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Saying 'Good Morning' Comes from White Slave Owners Mocking Black Enslaved People?
Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 15, 2024
We looked at the etymology of the words "morning" and "mourning."
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Saying 'Good Morning' Started as Mockery of Black Enslaved People?
Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
March 27, 2024
Here we share much more than you possibly wanted to know about the origin of the word "morning."
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Neo-Nazis with Swastika Flags Were Photographed at the Tennessee State Capitol?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 19, 2024
We investigated the photo's backstory to determine whether it was correctly captioned and real.
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Is This Headline About Yelp's 'Racist Behavior' Tag Increasing Business Real?
Written by:
Jack Izzo
Nov. 29, 2023
In case you were wondering how easy it is to make up a "fact" on the internet.
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Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 13, 2023
A sentence the Planned Parenthood founder once wrote has been widely misunderstood and misrepres ...
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Did Jamie Foxx Say How 'Great' It Is He 'Kills All the White People' in a Movie?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 7, 2023
The actor’s "Saturday Night Live" monologue from 2012 went viral again in August 2023 after he f ...
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Is This a Real Pic of Elon Musk and His Mom Seated With a Black Domestic Worker?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 4, 2023
And was the worker not allowed to ask questions or sit on the furniture?
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The History of Golliwogs and Why They're Considered Racist
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
April 20, 2023
The golliwog made headlines in April 2023 after an Essex property owner displayed the dolls at h ...
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Were Black Children Used as Alligator Bait in the American South?
Written by:
David Emery
June 9, 2017
Tales of youngsters chained up as "alligator bait" in the deep South of the 18th and early 19th ...
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Did Rep. Gloria Johnson Say She Wasn't Expelled from Tennessee House Because She's White?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
April 7, 2023
Johnson's two Black colleagues were expelled for participating with her in a protest against gun ...
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No, George Floyd Didn't Denigrate Trans People in a 2011 Tweet
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
April 3, 2023
He allegedly tweeted the offensive comment years before he died at the hands of police.
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Is San Francisco Considering Plan To Give $5M to Each Eligible Black Person for Reparations?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 17, 2023
Racial inequality and injustice have long been a part of the city’s history.
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Was the Norwegian Government Funding Research in 2023 To Find Out if White Paint Is Racist?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan. 17, 2023
"It is not about racist attitudes today," says the historian behind this project, "but rather th ...
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Did South Carolina Execute 14-Year-Old George Stinney, Then Declare Him Innocent 70 Years Later?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug. 21, 2018
A viral Facebook post offered an accurate account of the conviction and execution of George Stin ...
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Was Adam Toledo a Member of Latin Kings Gang?
Written by:
Jessica Lee
April 17, 2021
"[Adam] was a good kid without a criminal record," his family's attorney said.
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Did a Michigan State Senate Candidate Defend Men Having Sex with Underage Girls?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Feb. 5, 2018
A Michigan state senate candidate said his Facebook account was hacked and a series of troublin ...
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Why Have So Many Daily Caller Writers Expressed White Supremacist Views?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Alex Kasprak
Sept. 6, 2018
Revelations that Daily Caller writer Scott Greer also published material on a site founded by wh ...
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Did a Racist Who Followed a Black Man Home to Call Him a Racial Slur Have His Business Destroyed?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug. 2, 2018
Jeffrey Whitman told a local newspaper columnist he'd gone out of business after being caught on ...
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Oakland Woman Calls Police on Black People Grilling 'Illegally' in Public Park
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 11, 2018
Michelle Snider filmed a lengthy interaction with an unnamed woman who insisted police respond t ...
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Were Two Black Men Arrested for Waiting at a Starbucks?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 14, 2018
Philadelphia police are investigating an incident captured in a viral Facebook video.
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