Pittsburgh activist Jasiri X says he was racially profiled before delivering an address about ... racial profiling

Pittsburgh-based rapper and activist Jasiri X said he was racially profiled by a shuttle driver last week after he arrived in a Wisconsin city where he was slated to be a keynote speaker at a symposium about race. Jasiri X, the founder and CEO of 1Hood Media, flew into La Crosse, Wis. on Friday morning, a day before he was set to speak at the White Privilege Symposium, which he said covered topics that also included white supremacy and racial profiling.He was leaving the airport and walking toward a Radisson hotel shuttle, he said, when the driver — a white woman, who he said was between 40 and 50 years old — appeared hesitant and didn’t seem to believe him when he informed her he was staying at the hotel. To read more about this, click here.