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Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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racist monkeys hung nooses

‘They didn’t want any Black neighbors’: TikToker says house next door to open house hung monkeys on nooses

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

woman lost in thought (l) cracker barrel store (m) screenshot of the words "canadian was a code word for black people"

tiktoker exposes code names

TikToker says servers used code name to talk about Black customers at Cracker Barrel

Woman caption " Me matching with an Italian man on Tinder " (l) Tinder shutterstock image (c) TikTok greenscreen google translate search screenshot caption " Translating it to see what he says to me " (r)

italian tinder

‘This is not the first time a man has said this to me. To me, it’s racist’: TikToker says an Italian man told her he would ‘f*ck’ the Black out of her

people on treadmills (l) gym carpet with caption "one day before this man said my hair could be used a good mop!"

racist old man on treadmill

White man allegedly tells Black TikToker her hair could make for a good mop while at the gym (updated)

walmart security checking bags of shopper with caption "in walmart this man said i was stealing! this the second time they checking my baggg this is crazy please share"

walmart security tiktok

‘SHOPPING WHILE BLACK’: Woman says she was accused of stealing at Walmart—so she returns it all in viral TikTok

Students lift person at dance (l & r) young woman with caption "Y'all saying the black people were ok with it... how do u know? Like I'm confused how do y'all know they were ok with it??" (c)

stand up harriet dance tiktok

‘This was an incredibly insensitive event’: TikToker accuses white students of mocking song from movie about Harriet Tubman at school dance

police escorting woman with caption "this is a south florida realtor - a failed attempt to evict because the owner was unaware that i'm black"

south florida realtor

‘Rent is paid and it’s illegal to move me out’: Woman says landlord is trying to kick her out of apartment she’s lived in for 4 years (updated)

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

IHOP restaurant with caption "Meet Faith She told all the black customers IHOP was out of straws but gave her white customer straws"

meet faith IHOP straws

‘She told all the black customers IHOP was out of straws’: Black customer says IHOP worker only gave white customers straws in viral TikTok

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woman demands refunds because she found out business owner is black

‘I wasn’t aware that you’re a person of color’: Woman demands refund after finding out business owner is Black

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, BuzzFeed, the Daily Dot, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

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cracker barrel brings only asian guy a fine china plate

‘Why did you guys bring the only Asian guy in the restaurant a fine China plate’: TikToker says he was profiled at Cracker Barrel in viral video

Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘I was so mad’: TikToker says JCPenney fired her after she went on maternity leave

Kahron Spearman is the community manager for the Daily Dot and Nautilus magazine. He’s also a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

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cop jewish tattoo tiktok

Unclick

‘I don’t gang bang, sir. I’m Jewish‘: Cop doesn’t believe Black man has a Jewish tattoo, accuses him of being a ‘Gangster Disciple’

Man records his interaction with police officer

TikToker records interaction with police officer

‘Because I said so’: Cop accused of abusing power in viral TikTok (updated)

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

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TikToker says Texas restaurant seated Black people on one side and white people on the other

white man with "Brown Afro" wig (l) young woman in mask with caption "recording every time i see cultural appropriation at spirit" (c) white man in "Afro Mullet" wig (r)

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