Disgusting: KKK Uses Candy to Recruit New Members

If candy is all it takes to get people to join a hate group, we are in very deep, America.

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This week, a South Carolina subdivision of the Ku Klux Klan left candy and fliers in driveways at the end of their national night ride. In the effort to not be "racist" by trying to discern which homes held white families, many goodie bags were left at the homes of minorities by Klan members.
Fliers read "SAVE OUR LAND, JOIN THE KLAN" and listed a phone number to a voicemail that reinforced, "if it aint white, it aint right. White power"
 

#KKK uses candy to recruit in South Carolina http://t.co/Q9NmrzbXLF pic.twitter.com/rhdlOV0Fg8
— KRON 4 News (@kron4news) July 16, 2014

Oh, ok.

This recent stunt is an effort to gain momentum and possible voting power against recent immigration reform. Surprise, surprise.

The fact that this is still happening is a true shame.
Stay 'woke, America. 

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Evidence of HIV Detected in Baby Said to Be Cured

In unfortunate news, the Mississippi baby doctors thought was functionally cured of HIV now has detectable levels of the virus in her system. A little more than two years after being taken off of an antiretroviral medication regimen, the child was tested during a routine checkup when the virus was detected and signs of a compromised immune system confirmed.

LA Barbers To Start Testing Blood Pressure

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(NPR)- Barbershops are a traditional gathering place for African-American men — a place to talk politics, sports and gossip. Now, some doctors in Los Angeles are hoping to make the barbershop a place for combating high blood pressure among black men.

Two Cleveland Nonprofits Win Fed Grants Aimed at Making Ex-offenders More Employable

(Plain Dealer) - Towards Employment has received a $2 million federal grant to create a comprehensive program aimed at helping those recently released from prison successfully complete job training, get hired and keep jobs.

Harlem Teen Opens World's First Pawn Shop for High-end Sneakers

Talk about knowing your market and making business models work in your community.

Meet Chase "Sneakers" Reed (age 16), entrepreneur, and owner of the world's first high-end sneaker pawn shop.

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