Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Tennessee man finds racist owners manual at his job The deplorables apparently know no bounds, and an employee with the Obion County, Tenn., Highway Department—who says that he has regularly been the victim of racism in his workplace—now has solid, written proof in the form of an “owner’s manual.” Deandre Adams sent over the four-page document, titled “The Nigger Owner’s Manual,” to his attorney Kathy Laughter Laizure,  WREG-TV reports.

GOP lawmaker says ‘white kids’ remark taken out of context Arizona Rep. David Stringer, R-Prescott, speaks at a community forum to explain his recent immigration remarks, with other community members at a local restaurant on June 27, 2018 in Phoenix. Stringer was videotaped earlier this month saying immigration is an "existential threat" to the United States among other comments. Stringer apologized to anyone in the room he offended and said his remarks were taken out of context. | AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin PHOENIX — An Arizona Republican who was asked to resign after saying “there aren’t enough white kids to go around” when discussing school integration said at a community forum Wednesday that his comments were taken out of context.

East Pittsburgh Police Officer Charged With Homicide In Shooting Of Antwon Rose II An East Pittsburgh, Pa., police officer has been charged with one count of criminal homicide in last week's shooting death of a  17-year-old fleeing a traffic stop  that prompted days of angry protests. Michael Rosfeld, 30, was arrested and charged Wednesday morning,  according to court documents . He was released after posting $250,000 bail. Rosfeld has been on administrative leave since the June 19 shooting. He had reportedly  officially been sworn into  the job with the East Pittsburgh Police Department just hours before the incident. Antwon Rose II was shot three times as he ran from the car that police had just pulled over in the Pittsburgh suburb. "It's an intentional act, and it's done recklessly," Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said at a news conference Wednesday. "There is no justification for it."

Joe Jackson, Father to Michael and Janet, Dies of Pancreatic Cancer at 89 Joe Jackson , the music manager and father of 11, died early Wednesday morning,  TMZ reports . He was 89. The Jackson family patriarch had been battling terminal pancreatic cancer and was “not doing well” as of late, a source previously told PEOPLE. Grandsons Randy Jackson Jr. and Taj Jackson confirmed the news in tweets Wednesday afternoon, writing, “RIP to the king that made everything possible! I love you grandpa” and “Joe was loved by the entire family and our hearts are in pain. Let us grieve.” Prince Michael Jackson , grandson of Joe and son of Michael, captioned a photo on Instagram. “This man is and always will be an example or sheer willpower and dedication. He didn’t choose the path that was the easiest but he choose the path that was best for his family,” he wrote.

The Morbid Discovery That Led to Rio’s Only Slavery Museum “Whoever must have lived in your house previously, must have loved cats and dogs,” the worker told Guimarães. “It seems like whenever their cats and dogs died, they buried them in the backyard.” Guimarães joined the worker in the backyard to see the bones. She dug through the dirt with her hands and unearthed teeth. “I looked at the teeth and immediately knew that they weren’t from a cat or dog. They were from humans,” Guimarães, a 61-year-old Brazilian woman of Spanish and Portuguese heritage, told me. She then found another much smaller one, probably the teeth of a child. “I was thinking that the previous owner killed his entire family,” she said. She called a lawyer and the police telling them that she had purchased a house where someone in the family murdered the entire family. But then she backtracked. “Wait a minute. This isn’t just one, two, or three people. There’s tons of bones. I stopped to look

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. Negley ha