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  • Fact Check: 'Woke' Did NOT Originally Come From 'Willingly Overlooking Known Evil'

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    Did the expression "woke" originate from the phrase "willingly overlooking known evil"? No, that's not true: The term "stay woke" was first used in a 1938 song by blues musician Lead Belly about Black teenagers accused of raping white women, according to a linguistics professor. Usage of the expression "woke" to indicate awareness of injustices dates to the Black labor…

    • Apr 7, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 'Woke' Did NOT Originally Come From 'Willingly Overlooking Known Evil' Bad History
  • Fact Check: Black Americans Are NOT Descendants Of North America's Original Indigenous Inhabitants

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    Are Black Americans descended from the original indigenous inhabitants of North America and not from enslaved persons taken from Africa? No, that's not true: This notion descends from the Moorish Science Temple, a pseudoscience organization that argues without evidence that Black people are of "Moorish" descent and the original indigenous group of North America. Black Americans are descendants of enslaved…

    • Jan 30, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Black Americans Are NOT Descendants Of North America's Original Indigenous Inhabitants Not History
  • Fact Check: 'Moors' Are NOT The Original Inhabitants Of North America -- 'Pyramids' Are Native American Earthworks

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    Is the U.S. covered with the sites of ancient pyramids associated with a pre-Columbian African civilization known as the Moors? No, that's not true: Hundreds of ancient earthworks and mounds scattered throughout North America have been linked to the continent's earliest inhabitants. However, these archaeological sites were built by Native Americans who migrated to North America from Asia approximately 15,000…

    • Nov 2, 2022
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: 'Moors' Are NOT The Original Inhabitants Of North America -- 'Pyramids' Are Native American Earthworks No Moor Proof
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Black US Presidents Before Obama

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    Were there eight presidents of the United States before George Washington and did several Black presidents serve before Barack Obama was elected in 2008? No, that's not true: Washington was the first elected American president. There is a lack of historical evidence; plus, examples of genealogical research and, more recently, DNA testing that show no president prior to Obama was…

    • Oct 31, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Black US Presidents Before Obama No Evidence
  • Fact Check: Bank Of America Mortgage Program Is NOT Only Available For Black, Hispanic Borrowers

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    Did Bank of America announce a mortgage program for which "Whites and Asians need not apply"? No, that's not true: Race is not a determining factor in eligibility for the Community Affordable Loan Solution mortgage program, a Bank of America spokesperson said. Eligibility for the program is primarily based on the home location and the income of the applicants. The…

    • Sep 7, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Bank Of America Mortgage Program Is NOT Only Available For Black, Hispanic Borrowers All Can Apply
  • Fact Check: African Americans Do NOT Make Up 87% Of Kidney Dialysis Patients In US In 2022

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    Do African Americans make up 87 percent of kidney dialysis patients in the United States in 2022? No, that's not true: According to government data, the proportion of Black recipients of the treatment is 35 percent. The claim appeared in a TikTok video shared on Facebook on July 27, 2022. The post features a 30-second video and audio clip of…

    • Aug 2, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: African Americans Do NOT Make Up 87% Of Kidney Dialysis Patients In US In 2022 Wrong Numbers
  • Fact Check: 'Trans Kids' DON'T Exist Just In US Or 'Certain Countries,' But Around World

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    Do "trans kids" not exist in the "rest of the world" outside the United States or only in "certain countries"? No, that's not true: There have been multiple news reports about transgender children around the globe, from Japan to South Africa to Colombia and more. The United Nations runs an international campaign that began in India to "raise awareness among…

    • Jun 30, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 'Trans Kids' DON'T Exist Just In US Or 'Certain Countries,' But Around World Fact Check: 'Trans Kids' DON'T Exist Just In US Or 'Certain Countries,' But Around World They're Global
  • Fact Check: Post Claiming Harriet Tubman 'Is Not A Real Person' Is NOT Accurate

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    Is a post saying "Harriet Tubman is not a real person" accurate? No, that's not true: Multiple historians told Lead Stories this claim is false. One of them, the author of "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom," wrote, "I can suggest that the notion that Harriet Tubman was not a real person, but a manufactured piece of fiction is categorically…

    • Jun 14, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Post Claiming Harriet Tubman 'Is Not A Real Person' Is NOT Accurate She Was Real
  • Fact Check: Black Lawn Jockey History Was NOT Connected To Underground Railroad

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    Was the Black lawn jockey statue used as a signal to guide escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad? No, there is no primary evidence to support this claim, according to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia and a professor emeritus at Ohio State University's Department of African American and African Studies. The claim originally appeared as a Facebook post…

    • Mar 11, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Black Lawn Jockey History Was NOT Connected To Underground Railroad No Connection
  • Fact Check: NOT True That 44% of Black People In US Have HIV

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    Do 44% of the Black population in the United States have HIV? No, that's not true: If 44% of the African American population in the U.S. had HIV, that would mean around 21 million Black people would test positive for HIV. According to HIV.gov, there are around 1.2 million people total who have HIV in the U.S. The claim appeared…

    • Feb 15, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NOT True That 44% of Black People In US Have HIV % of HIV Cases
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