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Assemblyman Wants Discriminatory 911 Calls to Be Hate Crimes

June 19, 2020 2:50 amJune 18, 2020 5:52 pm

Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) says he is introducing legislation that would outlaw discriminatory calls to 911. But it is unclear from his announcement who would determine whether the caller was acting with a discriminatory animus. Maybe the police? But that’s...

Mob Rule: UCLA Suspends Professor For Refusing to Cancel Finals for Black Students after George Floyd killing

June 16, 2020 12:19 pmJune 16, 2020 12:20 pm

The University of California Los Angeles has suspended an accounting professor who mocked a student for demanding that he basically cancel final exams for black students and afford them other leniency in light of the protests over the killing of...

UC Berkeley History Professor’s Open Letter Against BLM, Police Brutality and Cultural Orthodoxy

June 14, 2020 8:05 amJune 14, 2020 8:10 am

An anonymous professor of history at U.C. Berkeley wrote open letter to colleagues lambasting the current narratives of “racial injustice” and “institutional racism” claimed by the BLM movement, and ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd. Zero hedge reports,...

Following Online Graduation Ceremonies, Sacramento School District Encourages Student Protests

June 9, 2020 8:28 am

The Elk Grove Unified School District is encouraging students to protest the George Floyd murder, yet parents report they had to do online ceremonies for graduation last week. Dear Elk Grove Unified Students, Parents and Families, During this tumultuous past...

Asian American ER Physician Debunks Racism Lie During COVID-19

April 9, 2020 12:45 pmApril 10, 2020 7:55 am

Chinavirus. Kung Flu. Yellow fever. All these words come to mind, and we immediately think “racism” and how these words are supposed to perpetuate our country’s long struggle with race in America. For Asian Americans especially, our growing population in...

San Francisco to Paint Over Historical Mural Depicting life of George Washington

July 5, 2019 2:10 pmJuly 7, 2019 9:00 am

Modern day book burning: San Francisco school board intends to destroy an iconic mural The Associated Press is reporting that the city of San Francisco will spend $600,000 to paint over an historical mural at a public school depicting...

Airbnb Threatens Journalist for Reporting on Company’s Racism

December 21, 2018 11:47 amDecember 28, 2018 11:11 am

Since its founding a decade ago, Airbnb has frequently been accused of racism. A 2015 Harvard Business School study concluded that “guests with distinctively African-American names are 16% less likely to be accepted relative to identical guests with distinctively White...