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Man City, Kyle Walker condemn racist abuse after UCL loss

Dec 12, 2024, 10:45 AM ET Manchester City have condemned online racist abuse of defender Kyle Walker following their 2-0 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday. The 34-year-old shared abusive messages he received via Instagram and called upon the app to clamp down on the amount of racist trolling circling on the […]

Politics

Kids are facing racist hate after Trump’s victory

This story originally appeared in Kids TodayVox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. The day after the presidential election, LaToya Bufford’s 16-year-old daughter got a text saying she had been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” The text came from a number Bufford’s daughter didn’t recognize, but it […]

World News

FBI investigates racist text messages sent to black people across US

Authorities are investigating racist text messages sent to black Americans across the country telling them to report to a plantation “to pick cotton”. Black Americans, including school and college students, were among the recipients in states including Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. “The FBI is aware of the offensive and racist text […]

Politics

Scott Jennings Gives Head-Spinning Response To Trump’s Racist Rally

Scott Jennings, one of CNN’s go-to conservative commentators, gave an equivocating response on-air Monday night when asked to react to several racist and offensive remarks speakers spewed at a Donald Trump rally in New York City on Sunday. During a segment on his “360” news panel show, host Anderson Cooper introduced footage of inflammatory moments […]

Technology

Streamer’s apology for racist rant exposes the rot in streaming culture

Last week, top Twitch streamer Zach Hoyt, better known as Asmongold, went on a racist rant against Palestiniansexpressing apathy for the relentless military campaign against them that has claimed over 40,000 livesmany of them children. “I don’t give a fuck,” he said. “They’re terrible people.” Hoyt is known for his incendiary language, but reactions to […]