Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Another Pennsylvania firefighter busted for racist post about unarmed black teen’s killing by cop Pennsylvania firefighter was suspended for posting a racial slur on Facebook in reaction to the police shooting death of an unarmed black teen. Christopher Negley posted the racist remarks Friday as protests continued over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. following a traffic stop,  reported the Butler Radio Network . The Freeport Volunteer Fire Department member used racist language and stereotypes to suggest the demonstrators had time to protest the police slaying because they did not have jobs. “It’s cause none of those n*ggers gotta use the parkway to go to work,” Nagley posted, “and theres your problem right there. I’m guessing they are all smoking strong ass menthols and all have brand new nikes!” The post sparked immediate backlash online, and the Freeport Volunteer Fire Department suspended Negley indefinitely on Saturday. Negle...

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.