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A San Jose, California police officer, who was exposed for sending a slew of racist text messages, reportedly resigned from the department. Officer Mark McNamara allegedly sent the messages to another employee at the department, who is currently on administrative leave amid an internal investigation, according to a Nov. 3 press release. The exchange came after the March 27, 2022, shooting of community college football player K’aun Green, who is still recovering from his injuries. Green was inside La Victoria Taqueria with his friends when a random man walked into the restaurant and threatened the group. The man left the...

Fri, September 22, 2023 at 11:09 AM MDT·2 min read 515 Zimbabwe will be among the countries represented at the 2023 Miss Universe pageant on Nov. 18 after selecting its first crowned beauty in 22 years. The African country’s return to the competition is an exciting fete, but not everyone is pleased with the woman chosen as the nation’s representative for the global stage. Brooke Bruk-Jackson, a white woman, was crowned Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2023 on Sept. 16. She is a native of Harare, the country’s capital. The 21-year-old model’s runner-ups were Black women, Amanda Mpofu and Nokutenda Marumbwa. But...

Grandmaster Jay, the leader of a Black militia called NFAC (Not F-cking Around Coalition) — a name he says denotes the group’s attitude — spoke to Atlanta Black Star about the importance of community policing and of exercising Second Amendment rights. Although the militia made its first public appearance just last year, Grandmaster Jay, a former hip-hop MC whose name is John Jay Fitzgerald Johnson, says the ethos of the group, now united under his leadership, is not new. The NFAC is composed of “an element that has always existed within America.” Grandmaster Jay continued, “You’ve always had a demographic...

Samantha Shader, a 27-year-old white woman, was arrested on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails at an NYPD vehicle occupied by four officers at a protest following the death of George Floyd in late May. She faces charges including use of explosives to commit a felony, arson, and use of a destructive device. Shader’s actions were caught on tape and she admitted to throwing the makeshift explosive but claimed three “Black” strangers had approached her on the street and given her the bottle. But this past Friday, July 3, police arrested a white man who admitted to federal authorities he’d given...

Uganda politician, musician, and philanthropist, Bobi Wine, has partnered with Neil Nelson, co-founder of Atlanta Black Star, to fly mistreated Africans and Black Americans out of China. In China, Africans and African Americans have reportedly been subjected to inhumane treatment. In a joint statement announced Monday, Wine and Nelson said they are joining forces in a “humanitarian mission” to rescue people of color who are being attacked, according to OkayAfrica.

Omarosa Manigault Newman was put in the hot seat while trying to explain why she continued to work for President Trump after she believed he used racial language. The former White House staff member conducted an interview with TMZ on Tuesday to discuss the secret recordings she speaks about in her new book “Unhinged.” Manigault Newman recently released a conversation between her and campaigners Lynne Patton and Katrina Pierson in 2016. All three staffers can be heard discussing Trump saying the word “nigger”. Patton said the president denied using the racial slur when asked, but Manigault Newman responded back, “That’s...