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Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

A woman looking into camera (L) and woman looking into camera (R).

‘It’s not a coincidence’: Black TikToker says white neighbors follow her every move

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

A TikToker showed that the AirBnB she stayed in had a cotton field behind it.

‘Cotton fields is not normal’: Black TikToker says she showed up to Airbnb with cotton field, sparking debate

A woman screaming at people in an alleyway.

‘That was not OK’: Viral TikTok shows Karen screaming at storage facility employees to ‘move faster’

In a TikTok, a man says that a restaurant was racist toward his date, who was Black.

‘I wouldn’t recommend this restaurant to anyone’: White TikToker says restaurant kicked out his date because she’s Black

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

Brooke Sjoberg

‘You can’t make this stuff up’: Woman says her ‘Karen’ neighbor called the cops over her child’s Barbie car in viral TikTok

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

police officer leaning into vehicle speaking to driver

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‘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’

woman in car watching inset of starbucks worker with caption "self defense isn't racist" (l) woman in car with surprised look (c) woman drinking coffee with inset of starbucks worker with caption "Also, bring Trump back" (r)

‘If you want to do that sh*t, go to Chick-fil-A’: Starbucks worker put on blast for making ‘right-wing’ video while at work

man pulling off dreadlock wig with caption "When you see a white guy wearing dreads on halloween"

‘Doing the lord’s work’: TikToker’s takedown of white guy wearing dreadlock wig goes viral

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

Man records his interaction with police officer

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

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

White women ogle at Black TikToker's hair

‘The disrespect’: Black TikToker lets white women ogle at her hair, sparking debate

Aisha Hana, a Pakistani woman, is accused of Blackfishing and responds.

‘You only mistake me for white because white women have gone crazy with feature altering’: Pakistani TikToker goes viral for response to blackfishing allegations

little girl in driver's seat of truck (l) girl running away in parking lot (c) inside center compartment in truck (r) all with caption "The time I came out of recoil and this little girl was in my car"

‘There’s Karens, and then there is Lil Debbies’: Viral TikTok of white child getting into Black man’s car without permission sparks debate

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

Denise Bradley is exposing anti-Black content in 'white lives matter' groups on Facebook

‘I want them to feel uncomfortable’: Black influencer Aunt Karen is infiltrating ‘white lives matter’ groups to expose racism

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

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

Liza Bautista is a former reporting intern at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and is based in NYC. Her work has appeared in i-D, Decider, and the Interlude.

Liza Bautista

police detain Black man and TikToker steps in to tell the true story

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