Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Film Screening of “Origin”
Rid Racism Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Turners invite you to an in-person or online free film screening of “Origin” written and directed by Ava DuVernay. The film is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. There will be a talkback panel discussion after the film.
Read MoreTrump’s claims about Haitians draw from a centuries-long narrative. These women explain why.
Haitian-American scholars and immigrant advocates break down the centuries long history of xenophobia towards Haitians in the United States.
Read More‘A very old political trope’: the racist US history behind Trump’s Haitian pet eater claim
Trump’s bizarre rant about pet-eating Haitians is just the latest in a hoary US tradition of scapegoating immigrants
Read MoreAnatomy of a racist smear: How false claims of pet-eating immigrants caught on
An unsubstantiated claim, vice president hopeful, social media, and racism have combined in an attack on Haitian refugees.
Read MoreAttack witness ‘ran to her death rather than safety’
A Black nurse who had previously been terrorized by a recent wave of racist gang violence was terrified to death.
Read MoreAI makes racist decisions based on dialect
Even the more advanced AI tools are likely to respond negatively to queries written in African American English.
Read MoreElkhorn residents speak out about racist flyers found scattered throughout neighborhood
Residents and police in a small Wisconsin city are responding to white power flyers that have been placed in mailboxes.
Read MoreMeet the Oklahoma activist who’s fighting racist laws with Black history
Kristi Williams brings a Black history education program to Tulsa youth every Saturday in an old school building.
Read MoreJudge Dismisses Most Claims in Federal Lawsuit Filed by Black Texas Student Punished Over Hairstyle
Texas judge dismisses most claims in federal lawsuit filed by Darryl George, a Black student who was punished by his school for his hairstyle. George filed the lawsuit—claiming racial and gender discrimination—when his Houston, Texas school district punished him for refusing to get rid of his locs.
Read More4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death
After D’Vontaye Mitchell was suffocated to death at a Milwaukee hotel, four of the hotel’s employees were charged with his murder.
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