Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Students at the University of Tennessee staged a protest this week during a men’s basketball game — wearing all black and refusing to stand for the national anthem — in response to the school’s handling of a recent blackface incident. “No justice, no peace, no racist UT,” the students chanted. “What do we want? Expulsion! When do we want it? Now!” The demonstration went down Tuesday night during the school’s home game against Mississippi State, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. Students who took part said they were protesting against a reported decision by UT to not immediately discipline two of their classmates — who got caught wearing blackface last week in a Snapchat photo. “We for racial equality boys,” a caption said, accompanying the image. #whytheracecardisplayed

Students Protest At Tennessee Basketball Game After School's Weak Response To Blackface Photo The students’ action came a week after the racist photo made the rounds, and just a day after Vice Chancellor for Student Life Vincent Carilli held a meeting with students in which he said the university likely couldn’t expel the student or students responsible. “We would be hard-pressed to expel a student for expressing their First Amendment rights,”  he said .

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A Pennsylvania billboard has sparked an outcry and accusations of racism — but the man who put it up insists that he’s simply trying to strike up a “conversation” about race. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/whites... #whytheracecardisplayed

Middle income earners behind rising racial tensions, research suggests Nearly four out of 10 people believe immigrants threaten Britain’s future, with 31% worried about Muslim people, 41% believing Gypsies, Roma and Travellers pose a slight or major threat, and 6% concerned about Jewish people, according to a poll. But more of those who express fears about immigrants have a household income of between £25,000 and £50,000 than those who earn least. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/05/middle-income-earners-behind-rising-racial-tensions-research-suggests#img-1

White Supremacists Have a New Strategy There’s a very good chance you’ve seen a white supremacist flier or banner in the last year. Data collected by ADL’s Center on Extremism shows a staggering 182 percent increase of propaganda incidents in 2018, with 1,187 cases reported, compared to 421 in 2017. This is the highest number of reported propaganda efforts on record. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/05/white-supremacists-have-a-new-strategy-225518

WHITE COPS INDICTED FOR BEATING FELLOW UNDERCOVER BLACK OFFICER "‘It’s still a blast beating people’: St. Louis police indicted in assault of undercover officer posing as protester. “A lot of cops getting hurt, but it's still a blast beating people that deserve it." #whytheracecardisplayed