racism

anti-semitic graffiti at Brooklyn temple causes Ilana Glazer event cancellation

The final event in Ilana Glazer’s four-part political activism “Generator Series” at Murmrr Ballroom was to have happened Thursday night (11/1) at Murmrr Theatre, which is located inside Union Temple of Brooklyn, when anti-semitic graffiti was found in one of the synagogue’s hallways stairwells.

Dingbatz owner posts statement: "I DID NOT authorize" the racist bands to play

”When I arrived at my bar after being at the hospital with my son I found out the bands had played. The next day I was asked to do an interview along with the promoter to discuss what happened. Unfortunately, the way I phrased it in the interview made it sound like I allowed them to play. To be clear, I DID NOT authorize the bands in question to play.”

death metal vets Pestilence's tour cancelled after racism accusation

The tour was cancelled after MetalSucks ran the article ”Pestilence’s Patrick Mameli Scolds Facebook Follower with a Racist Slur, Propagates Jewish Stereotypes, Defends Donald Trump and Fox News.” Mameli responded and denied the accusations…

Montreal Jazz Fest cancels controversial 'SLAV' show after backlash

The show, which features a mostly-white cast performing African-American slave songs, was much protested and it caused Moses Sumney to drop off Montreal Jazz Fest.

Moses Sumney drops off Montreal Jazz Fest over controversial show with slave songs

He pulled out after learning the festival booked multiple nights of the much-protested show SLĀV, “in which a majority-white group of singers, lead by a white Québécois director, sing African-American slave songs, sometimes dressed as field slaves and cotton pickers,” Moses wrote.

Racist lawyer Aaron Schlossberg suing Global Citizen Fest, record labels

The NYC lawyer whose anti-immigrant rant went viral, has ties to the music industry.

Questlove denies "ridiculous allegations" made in racial discrimination lawsuit

Yesterday it was reported that Questlove was being sued for racial discrimination, and Questlove has since responded to the ”ridiculous” allegations.

Princess Nokia was the one who threw the soup at the racist L Train rider

Princess Nokia: “And yes I threw hot soup in this mans face and kicked him off off the train, and kicked in the face. Any other racists wanna try us again?“

Shining’s “No More Safe Space” tour lives up to its name; show cancelled

Show cancelled on Shining’s poorly-named tour after Niklas Kvarforth was accused of drugging a person’s drink, groping women, making rape threats, and using racist and homophobic slurs.

Fox News' Geraldo Rivera responds to Kendrick Lamar, says hip hop has done more damage than racism

As you may have heard, on Kendrick Lamar‘s instantly-great new album DAMN., he samples that Fox News segment where Geraldo Rivera and company criticized his lyrics, and he also takes shots at Geraldo on the album. Geraldo has now fired back…
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