Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Facebook posts
stated on September 17, 2020 a Facebook post
“CBS stole a photo from Latinos for Trump in Phoenix and tagged it as a Biden event.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 17, 2020 a Facebook post
“McDonald’s removes their American flags in support of Antifa & BLM nationwide.”
False
September 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 5, 2020 a Facebook post
“Kroger Corporate says employees can not wear flag masks but they can wear BLM masks!”
False
September 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2020 a Facebook post
Olive Garden employees are allowed to wear Black Lives Matter masks “but NOT the American flag.”
False
September 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“NIKE has stated, ‘We’re a $76 billion dollar company that can afford to let go of all ‘Make America Great Again’ customers.”
False
September 8, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on August 28, 2020 a Facebook post
“Kamala Harris wants the riots to continue and not let up, not now not even after the election.”
False
September 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2020 a Facebook post
“BLM rioters just burned down a black church in a black community with a BLM sign out front.”
False
August 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a post
“Jacob S. Blake is a Child (16 YO Girl) Rapist.”
False
By Daniel Funke • August 26, 2020
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stated on August 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Photos show that the person who shot three people during a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake is a police officer.
False
August 26, 2020
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stated on August 25, 2020 a Facebook post
These photos show Jacob Blake posing with a gun.
False
August 26, 2020
Patricia McCloskey
Patricia McCloskey
stated on August 24, 2020 a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention
Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 25, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.”
False
August 19, 2020
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stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.”
False
August 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 11, 2020 an Instagram post
Says Kamala Harris called Joe Biden “a racist” during a Democratic presidential debate.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 12, 2020
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stated on July 21, 2020 a Facebook post
“CNN is at it again. Putting a black guy’s head on a lily white dude to push an agenda.”
False
August 3, 2020
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stated on December 22, 2018 a post on Facebook
“The first Statue of Liberty given to the U.S. by France was a Black woman which the U.S. rejected.”
False
July 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2020 a Facebook post
“The NFL agreed to give the domestic terror group, BLM, 250 million dollars.”
False
July 30, 2020
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Viral image
stated on July 11, 2020 a Facebook post
“Joe Biden takes a knee after spotting an American flag near his childhood home in Pennsylvania.”
False
July 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 24, 2020 a Facebook post
“Walmart has just pledged $100 million to Black Lives Matter.”
False
July 28, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 a town hall
No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Sophie Austin • July 27, 2020
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