Jeopardy! Winner on Racist Hand Gesture Accusations: It s a Terrible Misunderstanding
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His statement arrives after a group of 467 former contestants of the game show penned an open letter to the show, demanding an apology from the show s producers for not censoring a controversial hand gesture in an episode. May 1, 2021
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Jeopardy! winner Kelly Donohue has reacted to the open letter penned by several Jeopardy! alums in which they accused Kelly of making a racist hand gesture on the show. Taking to his Facebook account on Thursday, April 29, Donohue insisted that this was a terrible misunderstanding. I m truly horrified with what has been posted about me on social media. I absolutely, unequivocally condemn white supremacy and racism of any kind, so Donohue wrote on the post. People who know me personally know that I am not a racist, but for the public at large it bears repeating: I am not a racist and I reject and condemn white supremac
A Lancaster County, South Carolina, volunteer fire chief resigned over his recent Facebook post that urged police to "stop responding to these black neighborhoods," saying it s better if "they
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“What’s going on here? A Washington power grab,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) declared in the official GOP response to Joe Biden’s speech to the joint session of Congress. Biden promised to bring America together, Scott argued, but has instead pursued “agendas that tear us apart.” And nowhere is that more true of Biden and Democrats, Scott declared, than on the issue of race.
Yes, it’s true that racism exists in America, Scott tells viewers, because he’s experienced it himself. Very recently, as he points out, and from the same political side that wants to make
Mondaire Jones Suggests Republicans Engaging in Racist Activity by Opposing DC Statehood
On 4/24/21 at 5:53 PM EDT
Freshman Representative Mondaire Jones, a New York Democrat, suggested that Republican lawmakers are engaging in racist activity by opposing statehood for Washington, D.C. and that they uphold systems of white supremacy.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are currently debating whether D.C. should be granted statehood, with the House of Representatives approving statehood for the district in a party line vote on Thursday. Now the debate moves to the Senate, where Democrats hold only narrow control and are unlikely to pass the legislation without ending the legislative filibuster or pushing it through the budget reconciliation process. As the nation s capital is a majority minority city, with about 700,000 total residents, Jones and other Democrats have argued that Republicans are disenfranchising minority voters and that it is racist to oppose statehood.