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Twenty-four Female Elected DAs Extol Support for Los Angeles DA Jackie Lacey

October 14, 2020 2:15 amOctober 14, 2020 11:11 am

A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else. Jackie Lacey is that stronger woman. It is no wonder that it was Jackie Lacey who was elected the first African American and the first...

Sacramento Bee Deems Mug Shots Racist

July 22, 2020 11:45 amMarch 17, 2022 8:26 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. First, the Los Angeles Times declared that “looting” has racist connotations and prohibited reporters from using it. Now, the Sacramento Bee, which had already “banned” the word...

Assemblyman Kansen Chu Rebuffs Demands He Resign for ‘Racist’ Remarks

June 26, 2020 2:18 amJune 26, 2020 10:24 am

Silicon Valley civil rights leaders are demanding that Assemblyman Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) resign for allegedly “racist and bigoted” remarks about blacks and Latinos. But Chu adamantly insists that they have misquoted him. And some of his critics sound like...

Assemblyman Wants Discriminatory 911 Calls to Be Hate Crimes

June 19, 2020 2:50 amJune 18, 2020 5:52 pm

Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) says he is introducing legislation that would outlaw discriminatory calls to 911. But it is unclear from his announcement who would determine whether the caller was acting with a discriminatory animus. Maybe the police? But that’s...

Mob Rule: UCLA Suspends Professor For Refusing to Cancel Finals for Black Students after George Floyd killing

June 16, 2020 12:19 pmJune 16, 2020 12:20 pm

The University of California Los Angeles has suspended an accounting professor who mocked a student for demanding that he basically cancel final exams for black students and afford them other leniency in light of the protests over the killing of...

UC Berkeley History Professor’s Open Letter Against BLM, Police Brutality and Cultural Orthodoxy

June 14, 2020 8:05 amJune 14, 2020 8:10 am

An anonymous professor of history at U.C. Berkeley wrote open letter to colleagues lambasting the current narratives of “racial injustice” and “institutional racism” claimed by the BLM movement, and ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd. Zero hedge reports,...

Following Online Graduation Ceremonies, Sacramento School District Encourages Student Protests

June 9, 2020 8:28 am

The Elk Grove Unified School District is encouraging students to protest the George Floyd murder, yet parents report they had to do online ceremonies for graduation last week. Dear Elk Grove Unified Students, Parents and Families, During this tumultuous past...