Social Issues

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FILE - In this June 23, 2015, file photo, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, left, and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan, right, pose for a photo during a news conference to announce Charlotte, N.C., as the site of the 2017 NBA All-Star basketball game. The NBA is moving the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte because of its objections to a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)**FILE**

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Hundreds of people line up at dawn with their numbered tickets to attend the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic in Smyth County, Va., on April 29, 2016. RAM provides free medical care to people who do not have health insurance in several states across the country. Specializing in free dental, vision and medical care in isolated and poverty-stricken communities, the group sets up mobile medical centers and is having their 800th such event this year. "I've done foreign volunteer missions before, but never domestic" says volunteer dentist Mark Copas. "These cases are just as bad as what I've seen in third world countries." (Associated Press)

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A law enforcement officer takes a protester into custody outside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, during the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016. (S.A. Miller/The Washington Times)

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Hollywood producer Dan Aykroyd said that "millions" of racists who will be voting for Donald Trump are responsible for online vitriol directed at "Ghostbusters" star Leslie Jones. (Entertainment Weekly Canada screenshot)

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Caitlyn Jenner, right, speaks at an American Unity Fund brunch at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on July 20, 2016, on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention. Jenner said it was easier to come out as transgender than it was as a Republican. The transgender activist and Olympic gold medalist is speaking at a breakfast at the Republican National Convention to promote LGBT inclusion in the GOP. On the dais with Jenner is Margaret Hoover of the American Unity Fund. (AP Photo/Josh Lederman)

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Actor Tom Sizemore arrives at the premiere "The Expendables 3" in Los Angeles, Aug. 11, 2014. Police arrested Sizemore on suspicion of domestic violence Tuesday, July 19, 2016 after receiving a call around 8:15 a.m. about a fight involving the actor in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

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Sharon Day, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, said Hillary Clinton, Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee, must be denied a return to the White House both because of her own record and because she "viciously attacked the character of women who were sexually abused at the hands of your husband." (Associated Press)

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Leslie Jones arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Ghostbusters" in this July 9, 2016, file photo. In a series of posts Monday, July 19, Jones said she had been pummeled with racist tweets. She said the messages were deeply hurtful and brought her to tears. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Omar Parker with some of the youths he works for and with.

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Delegates react as some delegates call for a roll call vote on the adoption of the rules during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Qandeel Baloch, a social media star in Pakistan, was the victim of an "honor killing" on July 15, 2016. (CNN screenshot)

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Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke penned an op-ed Monday saying Americans are witnessing "guerrilla urban warfare" against law enforcement following the slayings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge. (CNN)

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In this July 16, 2016 photo, people participate in a rally against racism, injustice and white supremacy, in Perk Park, before the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland, Ohio. As Republicans prepare to convene their presidential nominating convention in Ohio, some prominent party figures are reaching anew for sensitivity after the latest racially tinged gun violence that left two more black men dead at the hands of police and five Dallas police officers struck down by the retaliatory bullets of a black sniper. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Donald Trump invited a backlash when accusing Mexico of sending rapists and criminals across the border and proposing to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country as a way to prevent terrorism. However, Mr. Trump could have expected Democrats to label him a racist regardless of what he said or did. (Associated Press)

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Supporters of the Blue Lives Matter movement, back, stand as supporters of the Black Live Matter hold a rally at McAllen City Hall in McAllen, Texas, Saturday, July 16, 2016. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) ** FILE **

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Karen Oliveto, an openly-gay United Methodist minister who was elected as bishop on July 15, 2016. Photo via her Twitter account.

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In this July 12, 2016 photo, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence joins Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Westfield, Ind. Over the past two decades, Trump has disagreed with his vice-presidential pick on plenty of political issues, including immigration policy, entitlement programs and trade. On social issues above all, Trump and Pence arrive at the 2016 general election from very different paths. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

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People protest against the coup, outside the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, July 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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This undated photo posted on Facebook on April 30, 2016, shows Micah Johnson, who was a suspect in the sniper slayings of five law enforcement officers in Dallas Thursday night, July 7, 2016, during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. Authorities have described the Dallas sniper Micah Johnson as a loner. President Barack Obama called him “demented.” But in multiple interviews with The Associated Press, the Mississippi-born, Texas-bred 25-year-old was remembered by friends, comrades and acquaintances as a gregarious, even “goofy” extrovert. But after his Army career ended in disgrace, they say, the easygoing young black man was suddenly deeply shamed and ostracized. (Facebook via AP)

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The Commercial Appeal newspaper has apologized for a "tone-deaf" yet accurate three-word headline about the Dallas cop killings, saying "Gunman targeted whites" oversimplified a broader and much more complex issue. (WREG)