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So Sad: 9 Year-Old Alabama Girl Commits Suicide After Racist Bullying

Source: Terry Vine/Getty Images / Getty Alabama Girl Commits Suicide After Being Bullied The family of a fourth-grade student who committed suicide is reeling. CBS 42 reports that the mother of 9-year-old McKenzie Adams says bullying led her daughter to kill herself. McKenzie’s mom says her daughter complained to school officials numerous times about being bullied but little was done to stop it. On December 3, McKenzie’s grandma found her hanging in her home. “She told me that this one particular child was writing her nasty notes in class. It was just things you wouldn’t think a 9-year-old should know. And my baby to tell me some of the things they had said to her. I was like where are they learning this from” Adams said. “I just felt that our trust was in them that they would do the right thing. And it feels like to me it wasn’t it wasn’t done”. She also believes that race might have played a factor in her late daughter’s death. A white family friend drove McKenzie to school and she used to get picked on about it. “She was being bullied the entire school year, with words such as ‘kill yourself,’ ‘you think you’re white because you ride with that white boy,’ ‘you ugly,’ ‘black b***,’ ‘just die,’” McKenzie’s mom told The Tuscaloosa News. Funeral services for McKenzie Adams will be held next Saturday at Alabama’s U.S. Jones elementary school. HEARTBREAKING: A West Alabama family is grieving the death of their daughter who took her life. The mother of 9-year-old McKenzie Adams says bullying led her daughter to kill herself. https://t.co/D4hipldstm — CBS 42 (@CBS_42) December 11, 2018 This is so sad and so senseless. Our prayers are with McKenzie’s family.

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Holy $hit! This is the Most Violent Play in Sports History!

Good news, Zaza Pachulia. You are no longer the dirtiest person playing basketball these days. Not by a long shot. Not after what transpired on Tuesday night in a game between Division III teams Fitchburg State and Nichols. The schools were playing in Massachusetts and everything was going along as it normally does during the course of a basketball game when Nichols guard Nate Tenaglia received a pass in the corner. He was open, so he fired off a three-pointer. Just as he releases the ball, however, Fitchburg junior guard Kewan Platt comes flying out of nowhere and DRILLS Tenaglia. We're not just talking about some kind of regular hard foul, either. We're talking about a flat-out punch to the face, something that lands far outside the realm of a basketball play and into the realm of… illegal activity? Yes, many on social media (including Michael Rapaport) are calling for Platt to be arrested. Watch the video here and you'll immediately see where these folks are coming from. Tenaglia was able to return to the game and is reportedly doing fine. But Fitchburg State has suspended Platt and barred him from campus for an unspecified amount of time. It has also released this statement: “The Fitchburg State community is appalled by the conduct displayed during Tuesday night’s home basketball game. “His behavior is antithetical to our community values and good sportsmanship. Fitchburg State does not tolerate behavior that violates those standards. “The case is being reviewed at the student conduct level for consideration of further sanctions.” We don't even have a joke to conclude with here. This foul is just flat out insane. Watch it for yourself now.

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SMH: Baltimore High School Student Caught On Camera Sucker Punching Elderly Teacher For “Getting Smart” With Her [Video]

Student Caught On Camera Punching Teacher In Class Clips like these help us understand why that California teacher decided to deliver the smackdown to an aggressively disrespectful and threatening student last week. According to WMAR ABC News Baltimore , a female student at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore City got into a verbal disagreement with a teacher and was caught on tape sucker-punching the woman in the jaw in a now-viral clip. In the video, the young woman can be heard accusing the teacher of “getting smart” with her as another student attempts to calm her down. Next, the girl pushes the other student away and punches her teacher on the left side of her face, seemingly attempting to knock the woman unconscious. Still, the teacher exhibited grace and patience, calmly following the student out of the room and it appears attempting to reason with her. Several social media users who have posted the video claim that the teacher was fresh back in the classroom after a leave of absence to have surgical cancer treatment. SMH. Take a look at the unedited clip with full sound (and a full view of the teacher’s young assailant) on the next page. Getty/YouTube/WMAR

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Respect Her Vote: Here’s 10 Reasons Amber Rose Says We Should Be Hitting The Polls

SplashNews.com Amber Rose Embraces Voting As Part Of Her Activism Theme For SlutWalk Amber Rose’s Slutwalk 2018 grabbed headlines as usual this year, but we want to make sure those who follow the model and activist aren’t missing out on the activism theme Amber embraced for this year’s big event, which took place exactly one month before this year’s midterm elections. Rose partnered with Hip Hop Caucus’ non-partisan Respect My Vote! campaign as a spokesperson and to collaborate on a special campaign leading up to Election Day on November 6th, to educate, inspire, and mobilize young people to the polls on women’s issues. “We can’t continue to give power to people in office who oppose women having control over our own bodies, and access to health care we need, and protection from sexual harassment at work. By voting we take away their power and we empower people in office who are and will fight for women’s equality. And, that’s our goal with the partnership between SlutWalk and Hip Hop Caucus’ ‘Respect My Vote!’ campaign.” To kick off the partnership, Amber Rose SlutWalk and Respect My Vote! released Amber Rose’s Top 10 Reasons We Should Vote , focused on the ways in which those we elect make critical decisions on policies that can either bring us towards greater equality and opportunity for women, or set us back. “I am committed to ending rape culture and slut shaming and empowering women with the freedom to be who they want to be and achieve what they want to achieve,” Amber Rose said in a press release about the partnership. “We are working to change the culture, but we also have to change our laws to fully protect women from harassment, get justice for violence against women, and ensure equal opportunity for women at work and in school. That is why activism is the theme of SlutWalk this year. We are going to exercise our activism by voting. I am excited to partner with Hip Hop Caucus on the ‘Respect My Vote!’ campaign. We are going from the poles to the polls!” The 10 reasons are what Rose along with SlutWalk and Hip Hop Caucus voters are calling on candidates and elected officials to fight for on behalf of women: #1 Rape and Violence Against Women #2 Reproductive Health #3 Equal Pay #4 Mass Incarceration #5 LGBTQ Equality #6 Paid Family Leave #7 Sexual Harassment #8 Immigration #9 Environmental Justice & Health #10 Student Loans and Education. All great reasons right?! Amber’s Respect My Vote page also allowed visitors to register to vote and pledge to vote. When people take the pledge to vote, they receive text and email updates from Rose and Respect My Vote! that inspire people to vote, and that also provide information on polling locations, what to bring to the polls, and how to protect your vote. Respect My Vote! also released an Amber Rose special edition Respect My Vote! shirt for Slut-Walk on Oct. 6. The shirt represents the essence of the power of women at the polls.

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Racist Robocall From Oprah Impersonator Targets Georgia Governor’s Race

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(Photo Credit: PR Photos) Georgia voters received a racist robocall targeting the state’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams , according to  a report by CNN . The call features a voice impersonating Oprah Winfrey , who appeared on the campaign trail Thursday (Nov. 1) in support of Abrams. In about a 60-second pre-recorded message, racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric is used to mock the media titan and attack Abrams. The message was created by a white supremacist group called The Road to Power, CNN reported. The group is known for anti-Semitic video podcasts. It previously attacked Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum after he won the nomination in the August primary and again in October. According to the report, it is unknown how many voters received this call. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://blackamericaweb.com” id=”712998″ overlay=”true”] HEAD BACK TO THE BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM HOMEPAGE

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High School Teacher Arrested After Fighting A Student During Class

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(Creatas Images) A California high school teacher was arrested after video surfaced of him allegedly punching one of his students who used a racial slur,  CBS Los Angeles reports . Marston Riley, 64, was released November 3 from the Los Angeles County Jail after posting $50,000 bail, according to reports. Cellphone video showed the student taunting Riley, calling him the N-word and cursing at him. Riley was clearly growing more frustrated and then he began repeatedly hitting the student, and at one point, using an object to hit him. The student was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries and released, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The video circulated online, see below: loud. swearing. teacher beats up student in class. pic.twitter.com/CgVVsmfJGb — Draft (@TheDraft11) November 3, 2018 “I was scared for the kid, and partly for the teacher too,” a student who witnessed the fight told CBS Los Angeles. The fight allegedly  began after the teacher said the student was not wearing the proper school uniform, the witness told the station. The student responded with racist comments. “It was just back and forth, back and forth, and then the teacher just decided to throw a punch and that’s when everything happened,” the witness said. A  GoFundMe page  has been created by the teacher’s supporters to raise money for his legal fees. They say he’s been physically or verbally attacked in the past. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://blackamericaweb.com” id=”245152″ overlay=”true”] HEAD BACK TO THE BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM HOMEPAGE  

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Fair Or Foul: Teacher Arrested For Hand Delivering The Fade To A Disrespectful Student [Video]

(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) California Teacher Arrested After Video Shows Him Fighting A Student A Maywood, California teacher was arrested after he was involved in a fight with a student during class. Cell phone video from the confrontation at Maywood Academy High School shows the teacher and the student exchanging blows during band class after what appears to be the student confronting and provoking the teacher. CBS Los Angeles obtained the below video.   Many people in the community had mixed emotions on the situations with some parents being outraged at the teacher’s actions, while others acknowledged that the teacher did nothing wrong and defended himself.   Go to the next page to see the full video and decide for yourself if the teacher was in the wrong or if he handled the student and the situation correctly.

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A Lil’ Positivity: Remy Ma Launches A Clothing Line That Will Benefit Women That Were Previously Incarcerated

Remy Ma Launches Non-Profit Thats Committed To Helping Women Have Successful Prison Releases Remy Ma has been in her bag these last couple of months. Between being a panelist on Revolt’s hit show,  State of the Culture, and starring in her own VH1 reality series it’s amazing that she finds time to do give back in a major way. She’s decided to take a leap into fashion, as she will debut a clothing line that benefits women who were previously incarcerated. Remy’s clothing line will launched through Vim Vixen and she plans  to support women who shared a similar experience to her.  

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Cops Stop Two Middle School “Satanists” That Planned On Killing 15 Other Students & Drinking Their Blood [Video]

Getty Images Two Middle School Girls Plotted to Kill Students & Drink Their Blood Authorities in Bartow, Florida were able to stop 2 middle school girls that were plotting to kill 15 students and drink their blood at Bartow Middle School. The girls, ages 11 &12, were arrested earlier this week and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a weapon on school property, carrying a concealed weapon, and disruption of a school function. The girls reportedly claimed to be “satanists” and “devil worshippers” with intentions on “eating the flesh of their victims in addition to drinking their blood before killing themselves”. Luckily the girls were caught after an automated message called one of their homes alerting their parents of the student’s absence. One of the girl’s mother then called the school after campus officials found the girls in the restroom. The girls reportedly had four knives, a pair of scissors, and a pizza cutter on them when they were caught in the bathroom.

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This Youtuber Is In The News For Tipping His Waitress $10K, Here’s 5 Other Times He’s Given Away Insane Amounts Of Cash

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Source: Design Pics / SW Productions / Getty Headlines about a man who ordered only water at a restaurant and tipped $10,000 have been all over the place this week–but there’s a lot more to the story than most are aware of. An East Carolina University Student by the name of Alaina was working her shift at Sup Dogs in Greenville, North Carolina when a customer came in and only ordered two waters. Once he departed, he left a note saying, “thanks for the delicious water,” along with an extremely generous $10,000 tip. Seems unbelievable, especially to the lucky waitress at the receiving end of the cash. She told the News Observer,  “I literally didn’t think it was real. I picked it up and it was a giant stack of hundreds, I was shaking and just kept asking, ‘What is this?’ I thought someone was playing a joke on me.” But the money was very real and not at all a joke. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But as it turns out, this good deed wasn’t just a one-off by some wealthy do-gooder, this was none other than  Mr. Beast . The Youtuber, whose real name is  Jimmy Donaldson , is known for his elaborate videos–many of which involve him giving away large sums of money to different groups of people like waitresses, pizza delivery guys, and the homeless. Though this wasn’t the first time Donaldson had given away huge wads of cash to some deserving servers, it was the most he’s ever given to one lone waitress. While most Youtubers take their sponsorships to either pay their own bills or buy supplies for videos, Mr. Beast commonly gets sponsored by different companies just to give the money away to strangers–and a lot of times, he ends up pitching in his own money too. If you’ve never seen one of his videos, be prepared to feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Check out these five others times Mr. Beast blessed the people in his community, giving out hundreds of thousands of dollars.   I Tipped Waitresses $20,000 As I mentioned before, this recent $10,000 tip wasn’t the first time Jimmy blessed some waitresses–but in this previous instance, he made a lot more than just one person’s day.

This Youtuber Is In The News For Tipping His Waitress $10K, Here’s 5 Other Times He’s Given Away Insane Amounts Of Cash