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Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, 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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‘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

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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tiktoker records couple who crashed into his car

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TikToker records couple who allegedly crashed into his car, said ‘of course’ he’s recording because he’s Black

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

Kahron Spearman

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‘Thrill of a billion eyes’: The Prancing J-Settes of Jackson State gracefully continue a rich legacy of sisterhood

Pizza hut workers with caption "Pizza Hut worker calls the police on me because I won't pay him another $34 and wouldn't give me my food. The other worker ended up giving me my food"

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Pizza Hut worker calls cops on Black customer after refusing to believe she already paid online, viral TikTok allegedly shows

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).

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

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

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‘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.

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‘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.

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‘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

TikTok Barbie car

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

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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’

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‘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

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‘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

TikToker records interaction with police officer

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

Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

White women ogle at Black TikToker's hair

White women marvel 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.

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

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