A California high school English teacher has announced she does not want to teach her students Shakespeare because he’s white.
In a Washington Post column noting teachers have begun to opt out of teaching Shakespeare to students, Luther Burbank High School English teacher Dana Dusbiber explained her reasoning for excluding who many consider to be one of the greatest writers of all-time.…
After finding the graphic novels required for her English course to be too graphic, Tara Schultz, a student at Crafton Hills College, asked her university to “eradicate” the "pornographic and violent" books. The college’s administration spoke to MRCTV about their plans for the offending content.
In an email, Donna Hoffman, public relations officer for Crafton Hills College, wrote:
“In…
In her first public interview since the controversy surrounding her race hit headlines, Rachel Dolezal told the "Today" show's Matt Lauer she would make the same choices again and that her identification was due to "survival":
Lauer: "Would you make the same choices? Given all that's happened, and given the fall-out from it, but also the positive side of the discussion that has come out of it…
A Canadian restaurant was vandalized and accused of promoting “sexism” and “violence against women” because its name contains a double entendre.
The Montreal restaurant “La Mâle Bouffe” takes a playful spin in the French word “malbouffe,” which translates to “junk food.” The restaurant advertises itself with a logo of a mustached, shirtless man covered in tattoos.
Activists, however, took…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent out a tweet applauding the movie “Jurassic World” for not using real animals in the film.
To make the point that “you don’t need to use real animals to make a great movie,” PETA sent out the following tweet on June 12:
In the accompanying photo, PETA showed a scene from the movie in which a shark is eaten by a dinosaur.
“Jurassic World” is…
A college student is asking her school to “eradicate” books because she deems the “garbage” content offensive.
Tara Schultz, a Crafton Hills College student, complained to her college's administration that the graphic novels required for her English 250 course were not appropriate, as they are "pornographic and violent."
Speaking to Redlands Daily Facts, Schultz said, “I didn’t expect to open…
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A civil rights activist who once walked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. has put a new twist on the popular “black lives matter” slogan with a billboard in Memphis, Tenn.
The billboard, which is near the intersection of Airways Boulevard and Park Avenue, reads in white letters on a red background: “Black lives matter. So let’s quit killing each other.”
Fred…
Police have released video footage of an officer demanding a permit from the mother of two little girls who were operating an illegal lemonade stand in Overton, TX.
According to KLTV, the girls, Andria and Zoey Green, were running the lemonade stand in hopes of raising $105 in order to buy their father a present for Father’s Day next Sunday.
Zoey told the local station their pricing:
“We had…
The Department of Justice issued a federal grand jury subpoena on June 2, demanding the libertarian website Reason.com release information about controversial comments left on a recently published article. Then, on June 4, a gag order was issued to prevent Reason from discussing the matter with any third party. On Friday, Reason released its first statement on the issue since the gag order was…
In a primer on the topic of “triggering," the website "Everyday Feminism" cautions against the use of the word “trigger” in the phrase “trigger warning” since the word “trigger” can be triggering.
In a caveat at the beginning of the piece titled, “Not Sure What People Mean By ‘Triggering?' This Article Is Your One-Stop 101," Everyday Feminism writes:
"Editors Note: Like this phenomenal…
