Questions tagged [racism]
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Can 1 in 1,000 black men expect to be killed over the course of their lifetime by the police?
In Last Week Tonight of June 8th, 2020, John Oliver mentions that 1 in 1,000 black men can expect to be killed by the police.
At 5:05 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf4cea5oObY
I have tracked the source to Edwards, Lee & Esposito, 2019, "Risk of…
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Was Donald Trump's father a member of the KKK?
This tumblr post has garnered over 13,000 notes:
The post makes 3 main claims:
Donald Trump's father was a member of the KKK for over 70 years
He was arrested in 1927 at a KKK event
He was photographed with his son and wife in 1999 wearing klan…
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Did Sasha Johnson state “the white man will not be our equal but our slave"?
As the news of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson being shot became public in May 2021, social media contained images which allegedly show a tweet posted by her stating:
the white man will not be our equal but our slave
However, searching…
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Do blacks in the US get arrested more often for drug usage despite using drugs at the same rate as whites?
Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk says in this YouTube video that
The studies show that as well. Blacks and whites use drugs at the same rate but black people get arrested way more often for it.
Is it true that the proportions of black and white drug…
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Did Susan B. Anthony make these statements regarding suffrage for women and former slaves?
Telesur posted an article on 8 November 2016 which claims Susan B. Anthony made a number of statements under the headline "White Women Pay Tribute to Susan B. Anthony, Notorious Racist":
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“I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will…
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Is it legal to shoot groups of Native Americans in some US States?
At a young age, I remember being told by a teacher that if there are five or more native Americans in a group, it is legal to shoot them, because it is considered a war party. The teacher told me that this was an old law which is still in effect…
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Did a US school test ask this question about norms in Chinese culture?
OpenDemocracy.net presents this as a question that has recently been asked of 12-year-old children in a US school:
It is described so:
A IS FOR ANTI-ASIAN
A worried Korean American woman recently posted a screenshot of a classroom test her 12 year…
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Did the Smithsonian publish this infographic about 'whiteness'?
The American Conservative ascribes some claims to Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC):
Look at this stunning exhibition from the website of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and…
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Can you lose child access in Germany because you made "xenophobic" comments?
AnonymousNews has a claim in German that making xenophobic comments online or being involved in protests may cause you to lose access to your children.
Wer „fremdenfeindliche“ Aussagen auf Facebook tätigt oder gegen „Flüchtlingsheime“ demonstriert,…
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Did Malcolm X say that Islam has shown him that a blanket indictment of all white people is wrong?
The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
It can be found here and here, but this answer on Quora claims he said,
“history will prove the white…
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Are white and non-white police officers equally likely to kill black suspects?
Well, that's the conclusion of a 2018 US study, as reported in the press:
"White officers do not kill black suspects at a higher rate compared with nonwhite officers," concludes a research team led by Charles Menifield, dean of the School of Public…
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Did a 'Black History Month website' call white people ‘genetically defective descendants of albino mutants’?
Telegraph.co.uk reports that 'A Black History Month website' has made claims such as :
[white people are the] genetically defective descendants of albino mutants
[white man can] “fantasise that he is genetically equal to the black…
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Is this a genuine 1965 literacy test?
According to the Michigan-based Ferris State University's Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, this is an excerpt of the text of the 1965 Alabama Literacy Test:
If it were proposed to join Alabama and Mississippi to form one state, what groups…
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Did a group of U.S. women propose to send black kids instead of dogs to space?
In his 1964 book "The third side of the dollar", Lithuanian journalist Albertas Laurinčiukas writes:
After Laika's flight, a group of women from Mississippi, U.S., sent a letter to the United Nations. They demanded to condemn USSR's inhumane…
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Is racism a natural instinct?
It is sometimes claimed that racism could be the result of a natural instinct, something we overcame due to civilization.
For example, Charles Miller made that claim in 1999 in the Anomalist.
"But my contention that "racism" may also be a human…
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