Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Double Standard: Adidas Keeps Kanye, Snubs Colin Kaepernick?

Donald Trump Apparently Thinks Putting Kanye West in a Room With Colin Kaepernick Can Solve Racism The Donald Trump advisor who solved Chicago’s violence problem in early 2017 by speaking to some of the city’s “top gang thugs” has received approval from the White House to invite Kanye West, Colin Kaepernick, Jim Brown and Mike Tyson to a summit to discuss race in America.

Report: Trump seeks summit with Colin Kaepernick, Kanye West President Trump is  “enthusiastic” about a potential series of racial summits with Colin Kaepernick and Kanye West, among others . At least, that’s the interpretation of Rev. Darrell Scott, an outside presidential advisor who met with Trump on Thursday during the National Day of Prayer. Let’s break this down.

President Donald Trump wants Colin Kaepernick to attend race summit, report says President Donald Trump will invite Colin Kaepernick, along with other athletes and musicians, to a summer summit to discuss race, Cleveland-based pastor and presidential adviser Darrell Scott  told People.com . "He is 100 percent for it. He was very enthusiastic about it,” Scott said of Trump following a 20-minute meeting Thursday in the Oval Office after a White House ceremony for the National Day of Prayer.

Teacher left school after pulling student's hair. Community wants her back in the classroom A veteran South Carolina teacher recently retired after a video spread online of her making physical contact with a student who was sleeping at his desk. In response, a member of the school board has resigned over the way the teacher was treated, while current and former students have mounted a social media campaign to voice their support for the teacher, including launching an  online petition . A march was even held, with the goal of getting the teacher back in the classroom.

White Men With Guns In this mythology — which  I call  Fear of a Brown Planet — America’s white population is perpetually under siege by the dark other.

LIRR commuter shouts racist comments at black women A white commuter was caught on video making racist comments to a pair of black women on a Long Island Rail Road train. The man, who was upset that the women were talking too loudly, then said they couldn’t possibly know who their parents are. “Shut the f–k up, you f–king loudmouthed monkey motherf–ker,” the man screams to the girls, who are offscreen. “… I can’t listen to your f–king black ass no more. ..You f–king loudmouthed bitch. ..At least I got a f–king mother. Do you know who your mother is? You don’t know who your mother or your father is because you’re a f–king monkey, that’s why.”

Miami Cop Suspended After Kicking Man in Head on Video Earlier today, the City of Miami Police Department issued an ominous statement: Chief Jorge Colina said he'd received a video of an officer clearly violating departmental policy. That cop had been relieved of duty, he reported, adding the department had sent the clip to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. Now the video has surfaced. It shows  an Miami  Police officer taking a running start and then kicking a defenseless, handcuffed suspect in the head. A police department spokesperson confirmed this was the video in question.

Civil rights case against former NYPD cops accused of raping teen moves forward A teen who accused two former NYPD detectives of rape will have her day in civil court sooner than expected. A Brooklyn federal magistrate judge decided Thursday that discovery in the teen's $50 million civil rights case shouldn't be put on pause while the criminal case rolls ahead against cops Richard Hall and Eddie Martins.

African-American students with disabilities suspended at disproportionately high rates The  report , “Disabling Punishment: The Need for Remedies to the Disparate Loss of Instruction Experienced by Black Students with Disabilities,” extrapolated its findings from federal data from 2014-15 and 2015-16, the last year for which it is available. Released last month, it examined only white and black students, in part because research has found that black students overall are suspended at the highest rates of all student groups. The report found that nationwide, for every 100 students with special needs in 2015-16, white students lost 43 days to suspension, while black students lost 121 days. The findings showed a slight increase in disparity between the two groups over the previous year.

Michelle Obama dancing alongside Jussie Smollett on College Signing Day Obama told the eager crowd of high school students “There are all these people out there telling you what you can’t do.I am so proud of you all. You did just what I did. You ignored the haters.” In addition to sharing some words of wisdom with the youth, she also shared a few dance moves with actor and singer Jussie Smollett. The  Empire  star shared a clip of their boogie session on Twitter with a sweet caption using the queen emoji in reference to Obama.

Michelle Obama Just Called Herself Our ‘Forever First Lady.’ No Other First Ladies Need Apply During a stirring speech delivered to rising college students in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Michelle Obama embraced the moniker “Forever First Lady,” sending the crowd of 8,000 high school students into thunderous cheers. Because, duh. At the 2018 College Signing Day at Temple University,  HuffPost reports , Obama delivered a message of encouragement to the high schoolers, telling them: “I know you have everything it takes to succeed. I know that you are me. “And if I can be standing here as your ‘forever first lady,’” she added, pausing as the crowd cheered, “then you can do anything you put your mind to.”

They were the only all-female, all-black team in a NASA science competition. Then came the hackers Three teenagers came up with an innovative way to clean lead-contaminated drinking water in public schools -- an idea so smart it made the finals of NASA's coveted nationwide high-school science competition. The trio -- the only all-female, all-black group in the finals --  engineered a filter that purifies drinking water in old public-school buildings by detecting impurities such as chlorine, copper, and bromine.

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Black Panther deleted scenes: Watch them here now Need more Wakanda in your world? While you wait for the digital and DVD releases, deleted scenes are trickling out.

Chicago Activist Group Promotes Manhood to Protect, Make Neighborhoods Safe from Gun Violence New Era Chicago  was inspired to patrol the city’s streets in an effort to address the ongoing gun epidemic. In a profile with  CBS Chicago , leader  Taji Gaines says his group is calling on volunteers to spread peace, protection and unity . “Men are supposed to be protectors and providers. So along with protecting for your own, you have to provide for your village as well.”

George Zimmerman 'sells Trayvon Martin gun for $250,000 to a mother planning to give it to her son for his birthday' George Zimmerman sold the gun he used to shoot dead Trayvon Martin for $250,000 to a mother planning to give it to her son for his birthday, according to reports. Zimmerman said he put the pistol up for auction after hearing Hillary Clinton's 'anti-gun rhetoric' as he smoked a cigar during an interview with  KTNV . He also vowed to fight against the Black Lives Matter movement and end the career of Florida state attorney Angela Corey, who led Zimmerman's prosecution. But he may have made yet another enemy after he snubbed Daytona Beach bar owner Denny Honeycutt, who Zimmerman initially agreed to sell the gun to for $150,000.

Utah teen shamed over 'racist' prom dress wins praise in China When Keziah Daum sported a traditional, Chinese cheongsam dress to her senior prom in Utah last month, she likely  never intended her photos to go viral  or be slammed as a “closet racist” over accusations of cultural appropriation. But days later, the 18-year-old began winning praise from an unexpected source — Chinese audiences and social media users. On May 1, an article on  Wenxue City News  covering Daum’s story largely voiced applause for her look, the English-language outlet  South China Morning Post  reported.

Police officer faces charges for ‘racist’ Facebook posts A police officer is in hot water and facing a case of crimen injuria for his alleged racist post on social media. ANCYL Provincial Executive Committee member Percy Sithole has opened a case at the Heidelberg police department after one of its officers began posting allegedly racist remarks on his Facebook profile. The officer, Riaan van Rensburg, shared a series of Facebook posts that later sparked outrage on social media.

Exeter University: 'Why I revealed my friends' racist WhatsApp messages' http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43987148# "It went from crude humour to racial slurs. Awful things were said about rape. Every group was targeted." Exeter University student Arsalan Motavali is talking about the WhatsApp group he was in with fellow members of the university's law society. "[The messages] started to get progressively worse after certain people were added." Five months on and several of them have been  expelled  after Arsalan's post of their "vile" screen shots went viral. Speaking to Newsbeat, the 21-year-old said he had no regrets about his decision to go public.

A.J. Francis says Redskins' logo 'racist' after he joins Giants Defensive tackle  A.J. Francis  found a new job just days after being released by the  Washington Redskins  and celebrated the moment by ripping his old team on Instagram, including calling out their "racist" logo. Francis signed with the  New York Giants  on Wednesday. He was one of three defensive tackles released by the Redskins on Monday after they selected two defensive tackles in the draft. After signing with the Giants, Francis posted an Instagram picture of himself laughing. He wrote, "When the team you were on didn't appreciate you but the team you played against actually pays attention to the film," and added in the hashtags he was looking forward to playing the Redskins twice next season.

Man killed by KCK police previously received $300k settlement for police brutality KANSAS CITY, Kan. --  A man shot and killed by Kansas City Kansas police  Wednesday  had previously sued the Kansas City Missouri Police Department for excessive force. Multiple sources confirm to the 41 Action News Investigators that the victim is Manuel Palacio, 27. As of Thursday morning, police have not said what led to the shooting, which happened just across the street from New Chelsea Elementary School. Only saying, the suspect was armed.

New Video Of Police Takedown Revives Police Brutality Claims : Newly released body camera footage is resurrecting police brutality claims where a Fort Collins Police officer is seen body slamming a female Colorado State University student.

Iraqi who threw shoes at President Bush runs for Iraqi parliament Almost a decade after sparking an international diplomatic incident by throwing his shoes at former US President George W. Bush in Baghdad, Muntadhar al-Zaidi is planning a political career of his own. The Iraqi journalist, now 39, is to stand for parliament in the forthcoming elections in Iraq -- and has ambitions to become the country's leader. Al-Zaidi became a worldwide celebrity after throwing his shoes at Bush in protest at the US invasion during a news conference held in the Iraqi capital in December 2008. Bush, who was making a farewell visit to the country at the time, avoided being hit by the shoes, but al-Zaidi was bundled to the ground and hustled out of the room by security officials.

White man found guilty of assaulting black man at Charlottesville rally A white man from Arkansas was found guilty on Tuesday in the brutal beating of a black man at last year's deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jacob Scott Goodwin, 23, was videotaped attacking 20-year-old DeAndre Harris on Aug. 12 inside of a parking garage after the controversial "Unite the Right" demonstration.

Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with the company Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the world’s biggest coffee-shop chain Wednesday for an undisclosed sum and an offer of a free college education. Separately, they reached a deal with the city for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.

MICHELLE OBAMA, CELEBRITIES CELEBRATE COLLEGE SIGNING DAY IN PHILLY PHILADELPHIA - High school seniors have had the dance party of their lives, celebrating College Signing Day with Michelle Obama in Philadelphia. Obama showed off her moves Wednesday beside A-listers such as Robert DeNiro, Rebel Wilson, Bradley Cooper and Zendaya to celebrate the fifth annual event.

3 White Men Charged For Killing And Dismembering Two Young Black Men Three white men have been  arrested and charged  with a host of crimes in connection with the grisly murder and dismemberment of two young Black men, an act many activists are saying evokes the history of lynching in this country. When Alize Ramon Smith and Jarron Moreland, both 21, went missing on April 14, their families hung up posters around their Oklahoma City community, hoping to find them. Four days later, police found Smith and Moreland’s dismembered bodies in a pond, and arrested three men they say carried out the grim killing.

Texas Restaurant Under Fire For Kicking Out Black Couple To Seat A White Man Johnny Wimbrey, an author and motivational speaker, and his wife were planning on enjoying a night out on the town, but their evening came to an abrupt end when they were kicked out of a Plano, TX restaurant. Wimbrey  told WFAA  that after being seated at table inside Sambuca 360 and placing an order, the manager asked if they would move to a different table he could seat another patron—a white man.

‘Monsters and Men’ Trailer: Sundance Award-Winner Follows Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man As the world is finally waking up to the realities of black life in America, the movies are following suit. “Fruitvale Station,” Ryan Coogler’s debut feature, borrowed directly from news headlines to explore a killing of an unarmed black man. In “Monsters and Men,” first-time feature director Reinaldo Marcus Green explores similar territory, this time fictionalizing an event that has become all-too familiar. “Monsters and Men” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2018, where it picked up a Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature. It was picked up by powerhouse distributor Neon, which just released the first trailer ahead of a fall release.

Decynthia Clements was shot twice in the head by Elgin cop, had cocaine in her system, medical examiner's report says An Elgin police officer shot Decynthia Clements three times — twice in the head and once in the chest — on March 12, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office report said. None of the shots were fired from close range, and Clements, who was 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighed 103 pounds, was also stunned with a Taser as she exited her burning vehicle on Interstate 90 with what appeared to be a knife, the report said.

L.A. approves $1.95-million settlement for family of woman fatally shot by police Los Angeles lawmakers agreed Tuesday to pay up to $1.95 million to end a legal battle with the family of a woman shot and killed by police officers in 2015. The police chief and the civilian Los Angeles Police Commission that oversees the LAPD were divided over the killing of Norma Guzman 2½ years ago.

What you need to know about the Stephon Clark shooting in Sacramento More than six weeks ago,  Stephon Clark , 22, was shot by two Sacramento Police Department officers March 18 in the Meadowview neighborhood as he was standing in his grandparents' backyard. Police responded to the area that night after a neighbor called 911 to report broken car windows and a man who hopped into a neighbor's backyard.

Mamaroneck police shooting: 9 things we know and don't Police "refused to execute" a court order to remove a toddler from her mother, one day before the woman allegedly killed the girl and stabbed two officers, a lawyer for the girl's father said. PETER CARR, THE JOURNAL NEWS MAMARONECK - The death of a toddler and the reported police shooting of her knife-wielding mother rocked a quiet section of the village Saturday.