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Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on August 26, 2021 a TikTok video:
"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2021 an Instagram post:
Says Joe Biden said: “If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 24, 2021
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on August 7, 2021 Twitter:
Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.
Pants on Fire!
By Laura Schulte • August 14, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 25, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has left training camp and says he will ‘not play another down in the NFL’ until the team changes their name.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jason Asenso • July 28, 2021
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 16, 2021 a video on Facebook:
Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
False
By Emily Tian • July 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 25, 2021 a post on Facebook:
“Coca-Cola has lost $4 bil in market value as people are boycotting Coke for their ‘try to be less White’ statement.”
False
By Emily Tian • July 23, 2021
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on July 6, 2021 a TV segment:
“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 9, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 an Instagram post:
Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Japan has banned all (Black Lives Matter) apparel from the Olympics. No one can kneel or raise fists during the anthems either."
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • June 28, 2021
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on June 17, 2021 a Facebook post:
It was “the left” that “finally” made Juneteenth a national holiday.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 10, 2021 a Facebook post:
Coca-Cola made cans that say “Try to be less white.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 Facebook and Twitter posts:
Says BLM activist Sasha Johnson tweeted, “The white man will not be our equal but our slave.”
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Majchrowicz • May 28, 2021
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on May 13, 2021 a TV interview.:
“The very first Republican convention after the Civil War was held in Virginia in a Black church.”
False
By Warren Fiske • May 27, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 2, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Nikki Haley “white-washed” her name because she thought it “would give her a better chance than the name Nimrata Randhawa.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 6, 2021
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech:
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 22, 2021 an Instagram post:
Says Joe Biden said, “This country is doomed, not just because of African Americans, but because by 2040 this country is going to be minority white European."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
Maxine Waters could be “sentenced” for “jury tampering.”
Mostly False
By Sasha Hupka • April 23, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 20, 2021 an Instagram post:
“Black Lives Matter and antifa set Catholic church on fire in Minneapolis.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • April 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
Derek Chauvin’s trial and conviction for the murder of George Floyd was faked as part of a “false flag.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Foot Locker donated 200 million dollars to BLM.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • April 19, 2021
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