This Week in White Supremacy: Week 62

Yes, artificial intelligence can be racist. Vox
Florida’s top elections official abruptly resigned after a newspaper obtained pictures of him in blackface posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim. HuffPost
S. officials to start pushing asylum seekers back across the border. LA Times
The son of Martin Luther King Jr. criticized Vice President Mike Pence for citing the slain civil rights leader to make the case for a wall along the US-Mexico border. CNN
The federal government agreed to allow federally funded foster care agencies in South Carolina to deny services to same-sex or non-Christian couples. NBC News
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, the only African-American official elected to a statewide position, was the lone protester on Friday during a tribute in the state Senate honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthday. The Hill
White supremacist pleads guilty to killing Black man as ‘practice’ for racist plot. The Guardian
Supreme Court revives Trump’s ban on transgender military personnel. NPR
Why Trump’s MAGA hats have become a potent symbol of racism. CNN
Black children don’t have Nick Sandmann’s rights. The Nation
The threat of teenage white boys. My American Meltingpot
Did the Supreme Court Issue a major immigration ruling under false pretenses? A leaked memo reveals that top Trump officials discussed changing a key policy—as soon as the court made its decision. Mother Jones
A trans woman was charged with ‘false personation’ for giving the NYPD her real name. ACLU
Social media rips Williamson County Republican Party for sharing racist meme of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Nashville Tennessean
Disability Rights Oregon and four other groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Oregon in U.S. District Court, saying the state denies hundreds of children with disabilities the right to attend a full day of school. The Lewiston Tribune
“The more this country continues to see racism as just bad behavior, or a personal character failing, the easier it is to be willfully blind to the social, political and cultural structures systems that keep white supremacy in its place.” @KarenAttiah
The White House calls food stamp funds for Puerto Rico ‘excessive and unnecessary’. Grist
Two Republican congressmen met with a Holocaust denier about DNA “research”. Slate
The unbelievable story of the plot against George Soros: How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. BuzzFeed News
Jason Van Dyke’s 81-month sentence for murdering Laquan McDonald is a slap in the face of justice. Rainbow PUSH Coalition
The Trump administration separated thousands more migrant kids at the border than it previously acknowledged, and the separations began months before the policy was announced. Politico
Four women found guilty after leaving food and water for migrants in Arizona desert. The Hill
“ICE took away my client’s prosthetic leg and arm. They kept his leg for five months. They still haven’t given back his prosthetic arm, and now they’re going to deport him tomorrow without. They’ve never explained why. His asylum appeal is still pending. This is human cruelty.” @MatthewHoppock
Man pleads guilty to federal hate crime charge for racist graffiti in ex-landlord’s home. WCPO