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Supporters of Black Lives Matters (BLM) took to social media Tuesday afternoon to blame Steve Stephens' actions on white people and other motives. One BLM supporter was upset that Stephens murdered a "black man" and said that he "could've at least killed a old [sic] racist white dude:" Last year, in multiple posts, the same user voiced his support for Black Lives Matter: A number of Twitter users claimed that "white people" were using the incident to "divide" the nation, and another stated that it was "ignorant" to hope that Stephens was killed by police: Still others hinted at some...

Dr. Adrienne Keene, a professor at Brown University and a person of Native American decent, argued last week that Senator Elizabeth Warren is "complicit in racism" against Native Americans. According to Professor Keene, after being attacked as a "fake" Native American, Senator Warren never once "turned the conversation to actual NA issues in Massachusetts." Instead, Ms. Warren defended herself, obtaining "liberal pity," but never did anything to actually help native people. "She's complicit in the racism w/her continued silence," Dr. Keene argued: Dr. Keene argued that nicknames given to Senator Warren suggesting a native heritage don't hurt her because "she's...

Huffington Post author Zeba Blay argued last week that, when white people paint black people, it is an example of "white privilege," as whites are profiteering off of black pain. The article, titled "When White People Profit Off Of Black Pain," was inspired by a painting of Emmett Till by a woman, Dana Schutz, who Ms. Blay repeatedly pointed out is white. "What exactly are the implications of white artists creating (and profiting) off of work that depicts black trauma and black pain?" the article begins. White people are constantly looking to exploit black people, Ms. Blay argues, writing, "we...

UC Berkeley held a "Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon" last week, training people who came on how to edit Wikipedia to me more feminist-friendly. "Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well-documented," Berkeley's Event Calendar asserts. "While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the effect is not: content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Let’s change that!" Previous experience editing Wikipedia is not required, the event states: "Drop by the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, learn how to edit Wikipedia and make a few changes of your own!" Students were invited to stay the entire afternoon correcting Wikipedia's "gender trouble"...

April Hathcock, an attorney and NYU librarian, argues that "whiteness... has permeated every aspect of librarianship" and must be "dismantled." Her article, titled "White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS," offers ways to "correct for whiteness" in the field of librarians. "It is no secret that librarianship has traditionally been and continues to be a profession dominated by whiteness," Ms. Hathcock begins her piece. "In this article, I use “whiteness” to refer not only to the socio-cultural differential of power and privilege that results from categories of race and ethnicity;" she writes. "It also stands as a marker for...

According to articles the University of Oregon suggests students should read, clothes that fit are an example of "cis privilege" and, to "dismantle" whiteness and "cis privilege," capitalism should be "disrupted." The University of Oregon has a separate site for their libraries. Included in this separate site are "research guides" to help students understand topics that the university has deemed important. One such research guide is "Transgender Studies & Cisgender Privilege." The research guide then direct students to read a checklist of "cisgender privileges," saying, "The following web resources offer primers on what cisgender privilege means, and how to recognize...

As part of "Diversity Education Week," NC State’s Union Activities Board hosted an event today called "Dear White People," in which white students are told directly that they are racist. The signs ranged from asking white people if they have read the 13th Amendment to statements that said that "dating a black person to piss off your parents is a form of racism." Another sign read, "Dear White People: Are you tired of your hum drum, Wonderbread existence of accidental racism and wishing you could sip on Henny out yo crunk cup without a [expletive] giving you the side-eye? Course...

Koritha Mitchell, an associate Professor of English at Ohio State University, has declared that most problems in the United States "can be traced" to "our country’s standards for white people." Professor Mitchell wrote this on her personal website; her specific article was titled, "Low Standards for Whites. That’s What’s Killing Us." "It doesn’t take much at all for a white person to be considered good," Mitchell argues. "As long as they avoid killing someone themselves, no one is going to demand anything else of them. Whites don’t need to do anything decent for anyone." Most white people contribute little to...

Myles E. Johnson, who the New York Times lists as a "contributing writer" and children's-book author, argued last week that whiteness must be "abolished" because it is inherently "greedy" and "can't create anything on its own." This, as well as other racially-charged comments, were written publicly by Johnson last week. "Whiteness is greedy," Johnson wrote on the 16th, "and it even arrives in language. White people's use of the N-word is to show there is no place they can't arrive." Eventually, Johnson argued, that "whiteness" will always try to "show dominance" and "it will always be there until it is...

Social justice activist, Teen Vogue contributor, and self-described "Desi-Kenyan Feminist" Lara Witt declared on Saturday that "white people are evil" and "whiteness is evil." Her claims came on Twitter and follow a number of racially charged tweets that Witt has authored. Ms. Witt's "white people are evil" tweet came after she posted an article to the Guardian, which detailed a young woman whose mother told her she was white, despite the fact that she was African American. "My take away from this," Ms. Witt wrote, "white people are so used to being the neutral, the default that they would deny...

Nazly Sobhi Damasio, founder of La Feminista Descolonial, an feminist, anti-colonial, and anti-capitalist platform, demanded this week that men and "white womxn" pay her "because they consume intellectual, emotional & creative labor 24/7 w/o my consent." Ms. Damasio further argued that she should be able to receieve that money and never be questioned about how she spends it, as that would be "gross, classist and frankly none of your business:" Damasio had made similar demands last week as well: She has also written extensively about "Zionism," "cis bodies," and other topics online: According to an article published in Latina, Ms....

On his personal blog, Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College Adam Kotsko argued that the real reason behind the "extreme vetting" proposed by President Trump, as well as the reason the President has proposed building a wall between the United States and Mexico, is that "we don’t owe them anything and they can go [expletive] themselves." Professor Kotsko detailed his beliefs in an article titled, "How will we know it’s over?" Professor Kotsko "The Trump budget proposal is a nightmare — petty and vindictive, short-sighted and cruel," he begins his piece. "Inexpensive programs that literally save lives are being...

Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq., the General Council at Medgar Evers College of the City of New York, believes that, when it comes to natural hair, African Americans are often stigmatized in their workplace. Ms. Favors details her feelings in her article, "Nappy Professional Negroes Need Not Apply." Expectations of how one should look at their job is heavily swayed by perceptions, Ms. Favors details, and that white people often perceive black peoples' hair as not being neat or natural, when in fact "Black hair has different standards and is structurally different than White hair." Unfortunately, "Black elders put White discomfort...

Justin Cohen, a contributor to the Huffington Post and former member of the education policy committee for President Obama's 2008 campaign, stated that his goal for 2017 is to have white people realize that we're all on the "racism spectrum" and that white people need to stop being so "sensitive" about being called racist. His article, titled "Three New Year’s Resolutions For White America," detailed what he is working towards in the new year. "Resolution #1: We resolve to stop being so damned sensitive about the word “racism,”" Mr. Cohen writes. "Racism warrants discussion, but White people put too many...

Professor Jennifer Harvey took to the New York Times yesterday to ask: “Are We Raising Racists?” She begins her article by recounting how “dismayed” she was that her daughter admired George Washington. Her daughter was “signing the praises” of the first President, which surprised Dr. Harvey. “I was dismayed,” she writes, “that the peace- and diversity-centered curriculum she gets at her public school had left her with such a one-dimensional view of history.” Her 7-year-old daughter, she felt, needed to know the whole story. Eventually, her daughter asked her about news. Professor Harvey, after discussing ethics violations with her 7-year-old,...

Christa Preston Agiro, an associate professor at Wright State University, spoke to Ohio University this month in a speech titled, “Recovering from Overwhelming Whiteness: Learning and Unlearning Rules about Race.” The point of her talk was to discuss “the many times during her life where she unfortunately benefitted [sic] from white privilege.” Dr. Agiro, who earned her doctorate in cultural studies from Ohio University, said that during her childhood, she only heard “the white side of the story.” However, when she attended Ohio University, her eyes were opened by Professor Najee Muhammad. “He was both an agent and a witness...

As news broke Thursday night that at least four police officers in Dallas had been murdered, hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters took to social media to celebrate, condone, or excuse the shootings. Here are only a few examples of the dozens that have been posted over the last hour alone:

His general-election appeal in question, Donald Trump's senior team is promising anxious Republicans that voters will see "a real different guy" soon after the GOP front-runner claims his party's presidential nomination. "When he's out on the stage, when he's talking about the kinds of things he's talking about on the stump, he's projecting an image that's for that purpose," Paul Manafort, who is leading Trump's primary election strategy, told Republican National Committee members in a private briefing late Thursday. The Associated Press obtained a recording of the discussion. "You'll start to see more depth of the person, the real person....

In his new book, "Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America," Professor Ibram X. Kendi argues that "almost everyone is some kind of racist." This includes people who though that African Americans should get an education. Kendi, a Professor of History at the University of Florida, argues that people can be both overtly and covertly racist. His definition of racist is "any concept that regards one racial group as inferior or superior to another racial group in any way." However, this includes people like William Lloyd Garrison, who advocated for social justice for black people...

Larry Dawson, the gunman identified as the shooter in Washington, DC today, shouted that he was "a prophet of God" at the House of Representatives in October in a separate incident.