A California woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly leaving xenophobic letters at least five homes belonging to Asian Americans. According to SFGate, Nancy Arechiga, 52, demanded in handwritten letters for people born outside the U.S. to “return, go back to your land immediately, fast, with urgency.” A copy of the letter was also found …
A Kentucky man has filed a lawsuit claiming that his former boss interrogated him about his sexual interests and religious beliefs, and reprimanded him for refusing to be exorcized. According to the lawsuit obtained by WKYT, Jason Fields started working as a desk clerk at Hampton Inn in 2016. His manager, Sharon Lindon, learned that …
An Illinois city has agreed to pay $1.25 million to a Ph.D. student who police reportedly struck at least 10 times and jailed for stealing a car that ended up being his. The city of Evanston will finalize the million-dollar payout to Dr. Lawrence Crosby during their January 28 meeting. Crosby’s lawsuit, which was filed in October 2016, sought $50,000 from the city and …
A Kansas teen is suing the high school she previously attended, alleging repeated discrimination which entailed her being told that she couldn’t perform with her dance team because her skin was “too dark.” Per The Kansas City Star, Camille Sturdivant alleged she was one of two African-American students on the 14-member Dazzler’s dance team at Blue Valley Northwest …
One New Jersey school district said their wrestling team will be boycotting sporting events officiated by a referee who reportedly made a black wrestler cut his locs or forfeit his match. According to CBS News, the Buena Regional school board made their announcement a week after one of their students, Andrew Johnson, 16, was forced to …
A former sales executive for Marriott is suing his former employer, alleging that he was not only instructed to dance for co-workers during meetings but that a picture of Buckwheat was used to represent him during a work-related exercise. According to NBC News, Daryl Robinson began selling timeshares for the hospitality company in February 2017. In …
A West Virginia high school assistant principal was recently suspended for four days after allegedly harassing a transgender student in a bathroom last month. Michael Critchfield, 15, told the Huffington Post that he was planning to leave for a band trip on November 27 when he went to the boy’s bathroom. It was there where …
A British couple who named their baby after Adolf Hitler was sentenced to prison for being members of a neo-Nazi group banned under anti-terrorism laws. Per The Guardian, Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, were sentenced in a Birmingham court to prison for six-and-a-half years and five years, respectively. Along with two others, the …
Authorities in Pennsylvania are investigating after anti-Semitic and racist pamphlets were reportedly found around Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s CEO, Jeff Finklestein, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he reviewed the fliers on Facebook and that they contained “recruitment information for the Ku Klux Klan.” Though it’s unclear where exactly the fliers were found, …
Yet another viral video concerning a racially-fueled, unnecessary police call reportedly shows a white woman calling the cops on a black father because he yelled out instructions to his son from the sidelines of a soccer field. The incident in question occurred Sunday in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Gerald Jones told WJXX that he was telling …
A Missouri woman who appears to go out of her way to prevent a black man from entering his luxury loft apartment is reportedly out of a job less than a day after the video went viral on social media. Residential developer Tribeca-STL said in a statement issued to The St. Louis American that the …
A cancer survivor says he’s “deeply hurt” after a South Carolina store manager told him to either hide his face or leave the store on Tuesday after he stopped in to get food and a drink. ABC2 reports that Kirby Evans, 65, stopped by the Forks Pit Stop in Walterboro to get a drink and some donuts …
