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Police Investigate Racially Charged Beating
SOUTH HAVEN, Ind. (STMW) – A Gary, Ind. resident tried to escape a South Haven bar after becoming aware it might not be a safe place for a black man. Although the 24-year-old was not seriously hurt, he...
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Cicero School Board Member In Hot Water Over Racially-Charged Facebook Post
CICERO, Ill. (CBS) — A member of the J. Sterling Morton High School District school board in the near western suburbs may be forced to resign. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports, Cicero-based...
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Barrington Antique Shop Taking Heat Over Lawn Jockey
BARRINGTON, Ill. (CBS) — The owners of a Barrington antique shop are offending some people with what’s outside their store. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, an iron lawn jockey outside...
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‘The Book Of Mormon’ Chicago Opening Draws Criticism, But Not From Mormons
CHICAGO (CBS) – The biggest Broadway musical in decades, “The Book of Mormon,” opens tonight in Chicago. But CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley reports some local ministers are calling the musical both...
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School Closing Opponents Call Mayor A Racist Liar
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Public Schools’ plan to close 53 schools and 61 buildings, mostly in black neighborhoods, has some West Side residents vowing to fight the Emanuel administration until the...
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Downstate GOP Party Chair Resigns After Controversial Rant
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The chairman of the Republican Party in Montgomery County has resigned after writing what’s been called a racist and sexist email about U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis’ primary...
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Baffoe: Let’s Mock People Agreeing With Rick Reilly’s Awful Washington...
By Tim Tebow- (CBS) I would love to have tried my hand at taking Rick Reilly’s epically awful column on the Washington football team name to the woodshed—it’s really one that only serves to devolve...
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City To Pay $560K For Former Supervisor’s Racist, Sexist Rants
CHICAGO (CBS) – The City Council Finance Committee has recommend approving a $560,000 settlement for some city employees who complained about the racist and sexist rantings of their boss, the nephew of...
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Feds Side With Sara Lee Workers Subjected To Racist Taunts
CHICAGO (STMW) — The feds have sided with employees of a now-shuttered Sara Lee plant, finding managers at the Texas facility subjected African-American workers to racist taunts while assigning them to...
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Racist Chant Trickled Down From Evanston-Based Fraternity: University Official
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150327183756640AA.mp4 (CBS) – The infamous racist chant that brought down Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the University of Oklahoma may have been learned during a...
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Swastika, Racist Graffiti Reported At Northwestern University Library
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police at Northwestern University were investigating after someone scrawled racist and anti-Semitic graffiti in the school library. University police said a swastika and disparaging...
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South Loop Family Hounded By Racist Graffiti
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150514232929943AA.mp4 (CBS) — A family living in the South Loop says they are repeatedly being targeted with racist graffiti. The family’s towering condo...
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‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Met With Excitement, Accusations Of Racist Stereotypes
The views expressed on this page are those of the author, not CBS Local Chicago or our affiliated television and radio stations. By Mason Johnson Updated 3/3/2016 5:00 p.m.: Edited the piece to include...
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Culver’s Employee Threatening A Lawsuit After Fellow Employee Constructs...
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 22-year-old African American woman and her lawyer are threatening a lawsuit and boycott against Culver’s after a coworker created and left a discriminatory figure at the...
View ArticleRoseanne Barr On Racist Tweet: ‘I Wish I Worded It Better’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Roseanne Barr’s first TV interview since her ABC sitcom was canceled for a racist tweet, the comedian apologized for her “ill-worded” post and insisted she isn’t a bigot. During...
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MLB Investigating Racist Message Sent To Cubs’ Carl Edwards
CHICAGO (AP) — Major League Baseball is investigating a racist message sent to Chicago Cubs reliever Carl Edwards Jr. on social media this month. Theo Epstein, the president of baseball operations for...
View Article‘To Me It’s Just Disgusting’: Reaction To Suburban Students In Blackface
CHICAGO (CBS) — Videos appear to show white students in blackface at Homewood-Flossmoor over the weekend. Students there said they’re planning to protest those who participated. CBS 2’s Megan Hickey...
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