‘Privilege is wearing $200 sneakers when you’ve never had a job or $300 Beats headphones while living on public assistance’: Assistant principal at Staten Island high school is investigated after ‘racist’ rant on Facebook Deborah Morse-Cunningham is employed as assistant principal at New Dorp High School The educator – who reportedly makes $130,000 per year … Read more
A Burnley fan who chartered a plane and flew a White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium shared a series of racist slurs on social media, it emerged today, as his girlfriend was suspended from her beauty job for her own bigoted posts. Jake Hepple ranted about ‘P***s’ while his partner, Megan Rambadt, tweeted that her … Read more
Police today launched an investigation into a Burnley football fan who chartered a plane and flew a White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium as he faced being charged with a racially-aggravated public order offence. Jake Hepple, who has posted in support of the EDL and been pictured with its former leader, Tommy Robinson, … Read more
Dizzee Rascal snaps at Piers Morgan for asking about BLM… with Susanna Reid forced to apologise when he SWEARS live on air in awkward chat By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 10:00 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 10:17 BST, 23 June 2020 Piers Morgan was left speechless on Tuesday morning’s Good Morning Britain after … Read more
Fury as academic defends pulling down statues on Radio 4 and tells the station that actions by Black Lives Matter protesters could be seen as an ‘energising source of hope’ An academic defended toppling statues on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day Professor Tina Beattie’s comments provoked anger among some listeners Beattie claimed the … Read more
When the Monty Python team couldn’t think of a proper ending to one of their more fantastic sketches, they came up with a brilliant device for calling a halt. The late, great Graham Chapman would march on set, dressed as a British Army Colonel, complete with swagger stick, and announce: ‘Stop this, it’s getting silly.’ … Read more
Ben Stiller suggests replacing an NYC statue of Theodore Roosevelt with one of his beloved late co-star Robin Williams: ‘He deserves one’ New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday that the city will remove a statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt from in front of the landmark Museum of Natural History The monument … Read more
Burnley FC apologise after ‘White Lives Matter’ banner is flown over their Premier League match against Manchester City moments after players take the knee for BLM Burnley apologised and vowed to hand out lifetime bans to those responsible Private plane flew over Eithad stadium as players took a knee in support of BLM Burnley FC say … Read more
BBC will spend £100m over three years to ensure 20% of its off-screen workforce is from minority or under-privileged groups and create ‘inclusive’ content Twenty per cent of BBC off-screen talent to be from under-represented groups This will include disabled, BAME workers and people from poor backgrounds The BBC’s pledge comes in the wake of a … Read more
BBC will spend £100m of its TV budget over three years to ensure 20% of its off-screen workforce is from minority or under-privileged groups in wake of Black Lives Matter protests Twenty per cent of BBC off-screen talent to be from under-represented groups This will include disabled, BAME workers and people from poor backgrounds The BBC’s … Read more