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Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin's Creed game featuring a Black Assassin confronting the Ku Klux Klan during the 1800s due to Yasuke backlash and the political climate in the US

Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin's Creed game featuring a Black protagonist during the post-Civil War period due to the political state of the US and Yasuke backlash.

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Assassin's Creed fans react to reports of canceled Civil War-era game that would've had players take on the Ku Klux Klan, saying Ubisoft shouldn't be "caving to the 1% of people who got in their fe-fes about Shadows"

"Sad it has come to this."

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Canceled Assassin's Creed game was set in post-Civil War America, but was reportedly axed due to Assassin's Creed Shadows Yasuke backlash and US political climate: "Too political in a country too unstable"

"They are making more and more decisions to maintain the political 'status quo' and take no stand"

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Jerry Seinfeld Compares Free Palestine Movement To The Ku Klux Klan

Jerry Seinfeld has sparked backlash after comparing the Free Palestine movement to the KKK during an appearance at a University this week.

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Jerry Seinfeld compares Free Palestine movement to Ku Klux Klan

Comedian denounces Palestinian rights movement as antisemitic in unannounced appearance at Duke University

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The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s

My new article, The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s, is about to be published in Western… The post The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s appeared first on Reason.com.

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Under the hood: The true story of Spain's Nazarene capirote and the Ku Klux Klan

Although the origin of the Spanish Holy Week is medieval, at the end of the 19th century white supremacists in the United States began to wear costumes very similar to those of the Nazarenes. Popular historian and TV presenter David Botello tells Euronews about the reasons why.

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‘We need to set the terms or we’re all screwed’: how newsrooms are tackling AI’s uncertainties and opportunities

Amid angst over the technology, a consensus is emerging about its capabilities – but there is an elephant in the room

The Guardian - UK

The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed

Donald Trump is the third U.S. president to pardon a large group of insurrectionists. His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew…

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Candi Staton: ‘I told him, If you kill me, you’ll die too’

INTERVIEW: The 84-year-old soul stalwart has survived alcoholism, segregation, a dramatic mid-career trough, and a relationship in which she accuses a man of once holding a gun to her head. Ahead of a new documentary paying tribute to her career, she talks to Craig McLean about going on the road…

The Independent UK

Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico

Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish’s The Struggle Against Terrorism revealed as some fear resurgence of fascism

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Cruise line insists staff weren’t in Ku Klux Klan gear after fancy dress mishap

The cruise line said staff in controversial white costumes were dressed as ‘upside-down snow cones’

The Independent UK

Passengers stunned as cruise workers appear on deck in Ku Klux Klan-like costumes

According to cruise organisers, the staff were meant to be dressed as ‘snow cones’ for a Christmas party

The Independent UK

Defendant "Admitted to Wearing the White Hood and Saying the Racial Slur," but Claimed "He Had Worn the White Hood Because It Was Cold Outside"

From Whitaker-Blakey v. State, decided two weeks ago by Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Rudolph Pyle III, joined by Judges… The post Defendant "Admitted to Wearing the White Hood and Saying the Racial Slur," but Claimed "He Had Worn the White Hood Because It Was Cold Outside" appeared first on…

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The Conversation

Guns, militia and social media amplify the risks of political violence during the US election

Political violence is hardly new to America. Since the country’s inception, gunmen have shaped its political landscape, from the Civil War to the Ku Klux Klan, to high-profile assassinations and the bombing of federal buildings. Yet the threat of political violence has deepened in recent years and intensified during the…

The Independent UK

Why a county where the Ku Klux Klan once operated should worry Trump today

Forsyth County once kicked out all of its Black residents and the Klan tried to keep out Black people. Now, a not insignificant slice might vote for Kamala Harris

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“Keep Your Apologies”: Bath & Body Works’ Candles Spark Massive Debate Over Controversial Designs

“We apologize to anyone we’ve offended," Bath & Body Works said amid its KKK candles scandal. The post “Keep Your Apologies”: Bath & Body Works’ Candles Spark Massive Debate Over Controversial Designs first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Bath & Body Works Says Sorry 'To Anyone We've Offended' After 'KKK' Candle Goes Viral: 'Maybe a Klandle Wasn't the Best Idea'

Bath & Body Works is facing scrutiny for releasing a holiday candle with a design resembling the hoods worn by the Ku Klux Klan.

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The Independent UK

New York governor may ban masks on subway in response to antisemitic threats

Kathy Hochul said she won’t ‘tolerate individuals using masks to evade responsibility for criminal or threatening behavior’

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Republican Party Takes Action Against Pro-White Candidate For Governor

Controversy surrounds a pro-white candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan running for governor in Missouri, raising questions about the Republican Party's ...

The Guardian - US

Missouri Republicans disown Ku Klux Klan-linked candidate for governor

Darrell Leon McClanahan, who reportedly acknowledged he was ‘honorary’ member of Ku Klux Klan, filed for race as a Republican

The Guardian - US

Prosecutors are charging Trump using laws made to fight the KKK. Here’s why

After the civil war, Klansmen were prosecuted – and Confederate traitors forced from office – by the same laws Trump has now run afoul of

The Independent UK

A white couple who burned a cross in their yard facing Black neighbors' home are investigated by FBI

The FBI is investigating a white South Carolina couple for racial discrimination after they set a cross on fire in their yard facing toward their Black neighbors’ home

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