A cook at the Roger Smith Hotel in Midtown is suing the boutique inn for $35 million dollars after two employees dressed up as Ku Klux Klan members and taunted him in two separate incidents. Julius Jones, who is black, states in court documents obtained by the Daily News that a painter allegedly approached him last year donning a "pure white cone-shaped article on his head," and said, "Hey, look at me. I am the Ku Klux Klan." more ›

As the protests against corporate greed and the "occupation" of the Financial District continues for a third day, at least seven demonstrators have been arrested. According to Bloomberg News, two were arrested for trying to enter a Bank of America building, another for jumping a police barrier, and four more for "wearing masks in violation of a law that bars two or more participants from doing so." This law dates back to 1845 in the Anti-Rent era—a time when a wealthy few owned feudal-esque leases to maintain control of tenants. Absolutely nothing like today! more ›

Based on the last time we wrote about extremist mustache enthusiast Pastor Terry Jones, you probably already have an idea how we feel about his Koran-burning shenanigans and his arrogant, unnecessarily provocative nature. Many people blamed the media, and us, for giving a radical, unsubstantial rabble-rouser any attention in the first place. So why are we writing about him again? Because even the KKK thinks he's "ignorant," "despicable" and "Un-American." And also because his gun accidentally fired as he was leaving a TV studio last night, and that's kind of funny. more ›

We're not going to go into the obvious problems about being a member of the KKK, but if you are you probably shouldn't let your co-workers catch on. Vincent Goodman, a Port Authority fire-safety officer (who is black), claims that supervisor Martha Gulick (who we're guessing is white) printed out a copy of "the official Handbook for the Ku Klux Klan" and left it in the office printer in 2007. He also claims he was dismissed by another supervisor when he brought it up, and has now filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit. We're looking forward to the defense that it was just for a "very specific bunch of friends." more ›

A group of four Lakewood, New Jersey Yeshiva students were arrested earlier this week and have been charged with bias intimidation for harassing their black school bus driver. The four teenage boys allegedly stood behind the driver after she objected to their conversation, and used racial slurs and "praised the Ku Klux Klan." And in case you were wondering, yeah, the KKK probably aren't huge fans of Yeshiva students either. more ›

The chef at the Roger Smith Hotel in midtown has resigned amidst accusations that he put on a white hood in the kitchen and asked a black employee, "How does that make you feel? Do you feel insulted? Remember these days." Cook Julius Jones, the only black person working in the kitchen at the time of the incident, tells the Daily News he was shocked by the incident, and after reporting it to the union, he plans to sue. more ›

Someone at the 32nd Police Precinct in Harlem defaced a Post-It note with a racist lettering, but the NYPD didn't do much about it, one black officer says. Last month Officer Carla Thomas found that someone wrote "KKK" on a Post-It note she kept on a straw mat in her office; she had previously written on the note that the mat was "symbolic of African tradition and history." She filed a complaint with the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, but claims the office only investigated after others complained about the incident. Since then, the investigation was closed without finding out who was responsible. more ›

What does the Westminster dog show have in common with the KKK? According to PETA: plenty. The organization donned white robes and pointy hats as they protested the show outside of Madison Square Garden yesterday, declaring "the American Kennel Club promotes pure-breeding of dogs that is harmful to their health." Last year they explained this on their blog, and this year they took it to the masses with materials that read: "The KKK and the AKC: BFF?'' Such accusatory acronyms! more ›

If you're a collector of KKK literature, Suffolk County has just been a bounty for you lately. For the third time in a month, the Klan has left some free periodicals--this time six-page pamphlets on terraces and driveways in Islip Terrace. The newsletter, known as The Klansmen's Voice, did not sound particularly controversial, calling on readers to "buy American" and inviting them to subscribe annually by sending a check to a Michigan PO Box. Since the flyering didn't occur on unsolicited automobiles, it is covered under the first amendment and not illegal. Elsewhere on Long Island this week, a murder case against Patchogue teenagers was charged as a hate crime and racist graffiti turned up on car windshields in Mastic. more ›

Staten Island may be south of Manhattan, but it’s still not so far south that you can get away with wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt without some people getting offended. According to the Staten Island Advance, 12-year-old Shaun Hines has had to endure a lot of name-calling because of his decision to repeatedly wear his Confederate flag T-shirt around school. The school's administrators don’t have a problem with the shirt, but apparently some of his classmates have interpreted it as kind of racist. more ›