South Carolina lawmaker slammed for racist post claiming ‘blacks can’t seem to succeed’
Republican state Rep. Vic Dabney opposed a hate crimes bill because he was tired of being ‘vilified’ for his ‘whiteness.’
By Josh Israel - April 08, 2021Republican state Rep. Vic Dabney opposed a hate crimes bill because he was tired of being ‘vilified’ for his ‘whiteness.’
By Josh Israel - April 08, 2021Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) accused United Airlines of engaging in ‘progressive fascism.’
By Josh Israel - April 08, 2021State Sen. Amanda Chase said in an interview, ‘I reject the notion that there is racism.’
By Oliver Willis - April 07, 2021‘People who think like me are being canceled, bullied, fired, threatened, and deplatformed,’ charged Kathy Barnette.
By Oliver Willis - April 07, 2021Sery Kim said she didn’t want Chinese immigrants coming to the United States.
By Emily Singer - April 05, 2021‘It’s personal. It could have been our aunt or our mom or our grandma,’ one organizer said of the recent vicious attacks targeting older Asian Americans.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2021College loan debt has increased racial inequality in the United States.
By Donna Provencher - April 02, 2021The media has covered GOP claims of a crisis at the southern border extensively.
By Amy Lieu - March 31, 2021The South Carolina senator repeatedly spouted lies about immigration in a recent interview.
By Amy Lieu - March 31, 2021‘These rules make it OK for us to judge people based on the way they dress or how they look,’ said a Rhode Island state senator.
By Associated Press - March 28, 2021‘The picture is completely devoid of context,’ one expert said of the evidence-free claim.
By Amy Lieu - March 26, 2021Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Lance Gooden claim their new legislation addresses child trafficking. History shows it’s rooted in racism.
By Amy Lieu - March 25, 2021Republican lawmakers lashed out this week after Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono refused to confirm anymore non-diverse nominees until President Joe Biden pledged to add more AAPI appointees to his roster.
By Amy Lieu - March 24, 2021Police brutality against Black people is ‘a systemic issue, and if you understand it to be systemic, then the solutions must also be systemic,’ one BLM leader said.
By Associated Press - March 20, 2021‘He’s absolutely taking no responsibility and putting all of that on the workers themselves and it also distracts from the race issue,’ one organizer said.
By Associated Press - March 20, 2021But it doesn’t think Rep. Chip Roy should resign over it.
By Josh Israel - March 19, 2021Republican Rep. Tom McClintock really wants people to think that structural racism doesn’t exist.
By Amy Lieu - March 19, 2021Jim Jordan and Mike Johnson have histories of racist and discriminatory behavior.
By Amy Lieu - March 18, 2021Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) blamed China for the coronavirus at a hearing meant to address the rise in attacks on Asian Americans during the pandemic.
By Emily Singer - March 18, 2021It is time to ‘invest in transformative justice that begins with cross racial dialogue and community-building,’ said one expert.
By Amy Lieu - March 17, 2021‘They don’t like anybody who’s willing to spout the truth,’ the Wisconsin Republican senator said.
By Oliver Willis - March 15, 2021Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) has previously claimed it is ‘anti-American’ to oppose systemic racism.
By Oliver Willis - March 15, 2021Activists say Amherst didn’t become more than 75% white and just 5% Black by accident.
By Associated Press - March 14, 2021Levar Stoney, the mayor of Richmond, also served as Virginia’s first Black secretary of the commonwealth.
By Oliver Willis - March 12, 2021The bill is a much-needed step to help resolve the many racial and ethnic inequities highlighted by the pandemic.
By Donna Provencher - March 10, 2021‘Losses due to gender and racial wage gaps are devastating for AAPI women and their families,’ one group warned. ‘This pandemic threatens to deepen these inequities.’
By Amy Lieu - March 09, 2021‘Black lives matter don’t just matter when we get lynched by police. They matter when we are in our homes and our children are outside playing on our land.’
By Associated Press - March 08, 2021A rash of crimes victimizing elderly Asian Americans in the past two months has renewed outcry for more attention from politicians and the media.
By Associated Press - March 02, 2021Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) appeared at the America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida.
By Josh Israel - March 01, 2021Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court could do further damage to laws fighting racial discrimination.
By Associated Press - March 01, 2021