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Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

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‘Imagine having a racial preference for who brings you your food’: Black Hooters waitress says one of her tables asked for blonde server instead of her

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Delivery driver tells Black customer their ‘name is so white’ in viral video

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

Tricia Crimmins

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

Southern home (l) vintage trunk with caption "Deep South Georgia this trunk contains slave records I asked my grandfather for the key he refuses he believes that hordes of blacks will storm the compound and burn it to the ground or seek reoperations i will release when he passes" (r)

‘Pure fear’: TikToker says white grandfather believes antique trunk will release spirits of slaves demanding reparations

model in swimsuit (l) woman with caption "me when shein colors in peoples skin for diversity" (c) model in swimsuit with skin color darkened (r)

‘You can literally tell it’s a white person’: TikToker calls out Shein for allegedly making white model Black

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

Laiken Neumann

White man with gray hair and braids in group of people caption "POV: Your cruise stopped at a Caribbean island" (l) White man with dark hair and hair braided with couple in front of him caption "POV: Your cruise stopped at a Caribbean island" (c) White man with dark hair and white woman next to him at bar with braids and people staring at them caption "POV: Your cruise stopped at a Caribbean island" (r)

‘The only positive is that the locals probably overcharged them’: TikToker puts all the white people in braids on blast after their cruise makes stop at a Caribbean island

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

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

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

Braden Bjella

‘Take them to court’: Popular TikToker says she was racially profiled while trying to deposit rent money at Citibank

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)

‘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

Man in room caption " When you book an Airbnb for $20 in Dallas but you end up in a traphouse so you immediately leave and book a hotel " (l) airbnb shutterstock image (c) Man with glasses caption" When you book an Airbnb for $20 in Dallas but you end up in a traphouse so you immediately leave and book a hotel " (r)

‘You ever been in a trap before?’: TikTokers refer to their Airbnb house as a ‘trap house,’ sparking outrage (updated)

group of female tourists looking at two African children caption " Please don't do this when you travel to Africa (l) group of female tourists squatting down to photograph the African children caption " Please don't do this when you travel to Africa" (c) group female tourists taking photos of two African children caption " Please don't do this when you travel to Africa" (r)

‘It ain’t a zoo’: Women filmed taking photos of children in Africa, sparking debate

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

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

young woman with ping pong ball and paddle, caption "haven't won a single game yet" (l) woman at door with many pairs of shoes with caption "no shoes policy" (c) young woman grimacing at chop sticks with caption "complicated eating style" (r)

People are criticizing a white woman for making TikToks about living with her Chinese boyfriend

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"

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

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