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UVA Problems / TwitterA black University of Virginia student was grabbed by cops outside a bar in Charlottesville late Wednesday night and thrown to the ground. He hit his head, suffering an injury that required 10 stitches, according to The Huffington Post. Cell phone pictures and videos of the incident show the student, Martese Johnson, pinned…
Last night 300 students at the University of Virginia rallied to protest the violent arrest of Martese Johnson, a fellow student who was reportedly bloodied by officers Tuesday night for trying to enter a local pub with an alleged fake ID. As students marched around campus and into town, chants of “black lives matter” filled…
Thousands of students and their university president attended a rally at the University of Virginia on Wednesday night to show support for an undergraduate student who sustained a bloody head injury while he was being arrested by alcohol control officers close to campus. The Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe, has called on the state secretary of…
Virginia senators Timothy M. Kaine and Mark R. Warner have joined those voicing unease after the bloody arrest of a University of Virginia student early Wednesday morning. Kaine tweeted late Wednesday that he was “troubled” by reports of the force used by Alcohol and Beverage Control agents when arresting Martese Johnson, a 20-year-old student who…
Martese Johnson is held down by an officer on Wednesday in Charlottesville, Virginia. Bryan Beaubrun / AP About 1,000 students and community members gathered at the University of Virginia campus Wednesday night to demand justice for a third-year student who was injured during an arrest hours earlier, and appeared in a photo and video with…
Starbucks Wants To Talk To You About Race. Coffee Beans drying in an Ethiopian village But Does It Want to Talk To You About Racism? According to Fortune magazine, Starbucks will “encourage baristas to discuss race relations with customers”. Starbucks’ media page says that a series of “racially charged tragedies” sparked the initiative “Race Together”….
In an article published Monday evening, USA Today reporter Bruce Horovitz wrote: “Starbucks, in partnership with USA TODAY, is about to tackle the issue of race in America.” Thank goodness someone is finally getting around to it! The article outlines a new program called “Race Together,” which will encourage baristas at 12,000 Starbucks locations to…
On Tuesday evening’s edition of MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” host Chris Hayes spoke with “CBS Sunday Morning’s” Nancy Giles and video blogger, writer and DJ Jay Smooth about Starbucks’ bizarre attempt at rectifying hundreds of years of systemic racism in the United States. Hayes played a clip from Smooth’s YouTube video “How to…
Entry Text Azealia Banks did not hold back during her interview with Playboy for the magazine’s April 2015 issue, discussing topics like pervasive racism, her sex life and even Kanye West. The 23-year-old Harlem native, known for her no-holds-barred tweets, began her career sharing songs on Myspace and emailing producers for beats. In November, she…
Danielle Hicks-Best, 18, holds her son, Levi. After D.C. police questioned her account about being sexually assaulted, Hicks-Best spent years in detention and secure treatment centers. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Almost seven years ago, a troubled 11-year-old girl reported that she had been raped — twice — in her Northwest Washington neighborhood. Despite medical…