s decision to call the coronavirus the “China virus” or “Wuhan virus” whenever he speaks publicly about the pandemic, …

Whether the President Understands the Racist History of “Looting and Shooting” Is Beside the Point
55 years, 2 months ago

Whether the President Understands the Racist History of “Looting and Shooting” Is Beside the Point

Slate  

Because there is no fire he cannot turn into a conflagration, Donald Trump poured gasoline all over the protests taking place in Minneapolis and around the country over the police killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd. Thank you!” Twitter almost immediately labeled the tweet with its in-house warning about “glorifying violence” noting in a statement that the tweet …

Trump denies racist tweets were racist
5 years, 8 months ago

Trump denies racist tweets were racist

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump redoubled his racist attacks on a quartet of Democratic congresswomen Monday, insisting they leave the United States if they continue complaining about his policies. “It doesn’t concern me because many people agree with me,” Trump said on the White House South Lawn, where an event focused on American manufacturing took a dark turn toward inflammatory …

Dear white people: Frederick Douglass explains the Trump resistance in "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
7 years, 8 months ago

Dear white people: Frederick Douglass explains the Trump resistance in "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

Salon  

Every year on this day I read Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Alas, entirely too many white people were in denial about the threat posed by this indigenous form of "soft fascism," meekly wondering whether it could really happen here. Maybe the white racism that propelled Trump to the White House can …

We Should All Be Outraged By Trump’s Absurdly Racist Pitch To Black Voters
8 years, 6 months ago

We Should All Be Outraged By Trump’s Absurdly Racist Pitch To Black Voters

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump has absolutely no idea how to bridge America’s racial divide. Instead, the fear-mongering, tough-on-crime nominee proposed that the way to lessen racial tensions between communities and police is “to bring back law and order.” Trump, who ripped a page from the Richard Nixon playbook and declared himself the “law and order candidate” earlier in his …

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