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Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

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Black woman says someone walked in on her in the Zara dressing room—and then she was the one escorted out the store

‘That’s why I never try on clothes in store.’ Black woman says someone walked in on her in Zara dressing room—she was the one escorted out

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Black customers say server recommended they get the watermelon margarita

‘I had a table call me out for this’: Viewers divided after Black customers say server recommended they get the watermelon margarita

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‘It hurts them’: Server calls out customers who say these subtly racist things when they order

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Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

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Viewers divided after ex-server of 3 years says Black customers don't tip

‘I can 100% attest to this’: Viewers divided after ex-server of 3 years says Black customers don’t tip

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

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Black man claims racism prevented him from renting a luxury car from Enterprise

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Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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African greeting videos have exploded in popularity. Are they empowering or Blaxploitation?

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Customers call out IHOP worker who refuses to serve them

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