5 Comments TIL US Customs and Border Protection allows their officers to have racially motivated and gang-related tattoos… they just need to cover them up while they are at work. by whatilearned June 7, 2022, 5:13 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL when world champion boxer Joe Louis voluntarily joined the U.S. Army in 1942 he was asked about his decision to enter the (then) racially segregated organization, he replied: “Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain’t going to fix them.” by whatilearned March 14, 2022, 8:27 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL of a group of people known as ‘Cagots’ who were persecuted for centuries in France, they did not differ racially or religiously than the the rest of the population, Historians still aren’t sure why this group of people were hated so much.. by whatilearned November 27, 2021, 3:44 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that when Richard Pryor served in the United States Army in West Germany, he and a group of black soldiers beat and stabbed (not fatally) a white soldier who was overly amused at racially charged scenes from the movie “Imitation of Life” by whatilearned August 17, 2021, 10:20 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Manchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker racially abused online after Champions League defeat by SportsNews May 30, 2021, 12:23 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand racially abused at Premier League match by SportsNews May 24, 2021, 8:41 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Juan Cala denies racially abusing Mouctar Diakhaby; Valencia respond ‘We Don’t Believe You’ by SportsNews January 1, 1970, 12:00 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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