Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Arkansas bar awards man dressed as a KKK member ‘best costume’ An NAACP chapter in Arkansas has raised concerns after a b a r a w a r d e d a m a n d r e s s e d a s a K u K l u x K l a n m e m b e r “ b e s t c o s t u m e . ” Fort Smith, Arkansas’ KFSM reported that the Lil’ Dude Tavern defended the red KKK-robed man winning best costume because “the patrons voted.” Leo Good, the legal redress spokesperson for the Sebastian County chapter of the NAACP, said he knows the people who run the Lil Dude Tavern and although they are not racists, they shouldn’t have allowed the costume to win. “I happen to know the owner of Lil’ Dude, the mom and her son,” Good told KFSM. “The son is a very dear friend of mine, no way is he a hateful person. But, this is the clientele that Lil’ Dudes are letting filter their place, and I totally disagree with that because the NACCP is not about hating folks.” A patron defended the man in the KKK robes winning best costume be

City fires officer who fatally shot unarmed man A 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia police force will be fired for violating department policy in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man two days after Christmas, top Philadelphia police officials say. In late December, police were chasing a car driven by Dennis Plowden, a 25-year-old resident of East Germantown. Authorities believed his car was linked to a homicide. Even though Plowden was not involved in the slaying, he attempted to elude police — possibly because of an open warrant for unpaid tickets. The chase ended with Plowden crashing into a police vehicle before speeding away and hitting two parked vehicles. At that point, four officers surrounded Plowden, who had stumbled out of the car and was sitting on a curb with one arm behind his back. Plowden looked dazed and disoriented, police said. Three of them took cover to assess the situation, but Officer Eric Ruch opened fire. A single bullet pierced

Idaho teachers mocked Mexicans and dressed up as a border wall for Halloween party A group of Idaho teachers mocked Mexicans and dressed up as President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border during a Halloween party this week. L o c a l n e w s s t a t i o n K T V B r e p o r t s that photos of the teachers dressed both as a giant wall with a “Make America Great Again” slogan written across it and as Mexicans in mustaches and sombreros were actually posted on the school’s Facebook page before online backlash forced them to take them down. Dr. Josh Middleton, the Middleton School District’s superintendent, posted a public apology on the school’s Facebook page in the wake of community outrage over the photos. “I was shown those photos and [was] deeply troubled by the decision by our staff members to wear those costumes that are clearly insensitive and inappropriate,” he says in the video. “We are better than this. We embrace all students. We hav

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started a movement by refusing to stand during the national anthem before games in 2016 to protest social injustice. Cheerleader takes a knee during national anthem on Colin Kaepernicks old team the 49ers! Kaepernick hasn’t been able to land an NFL job since that season, but a cheerleader from his former team appears to be helping to keep the movement alive. The woman kneeling in the endzone as her fellow cheerleaders stand at attention has yet to be identified. She is thought to be the first NFL cheerleader to protest in such a manner during the anthem. Back in May, t h e N F L p a s s e d a r u l e stating that players or personnel on the field are required stand "and show respect for the flag and the anthem." Those who chose not to were required to remain in the locker room. Two months later, however, the league and the NFL Players Assn. announced that plan h a d b e e n p u t o n h o l

Pennsylvania girl confronts boys trick-or-treating in blackface and Confederate flags: ‘Nobody was saying anything’ A Pennsylvania family confronted a pair of teenage boys trick-or-treating in blackface costumes and wearing Confederate flag capes. Esperanza Menendez, 17, was taking part in Halloween festivities Wednesday in Lower Macungie Township with her sisters, ages 10 and 18, when they encountered the pair — and they couldn’t believe what they saw, r e p o r t e d L e h i g h V a l l e y L i v e . “I turn around and my stomach drops because I see these two ignorant kids in blackface right in front of me,” Menendez told the newspaper. “I was so enraged when I saw these kids, I never thought I’d see something like that in person honestly,” she said. “The fact they walked around … dressed like that and they had a bag full of candy and no one said anything, it just makes me so angry.” She confronted the boys and swore at them, and they smiled and insisted, “It

Army quickly bans white Minnesota teens who posed in KKK hoods and blackface A photo circulated by high school students in Minnesota shows what appear to be teenagers wearing a highly racist costume,reports the Med City Beat. The image shows two students in KKK robes, displaying a Nazi salute. The conceit of the costume appears to be that the Klansman have apprehended a black man—that’s the third student, who’s in blackface. John Marshall High School, where at least two of the teenagers were students, issued a statement condemning the costume. “The social media post is not a reflection of what our district students and staff believes and feels,” the district said in the statement, which was also sent out to local media. “We will use this as an opportunity to talk, educate, and grow as a community as we work to become even stronger and more inclusive to all students.” Meanwhile, an Army recruiter at the school said they were not welcome to join the US armed forces. “Because t

Chicago cops post racist memes in Facebook group connected to Russia’s pro-Trump electoral interference A BuzzFeed News investigation revealed not only that f o r m e r a n d c u r r e n t C h i c a g o c o p s w e r e s h a r i n g r a c i s t m e m e s i n a p r i v a t e F a c e b o o k g r o u p — but that the group’s founder was an unwitting target of Russian electoral interference. In response to police officer J a s o n V a n D y k e b e i n g c o n v i c t e d o f m u r d e r last month for shooting black teen Laquan McDonald, one member of the Chicago Code Blue group said it was “very sad” that Chicago had “give[n] the keys to the city to the thugs.” The group boasts more than 53,000 members, the report noted — many of whom appear to be violating CPD’s social media policy that bars them from sharing “content that is disparaging to a person or group based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected class.” One meme shared