Crime alerts at Cornell University eliminate race, a Black National Guardsmen forced to carry a chain, Wyoming makes it legal to eat roadkill, My Pillow guy launches social media platform, and a filthy coloring book.
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Sometimes, in the quest to be more fair and progressive, well-intentioned people or establishments seem to be making things less useful. This week on Davin’s Den, we are talking about Cornell University’s recent decision to remove a suspect’s race from crime alerts. This decision seems like a high-minded mistake. When people say that race is a social…
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Chris Kennedy’s Christmas display features a seven-foot Black Santa that stands tall in his yard along with a Christmas tree and a large shining sign that reads “Joy.” Until now, he has received nothing but compliments since he first moved to his North Little Rock, Arkansas, neighborhood in 2017. But just before Thanksgiving this year,…
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MUNCIE, Ind. — On her Facebook page, Jeannine Lee Lake recently posted photographs of racist collectibles she says she photographed at U.S. Rep. Greg Pence’s antique mall. The objects included antique coin banks of Black males with very dark skin, oversize red lips and bulging eyeballs, as well as banks of what Collectors Weekly calls…
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