SF News Video: Dreadlocked Guy Explains What Led Up To 'Cultural Appropriation' Accusation After a video depicting an African American student at San Francisco State University accusing a white student of cultural appropriation for sporting dreadlocks went viral, we were left with a series of questions.
Arts & Entertainment SFist At The Movies: The Witch, Race, IndieFest The Witch - Alamo Drafhouse and the AMC Theaters The Witch is a tough sell. While it has both the creepiest and most beautiful imagery I've seen in a horror movie in many
SF News Jesse Jackson Demands Racial Breakdown Of Twitter Layoffs As Last Black Engineering Boss Departs The self-described "only African-American in [engineering] leadership" at Twitter, Leslie Miley, has left the company. As he told the Chronicle this week, Miley's leave-taking was negotiated in September and stemmed from the Apple
Arts & Entertainment Pot Smokers Getting Up Early Saturday For 4.20-Mile Footrace San Francisco’s large community of “medical” marijuana users now has its own 5K footrace — except it’s not a 5K race, it’s a 4.20-mile race. The buzz is building for
SF News Stung By Implication That They Aren't Her Bio-Parents, Rachel Dolezal's Mom And Dad Release Her Baby Pictures EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Dolezal's parents reveal baby photo, details of daughter's birth http://t.co/cVNTclzhaq pic.twitter.com/r1leA4uczf— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 18, 2015 By now you likely know more
SF News Video: Rachel Dolezal Compares Her Struggles With Caitlyn Jenner Already this week, Rachel Dolezal has stepped down from her position as a vice president of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington, and given a major interview to the Today Show in which she
SF News Rachel Dolezal Issues Statement, Steps Down From Spokane NAACP Presidency The video confrontation that started it all. Apparent white woman and national punchline Rachel Dolezal issued a statement as promised today that is not so much an explanation, admission of guilt, or apology
SF News List Of Items Banned At This Year's Bay To Breakers This Sunday, the city's iconic Bay to Breakers race will steamroll its way into our hearts. Since the annual race tends to turn into a piss and shit show, here's a list of
Arts & Entertainment Forewarning: Bay To Breakers Runs Rampant This Sunday SFist wants to give you plenty of advance warning before Bay to Breakers, the city's annual alcoholic marathon spiraling out of control, takes place this Sunday. A few very important notes: - The
Arts & Entertainment 'Big Wheel' Race Down Crookedest Street In The World Thrills Thousands, Dings A Few Every Easter Sunday, scads of daredevils sporting wacky attire gear up to take part in the annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel race, barreling down seven sharp turns on Vermont Street, the crookedest
Arts & Entertainment San Franciscans Love Their Asian Porn Stars, Says Data PornHub has been crunching a lot of numbers lately on their Insights blog, figuring out what users search for most, and just how many red states have a hankering for gay porn (Hint:
SF News Giants Apologize To Adam Jones For Banana-Throwing Incident; Banana Tosser Comes Clean [Update] In light of Sunday's news that a Giants fan allegedly threw a banana at Orioles' center fielder Adam Jones, who is black, the franchise made a formal apology to both the player and
SF News Giants Fan Allegedly Throws Banana At Black Orioles Player [Update] Baltimore center fielder Adam Jones, who is African-American, took to Twitter Sunday night to thank the "slapdick" who reportedly threw a banana at him while playing at AT&T Park. I want
SF News Berkeley Woman, Frenchman Are Top Finishers in S.F. Marathon 35-year-old Francois Lhuissier, a native of France and a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York, was the first-place finisher in the San Francisco Marathon this morning, and in first place among
Arts & Entertainment Cool Flyover San Francisco Marathon Map Sunday marks the annual San Francisco Marathon. The entire run will take your 26.75 miles if you do the complete marathon run. For those less inclined to race the entire run, there's
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Watch Music Videos 20 Bands Raced To Make Under 48 Hours ( By Angela Zimmerman) Consider this challenge: This past weekend, 20 filmmakers and 20 bands set out on a mad-dash throughout San Francisco and beyond to create music videos for Music Video Race. They
Arts & Entertainment Video: Stanley Roberts Had To Skip Bay To Breakers, But The People Behaving Badly Didn't Like clockwork, Stanley Roberts has churned out the latest edition in his ongoing chronicle of local people behaving terribly. As Stanley told SFist on the phone late last week, Bay to Breakers is
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Partying Hard At Bay To Breakers 2013 Boozy participants dressed up at Segways, Ghostbusters, "the Yip-Yips," unicorns, Futurama's Bender, sexy [insert animal of choice], cheerleaders, evil Disney queens, and more during Bay to Breakers 2013. Local photographer Bhautik Joshi snapped
Arts & Entertainment As Expected, '20 Worst Hipster Bands' List Provokes Music Fans You guys, people are upset. LA Weekly just unleashed their "20 Worst Hipster Bands" list, which, as it set out to do, has since made readers bristle and sigh, pout and glare. Since
SF News Watch Team Korea Capsize During America's Cup Training Oops. Team Korea capsized their boat on Saturday, August 18, while training for the America's Cup World Series in the San Francisco Bay. "We were in a little race with Energy Team and
SF News LSD-Fueled Bay To Breakers Runner Rips Woman's Hair Out, Spits At Officer Oh, brother. Daniel Frank, 21, of Santa Clara (surprise!) faces big-time adult charges after allegedly going on a brutal rampage during last weekend's Bay to Breakers race. While reportedly tripping on LSD, police
SF News Woman Beaten, Kicked On Muni In Apparent Hate Crime Officers arrived to the scene of an apparent hate crime to find a 26-year-old victim "visibly shaken" after being beaten and kicked on a Muni bus. The incident, which happened in Potrero Hill
SF News UC Berkeley Republican 'Diversity Bake Sale' Deemed Racist The UC Berkeley Republicans plan to host a provocative "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" this Thursday, one that many have decried as racist. Why? Well, because the bake sale's organizers plan to charge different
Arts & Entertainment Americans Ranked Coolest Nationality, Claims Horrible Survey Lists. Where would struggling sites and bad l'interweb be without them? The most recent one to land in our inbox ranked the coolest and least coolest nationalities in the world. Which is an
Arts & Entertainment Morrissey Coming To Oakland Former Smiths lead singer and avowed racist Morrissey will make a pitstop at the Fox Theater later this year. The (not so) sensitive crooner will appear with Kristeen Young at the Fox Theater