Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

Clear
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet:
"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • October 5, 2017
Derrick Johnson
Derrick Johnson
stated on August 2, 2017 in a travel advisory:
"African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 18, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on September 5, 2017 in remarks at the Justice Department:
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 22, 2017 in social media feeds:
"At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2017 in a question-and-answer session with reporters:
White nationalist protesters in Charlottesville "had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2017
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on August 14, 2017 in an interview with Vox.com:
"There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. ... There’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana -- up there. I don't know."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2017
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 13, 2017 in on NBC’s Meet The Press:
"The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • August 15, 2017
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on August 13, 2017 in a video on his website:
Emails show Democrats, Hillary Clinton and George Soros instigated and orchestrated racial protests in Charlottesville by trying to "control" and keep people "desperate."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2017
Uspoln Website
Uspoln Website
stated on July 7, 2017 in a post on the Internet:
Says former Rep. Michele Bachmann said that "White People Have Suffered More In The Last 8 Years Than Blacks Did During Couple Years Of Slavery."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2017
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN:
"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 in an interview:
In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in in a New York Times op-ed:
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 26, 2015 in posts on social media:
"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2015 in a post shared on Facebook:
Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2017
John Eichelberger
John Eichelberger
stated on February 13, 2017:
Inner-city students "fall back and don’t succeed, whereas if there was a less intensive track, they would."
False
By Cassie Owens • February 27, 2017
True Pundit
True Pundit
stated on February 8, 2017 in a web post:
Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2017
Freedom Daily
Freedom Daily
stated on December 9, 2016 in a headline:
"Obama-Led U.N. Has Just Made It Official, U.S. To Immediately Pay Blacks 'Reparations'."  
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • December 15, 2016
Social Media
Social Media
stated on November 8, 2016 in a viral Tweet:
Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • November 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 2, 2016 in a rally in Tempe, Ariz.:
Says Donald Trump "says organized crime runs wild on reservations."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2016 in a rally in Springfield, Ohio:
"Nearly half of African-American children under the age of 6 are living in abject poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2016
Previous Next