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Is This Headline About Yelp's 'Racist Behavior' Tag Increasing Business Real?

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Jack Izzo

Nov 29, 2023 In case you were wondering how easy it is to make up a "fact" on the internet.

Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'

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Nur Ibrahim

Sep 13, 2023 A sentence the Planned Parenthood founder once wrote has been widely misunderstood and misrepres ...

Did Jamie Foxx Say How ‘Great’ It Is He ‘Kills All the White People' in a Movie?

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Nur Ibrahim

Aug 7, 2023 The actor’s "Saturday Night Live" monologue from 2012 went viral again in August 2023 after he f ...

Is This a Real Pic of Elon Musk and His Mom Seated With a Black Domestic Worker?

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Nur Ibrahim

Aug 4, 2023 And was the worker not allowed to ask questions or sit on the furniture?

The History of Golliwogs and Why They're Considered Racist

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Nur Ibrahim

Apr 20, 2023 The golliwog made headlines in April 2023 after an Essex property owner displayed the dolls at h ...

Old joke postcard showing a black child getting bitten by an alligator.

Were Black Children Used as Alligator Bait in the American South?

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David Emery

Jun 9, 2017 Tales of youngsters chained up as "alligator bait" in the deep South of the 18th and early 19th ...

Did Rep. Gloria Johnson Say She Wasn’t Expelled from Tennessee House Because She's White?

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Nur Ibrahim

Apr 7, 2023 Johnson's two Black colleagues were expelled for participating with her in a protest against gun ...

No, George Floyd Didn't Denigrate Trans People in a 2011 Tweet

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Nur Ibrahim

Apr 3, 2023 He allegedly tweeted the offensive comment years before he died at the hands of police.

Is San Francisco Considering Plan To Give $5M to Each Eligible Black Person for Reparations?

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Nur Ibrahim

Jan 17, 2023 Racial inequality and injustice have long been a part of the city’s history.

Was the Norwegian Government Funding Research in 2023 To Find Out if White Paint Is Racist?

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Alex Kasprak

Jan 17, 2023 "It is not about racist attitudes today," says the historian behind this project, "but rather th ...

Did South Carolina Execute 14-Year-Old George Stinney, Then Declare Him Innocent 70 Years Later?

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Dan MacGuill

Aug 21, 2018 A viral Facebook post offered an accurate account of the conviction and execution of George Stin ...

Was Adam Toledo a Member of Latin Kings Gang?

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Jessica Lee

Apr 17, 2021 "[Adam] was a good kid without a criminal record," his family's attorney said.

Did a Michigan State Senate Candidate Defend Men Having Sex with Underage Girls?

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Dan MacGuill

Feb 5, 2018 A Michigan state senate candidate said his Facebook account was hacked and a series of troublin ...

Why Have So Many Daily Caller Writers Expressed White Supremacist Views?

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Bethania Palma Alex Kasprak

Sep 6, 2018 Revelations that Daily Caller writer Scott Greer also published material on a site founded by wh ...

Did a Racist Who Followed a Black Man Home to Call Him a Racial Slur Have His Business Destroyed?

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Bethania Palma

Aug 2, 2018 Jeffrey Whitman told a local newspaper columnist he'd gone out of business after being caught on ...

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Is This Headline About Yelp's 'Racist Behavior' Tag Increasing Business Real?

Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'

Did Jamie Foxx Say How ‘Great’ It Is He ‘Kills All the White People' in a Movie?

Is This a Real Pic of Elon Musk and His Mom Seated With a Black Domestic Worker?

The History of Golliwogs and Why They're Considered Racist

Were Black Children Used as Alligator Bait in the American South?

Did Rep. Gloria Johnson Say She Wasn’t Expelled from Tennessee House Because She's White?

No, George Floyd Didn't Denigrate Trans People in a 2011 Tweet

Is San Francisco Considering Plan To Give $5M to Each Eligible Black Person for Reparations?

Was the Norwegian Government Funding Research in 2023 To Find Out if White Paint Is Racist?

Did South Carolina Execute 14-Year-Old George Stinney, Then Declare Him Innocent 70 Years Later?

Was Adam Toledo a Member of Latin Kings Gang?

Did a Michigan State Senate Candidate Defend Men Having Sex with Underage Girls?

Why Have So Many Daily Caller Writers Expressed White Supremacist Views?

Did a Racist Who Followed a Black Man Home to Call Him a Racial Slur Have His Business Destroyed?

Oakland Woman Calls Police on Black People Grilling 'Illegally' in Public Park

Were Two Black Men Arrested for Waiting at a Starbucks?

H&M Apologizes for 'Coolest Monkey in the Jungle' Hoodie Promotion

Did LeBron James Condemn Columbus Cop Who Killed Ma'Khia Bryant?

Did Ohio Police Say 'Blue Lives Matter' After Killing Ma'Khia Bryant?