Over the weekend, a Black community activist was walking in Maine with her White husband and two children when a car sped by and a man yelled the “n-word” at them. A White reporter witnessed the act and wrote about it but didn’t approach the family. The activist, who is also a blogger, schooled the […]
A University of South Carolina student was suspended after a Snapchat photo of her using the “n-word” in an offensive fashion went public. The student is seen in the photo writing on a board and blaming “n—-rs” for the school’s poor WiFi service.
Killer Mike is perhaps Hip-Hop‘s best representatives when it comes to blending social issues with the grit of the streets the art form hails from. The Atlanta rapper assumed his outspoken stance once more after he says that the criminalizing of Hip-Hop music and culture is essentially the new “Jim Crow.”
It’s 2015, but there are plenty of lowlifes who would prefer the Jim Crow way of life that flourished prior to 1964. A noose was found hanging from a tree on the campus of Duke University on Wednesday (April 1) morning.
Roger Moore, an actor who played the iconic James Bond character in film made what some felt was a racist jab towards English actor, Idris Elba. Moore seemingly balked at Elba playing Bond but has since backtracked on comments he made in a magazine.
The recent happenings at the University of Oklahoma and the SAE fiasco opened up a can of worms in some ways regarding the racist past of predominately white fraternities. An Emory University professor examines the link between bigotry, slavery and the roots America’s oldest colleges, revealing a shocking connection that adds fuel to the growing […]
In some propaganda right out of the Tea Party handbook, Deadline editor Nellie Andreeva bemoaned the plight of Hollywood being beset by an implied quota of “ethnic” casting. Ava DuVernay and Shonda Rhimes were the first to clap back.
A Chinese restaurant in Kenya was shut down by the government after its racist policy of refusing to serve Black patrons after 5PM went public. The restaurant was nestled in an affluent neighborhood in the capital city of Nairobi and was under operation despite not following proper protocol.
If you want to make people uncomfortable, talk about institutionalized racism in America. It’s a topic that has found Common and A$AP Ferg on the hot seat for their seemingly tone deaf responses.
March has seen an uptick in discussions on race, helped along by the release of the University of Oklahoma SAE racist chant video, the usage of the n-word, Starbucks and other happenings. Black stars Common and Trinidad James have attempted to take a higher road towards racism, but Black Twitter isn’t appreciating it.
On early Wednesday morning, UVA student Martese Johnson found himself face down on the pavement with a gash on his forehead and cops with their knees on his back, just steps away from campus. The racially charged incident sparked rallies on campus and outrage across the nation, and Johnson has finally release his side of the story.
Yesterday, news of the brutal beating of third year University of Virginia student Martese Johnson by cops quickly spread. Last night (March 18), UVA students held a rally demanding justice for Johnson and an investigation into the circumstances that left him handcuffed and bleeding profusely on the street.
