Racism
"Mistaking a person’s identity, even when unintentional, is, at best, lazy, but these seemingly innocuous errors can have serious consequences."
Sheldon Whitehouse told a reporter that whites-only clubs are “a long tradition in Rhode Island" and he thinks "we just need to work our way through the issues."
"We don't want you here," said one bystander. That's "not how you heal a nation," complained the conservative senator.
They are disproportionately detained, receive higher bond costs, and say they face unfair treatment within detention centers.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
It's finally a federal holiday!
Banning critical race theory from classrooms whitewashes racism’s role in U.S. history and, ironically, America’s newest federal holiday.
More Black professionals want flexible work policies than their white, Asian and Latinx colleagues. Researchers blame office culture.
"The idea is to whitewash American history of any legacy of racism," said state Democratic Rep. James Talarico.
Keisha Young, 22, said she believes guards at Nellie's Sports Bar targeted her amid the city's LGBTQ Pride festivities after mistaking her for someone else.
Newsmax tried to explain the tweets as expressing opposition to racism, but ick.