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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

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

racist old man on treadmill

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

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

Laiken Neumann

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)

chinese boyfriend tiktok

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"

walmart security tiktok

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

young woman in corner of frame with background of young woman in car with hair gelled to forehead

sticky bangs tiktok

‘What was the joke?’: White TikToker under fire for laying hair like edges, jokingly naming them ‘sticky bangs’

Linda Hamilton is a freelance reporter at The Daily Dot. She has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

manager-shoes-comment

‘I don’t know any hobo that wears $200 plus sneakers.’: Manager criticizes Black office worker over dress code (updated)

Students lift person at dance (l & r) young woman with caption "Y'all saying the black people were ok with it... how do u know? Like I'm confused how do y'all know they were ok with it??" (c)

stand up harriet dance tiktok

‘This was an incredibly insensitive event’: TikToker accuses white students of mocking song from movie about Harriet Tubman at school dance

man looking shocked at the camera (l) (r) man browsing a computer and reacting (m)

finding racist sims stuff on bfs computer

TikToker says he played the Sims on now-ex-boyfriend’s computer—and found Black Sims chained up

police escorting woman with caption "this is a south florida realtor - a failed attempt to evict because the owner was unaware that i'm black"

south florida realtor

‘Rent is paid and it’s illegal to move me out’: Woman says landlord is trying to kick her out of apartment she’s lived in for 4 years (updated)

woman looking around the street (l) (r) photo of amazon packages (m)

karen calls cops on black amazon worker

‘Girl, bye. Tell them to catch me down the road’: ‘Karen’ allegedly calls cops on Black Amazon worker

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

young woman (l) voicemail transcript "Yes Miss Jones I recommend if oyu apply for a job and you expect somebody to call you that you have a more appropriate a response on your route voicemail so thank you for applying and no need to give us" and caption "the time I didn't get hired because of my voicemail" (r)

tiktok voicemail

‘You dodged a bullet. That guy has 0 personality’: TikToker says she didn’t get job because of her voicemail greeting, sparking debate

IHOP restaurant with caption "Meet Faith She told all the black customers IHOP was out of straws but gave her white customer straws"

meet faith IHOP straws

‘She told all the black customers IHOP was out of straws’: Black customer says IHOP worker only gave white customers straws in viral TikTok

A woman holding an ID card (L) and a man holding a receipt (R).

gummy-worm-karen

‘Who made you security?’: Karen flashes random ID at Black man who ate gummy worms before paying for them

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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‘It was Starbucks! It wasn’t like you were trying to take a loan out or anything’: Starbucks ‘Karen’ allegedly wouldn’t let Hispanic woman pay for order with boyfriend’s card

woman's hands constructing a wallet (l) screenshot of a racist comment on a phone screen (m) photo of a woman getting her hair done at a salon (r)

woman demands refunds because she found out business owner is black

‘I wasn’t aware that you’re a person of color’: Woman demands refund after finding out business owner is Black

woman with caption "me swiping through tinder on a casual day" (l) tinder profile man with arms crossed and face digitally altered into a mosaic and bio WHITE LADIES ONLY (c) same man with "It's a match!" overlay

racist tinder match

‘My 13th reason’: Black TikToker accidentally matches with guy whose bio says ‘WHITE LADIES ONLY’

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