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White supremacists, neo-nazis, and members of the Ku Klux Klan rally together to display their unwavering hate for blacks in Charlottesville, VA and Black Lives Matter responds. Read the article to see how.
Read More >Imagine living in a “Tale of Two Cities,” where perceptions continue to support the rule of the day as it plays out on the World Stage of life for people of color? Places where slaughter and injustice against, and done unto black and brown bodies are authorized and condoned, even and especially by the laws that supposedly govern all equally. All in the name of protecting and preserving white fragility, white perceived way of life and the egregious greed that is ultimately stolen as rights of another.
Read More >A reflection on all of the Black children who, over the course of the past semester, have been punished, disciplined or otherwise called out and singled out for wearing braids, locks, natural hair or any other culturally expressive hairstyle.
Read More >“Underground” was more than just another television show to many and that is why so many are enraged that it has been taken off the air. Find out why in this article.
Read More >New Orleans removes four Confederate monuments from public spaces, despite death threats. Read about the debate surrounding their removal and listen to the mayor’s honest and touching speech explaining the importance of acknowledging and repairing our country’s flaws.
Read More >From Yale to Missouri, college campuses are becoming ground zero in challenging white supremacy and institutional racism. By Peniel E. Joseph, The Root The radical spirit of the Black Lives…
Read More >A woman scaled a flagpole in front of the South Carolina Statehouse on Saturday morning and removed the Confederate battle flag.
Read More >An act of terrorism unfolded on American soil last night when Dylann Roof allegedly killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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As long as people feel that racism is over and Hollywood depicts racial tropes, we must keep talking about race.
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Harvard professor Lawrence Bobo explains how the Zimmerman verdict reflects the racism at America’s core – leading to the continual dehumanization of blacks. When cultural racism is this deeply embedded in America’s basic cultural toolkit, it need not be named or even consciously embraced to work its ill effects.
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