Bring That Week Back: Complaint Filed Against Black Professor for Racism Discussion

Macy's subpoenaed, Miami Gardens police sued, plus more.

Students File Complaint Against Professor for Discussing Racism - Macy's subpoenaed by New York City's Human Rights Commission; Miami Gardens police hit with racial profiling lawsuit, plus more news. — Natelege Whaley   Two students at Minneapolis Community Technical College filed a complaint against Professor Shannon Gibney for holding a discussion on structural racism during one of her lectures. Two white male students questioned why there was a need to discuss the topic, and Gibney told them to file a complaint if they were unhappy with it. Gibney says she was then reprimanded by MCTC, although the college denies doing so. (Photo: MCTC City College News via youtube)
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Miami Police and Mayor Sued for Harassing Black Suburb - Eleven residents of Miami Gardens, a predominantly Black Florida neighborhood, filed federal civil rights lawsuits against the mayor and police department of Miami Gardens. The plaintiffs cited aggressive police tactics, including stop-and-frisk searches and arbitrary arrests, targeting African-Americans in the suit. One plaintiff, Earl Sampson, 28, was stopped by police about 288 times over a four-year period.(Photo: Surveillance via MiamiHerald.com)National Museum of African Art Receives $1.8 Million - The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art received $1.8 million from the Sultanate of Oman Tuesday. The money will fund a collaborative educational initiative called "Connecting the Gems of the Indian Ocean: From Oman to East Africa." The seven-figure donation is the largest the institution has ever been given in its history.   (Photo: Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art)

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Students File Complaint Against Professor for Discussing Racism - Macy's subpoenaed by New York City's Human Rights Commission; Miami Gardens police hit with racial profiling lawsuit, plus more news. — Natelege Whaley Two students at Minneapolis Community Technical College filed a complaint against Professor Shannon Gibney for holding a discussion on structural racism during one of her lectures. Two white male students questioned why there was a need to discuss the topic, and Gibney told them to file a complaint if they were unhappy with it. Gibney says she was then reprimanded by MCTC, although the college denies doing so. (Photo: MCTC City College News via youtube)

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