Peak Outrage: The Biggest Racist Moments of 2015
Conversations on race went to new levels this past year.
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Year of Outrage - America has a long way to go. From the Mizzou protests to Donald Trump's terrible antics, this year saw the conversation on race go to new (low) levels thanks to social media. BET.com looks back at the people who stirred the racism pot — and highlights those who exposed the hate by fighting back. (Photo from left: 247PAPS.TV / Splash News ,Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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University of Missouri Takes a Stand - Black students at the University of Missouri were fed up with their complaints of racial oppression on campus going ignored and this past November they staged several days of protests. These actions led to the president resigning. Also, students at Brown, Yale and other colleges around the country began calling for an end to discrimination on their campuses as well, turning their demonstrations into a national movement. (Photo: Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
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Wine Train Ride Turns Sour - What was supposed to be a fun-filled ride on a wine train with fellow book club members ended on a very sour note. A total of 11 women, mostly African-American, accused the Napa Valley Wine Train Inc. of racial discrimination in a lawsuit they filed in October after they were removed from a car for speaking loudly. An attendant had asked them to quiet down. But they claim white passengers who had been drinking heavily were allowed to stay. Altogether they are suing for $11 million for being humiliated in the incident. (Photo: Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group/TNS/Landov)
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Donald Trump Becomes the Face of Racism in 2015 - Presidential candidate Donald Trump has had too many racially-outrageous moments this year to count. In June, he lost his shows with NBC after stating Mexican immigrants coming to America were bringing “drugs,” “crime,” and were “rapists” and that only some “were good people.” Later, he took aim at Muslims by calling for all of the religion to be banned from the country following massive shootings in Paris linked to an Islamic terrorist group. Even after these outbursts he continued to lead in some polls of voters. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Teen's Self-Made Clock Mistaken as Bomb - Ahmed Mohamed is brilliant. In September, the 14-year-old built a clock and brought it to his high school to show his engineering teacher. Instead of being celebrated, he was arrested by Irving, Texas, police because his teacher thought beeping from the clock was "suspicious" and could be a possible bomb. Mohamed was suspended from his school for three days. His father Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed said his son was mistreated because "his name is Mohamed and because of Sept. 11," AP reports. When President Obama heard the news, he responded on Twitter, "Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science." Ahmed later visited and all allegations were dropped. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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