A Chicago man was sentenced to 18 months on drug charges in a plea deal reached after his attorneys uncovered white supremacist Facebook posts from a Chicago police officer who was a potential prosecution witness. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that U.S. District Judge Robert […]
Over the past week, we at The Root have added hashtags to various incidents of racial bias that have crossed our radars. There was #MovingInWhileBlack, #BlackWhileAirBnBing and #CouponingWhileBlack. #DiningWhileBlack, frankly, has too many examples for us to enumerate, and just today, we ran a story about a couple being denied a money order—with cash in hand—while […]
A Black couple out of Missouri is angry after being denied a money order at a local Schnucks store for the color of their skin. As a result of the incident, the employee was fired according to Fox 2 Now. Kellen Hill posted videos and pictures to […]
In addition to Starbucks, Waffle House and Nordstrom, the latest company to showcase its blatant disdain for black patrons is a Fuego store in Washington state. Two black women were racially profiled in the Tacoma location of the novelty store chain when a white store manager deemed it appropriate […]
A Navy veteran said he was brutally attacked by four white security guards at a Dallas strip club. Jalen Bell posted gruesome images on social media showing the horrific and bloody beatdown he endured at the hands of the men who he said called him the […]
In a noble attempt to boost the Trump administration’s record-low unemployment numbers, a South Carolina man has been indicted for reaching out to undercover FBI agents posing as white supremacists, offering $500 to kill his black neighbor, hang him from a tree and burn a […]
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