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Racist jokes no laughing matter
Here we go again. More than a half-century ago, Anita sang “Iike to live in America” and referred to Puerto Rico as an “ugly island” full of tropical diseases.
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Michael Patrick King: 2 Broke Girls Is Not Racist; It's "Classy-Dirty"
Michael Patrick King wants to make something clear: 2 Broke Girls is not a racist show. As for all the inappropriate jokes, they're just classy-dirty, OK? The 2 Broke Girls creator met with reporters at CBS' winter TV previews Wednesday, during which he was asked to defend the show's ethnic stereotypes and off-color humor, particularly in scenes involving the characters with whom down-on-their ...
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Papa John's Rings Up Asian Customer As "Lady Chinky Eyes"
It seems that some fast food cashiers still haven't learned that it's always a bad idea to put potentially racist "jokes" in their receipts. Minhee Cho tweeted her receipt from a Harlem Papa John's last night, writing, "Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn't 'lady chinky eyes.'" An assistant manager at the store told us that it was a joke-gone-wrong: "I didn't think [the cashier] was trying to ...
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Allegations of racism against the police up by 32% in four years
Complaints of racism against the police have risen by almost a third in four years, a Mirror investigation has found.
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Nev. car shop to pay $150k in discrimination suit
An auto dealership in Henderson is being ordered to pay $150,000 to two black employees who say a parts department manager made frequent racist jokes and imposed stricter rules on...
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Black Richmond officer testifies that he felt discriminated against by chief
Testimony begins in racial-discrimination suit involving Richmond Police Department
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NJ Ad Agency Makes The Most Racist Ad Of All Time
Copyranter, the grumpy advertising blogger (his bio proclaims he's the "Best Fucking Ad Blogger in the World"), noted this fake advertisement submitted to a British advertising creative contest, declaring, "Tasteless is bad enough. Unfunny and tasteless, no excuse." The fake ad, for Sapporo beer, says, "A beer so good it's hard to believe we made it with our eyes three-quarters closed." Oh ...
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Can Sexist Jokes At Work Ever Be Funny? Only When They're About Men
Sometime in the middle of last week I was sitting in a cafe drinking a coffee and thinking about work. That is, until I overheard this: "We have fresh meat coming in this week," the barista behind the counter chuckled to a friend. "A man - whose job it is to do man things." I ...
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Richmond police race-bias suit set for trial
A lawsuit that has hung over Richmond's police force for five years is set to go to trial Monday, with seven high-ranking African American officers accusing Chief Chris Magnus and his former top deputy of discriminating...
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2 Broke Girls Boss Michael Patrick King Plays the Gay Card to Defend Sitcom's Racist, Raunchy Humor
The critically derided Work It—about two cross-dressing sales reps—might be DOA (please?), but CBS' 2 Broke Girls is here to stay. And so are its racial stereotypes and...
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