by Jim Heath | Jul 9, 2020 | Headlines, Military, Race
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley criticized Confederate symbols before the House Armed Services Committee today, and called the Civil War an “act of treason.” Milley said that minority service members — which he said make up 43% of...
by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2020 | Headlines, Race
Jackson, Miss., the state capital named after Andrew Jackson, voted yesterday to remove the former president’s statue from the grounds of City Hall. The 5-to-1 vote by the city council to relocate the statue underscored how cities are confronting the legacies of...
by Jim Heath | Jul 7, 2020 | Headlines, Race
A Silicon Valley CEO was kicked out of a California restaurant on July 4 for hurling racist abuse at an Asian family and yelling ‘Trump is going to f*** you’. Michael Lofthouse, the British CEO and founder of tech company Solid8, was caught on camera...
by Jim Heath | Jul 6, 2020 | Headlines, Race
A Jimmy John’s restaurant in Georgia has reportedly fired at least two employees who staged a mock lynching in one of the stores. Video of the incident, which was said to have occurred in Woodstock, Georgia over the Fourth of July holiday, was shared on social media....
by Jim Heath | Jul 6, 2020 | Headlines, Race, Trump
President Trump is being racist again. In a tweet this morning, the self-proclaimed “least racist person” on the planet attacked Bubba Wallace, the only full-time Black driver in NASCAR’s top racing series, and criticized the sport’s decision to ban the Confederate...
by Jim Heath | Jul 2, 2020 | Entertainment, Lucifer, NFL, Race
Colin Kaepernick, Nobel Peace Prize nominee? Many people have been talking about it, as Kaepernick has become the face of the new civil rights movement, including Lucifer’s D.B. Woodside. When asked by a fan recently if he thought Kaepernick should be considered...
