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• ICE will stop using term 'illegal alien' when referring to immigrants

  April 20, 2021 12:17 PM

  U.S. immigration enforcement agencies will stop using the term "illegal aliens" in official communications when referring to immigrants. According to multiple memos from the federal government, Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection will using the words "alien," "illegal alien," and "assimilation" in internal policy... more »

• Aunt Jemima gets new name after dropping 'racial stereotypes' from product

  February 10, 2021 1:23 PM

  Aunt Jemima officially has a new name and logo months after the company announced it was dropping its longtime branding over criticism that it featured a racist caricature of a Black woman. The new name, Pearl Milling Company, pays homage to the original mill built in 1888 that made... more »

• Man formally charged with murder in killing of unarmed Baton Rouge panhandler

  January 27, 2021 7:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man accused of killing another person who was asking for money in the parking lot of a bustling shopping center is now indicted in the killing. District Attorney Hillar Moore confirmed that a grand jury formally charged Jayce Boyd on charges of second-degree murder and... more »

• Months after council vote, Confederate monument removed outside old Plaquemine courthouse Play Video

  January 19, 2021 1:18 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - A controversial monument located outside a former courthouse in Iberville Parish is now gone, about seven months after elected officials first voted to take it down . Pictures taken outside the courthouse Tuesday show the monument has been removed, leaving a bare pedestal outside the building. Witnesses... more »

• Report: Cleveland baseball team dropping Indians nickname after 105 years

  December 13, 2020 10:16 PM

  CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians will reportedly drop the nickname they've used for more than 100 years, making it the latest sports franchise to scrub Native American imagery from its team amid charges that its use is racist. Sources familiar with the situation told ESPN an official announcement is... more »

• Arkansas man receives racist letter demanding he remove Black Santa Claus decoration

  November 25, 2020 5:11 PM

  NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR - A man says someone sent a racially charged letter to his Arkansas home demanding that he remove a Black Santa Claus inflatable from his front yard. Chris Kennedy told TVH11 the letter arrived this past week at his home in North Little Rock. The... more »

• David Duke, former KKK leader, permanently banned from Twitter

  July 31, 2020 10:49 AM

  Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform's site’s rules forbidding hate speech. According to ABC News , the company said Friday that Duke's account “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.”... more »

• Jenna Marbles apologizes for offensive videos, temporarily leaves YouTube

  June 26, 2020 9:08 AM

  On Thursday, one of YouTube's most popular content creators, Jenna Marbles, posted a tearful video apologizing for previous content she'd created that smacks of racism and slut shaming, before telling viewers she would be taking a leave of absence from her YouTube channel. In her apologetic video, Marbles pointed... more »

• Petition to recall EBR School Board member Connie Bernard submitted Tuesday Play Video

  June 20, 2020 7:10 PM

  UPDATE: School board Mike Gaudet president released a statement Thursday calling for Bernard's resignation: https://www.wbrz.com/news/ebr-school-board-president-calls-for-connie-bernard-s-resignation ***** BATON ROUGE - Members of the East Baton Rouge School Board began their push to remove Connie Bernard from the board Tuesday amid a viral controversy stemming from a public meeting last... more »

• After WBRZ report on racist messages sent from judge's phone, NAACP files complaint with Supreme Court Play Video

  February 24, 2020 2:26 PM

  NAPOLEONVILLE – The NAACP filed a complaint with the Louisiana Supreme Court after WBRZ reported on a string of racist text messages sent from the phone of an area district judge. WBRZ was first to report on the messages and allegations of an affair involving the judge and a... more »

• Pinterest, The Knot to stop promoting plantation weddings

  December 5, 2019 12:34 PM

  Pinterest and The Knot, two of the most popular websites used for wedding planning, say they will no longer promote content related to plantation-style weddings. "Weddings should be a symbol of love and unity. Plantations represent none of those things," a Pinterest spokesperson told ABC News in a statement... more »

• Woman orders chicken sandwich, gets racist receipt served with it Play Video

  July 30, 2018 6:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A woman in Baton Rouge got way more than she ordered Friday when the "n-word" appeared on her receipt from Bull Chicks off of Coursey Boulevard. "'N***a' was on my receipt," Tanya Varnadoe said. "I noticed it once I got home, and it was shocking to me."... more »

• Police search home of accused killer's sister, still seeking murder weapon

  November 2, 2017 5:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The latest search warrants issued in connection with the arrest of accused Baton Rouge killer Kenneth Gleason reveal that his sister's home was searched as part of the investigation, but investigators have still yet to find the weapon used in the attacks. According to search warrants... more »

• Baton Rouge Veterans Parade apologizes for anti-muslim image

  February 20, 2017 11:39 AM

  BATON ROUGE- An apparent anti-Muslim image was posted and quickly removed from the Baton Rouge Veterans Day Parade group Facebook page Monday morning. The meme depicted a racial slur of a middle eastern man using his hand to clean himself after going to the bathroom. The post only stayed... more »

• Sheriff's report states judge did not use racial slur at bar Play Video

  February 14, 2017 3:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Judge Mike Erwin released a statement Tuesday addressing accusations that he uttered a racial slur during an altercation at an eatery. Judge Erwin was banned from Sammy's Bar and Grill after Kaneitra Johnson alleged that Erwin called her "n****r" multiple times during a fight over a... more »

• Charleston shooter Dylann Roof sentenced to death

  January 10, 2017 5:01 PM

  CHARLESTON, SC - A jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the murder of nine church goers in Charleston, South Carolina. The jury came to its decision after about three hours of deliberations. Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was guilty of opening fire on an African-American church... more »

• ATC agent fired for racist, sexual texts on work phone

  August 19, 2015 12:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Commissioner Troy Hebert said he fired a veteran Alcohol and Tobacco Control agent after he learned the agent faked payroll records and made threatening, racist, sexual text messages on a state-issued cell phone. Hebert said the agent, Brette Tingle, texted several former ATC employees and made... more »