Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
How Rosa Parks’ Legacy Lives On In The Black Lives Matter Movement
Rosa Parks would believe that #BlackLivesMatter, too. By Zeba Blay, the Huffington Post Sixty years ago on this day, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus and settled in to American history. We’ve seen the iconic pictures of Parks getting booked at the police station, or later staged seated on…
Read MoreCampus Racism Protests Didn’t Come Out Of Nowhere, And They Aren’t Going Away Quickly
Mizzou seems to have catalyzed years of tension over inequality and race. Tyler Kingkade, Lilly Workneh, Ryan Grenoble, The Huffington Post If there’s one thing University of Missouri senior Alanna Diggs thinks people are getting wrong about campus racism protests, it’s the assumption that they’re something new. The demonstrations at Mizzou this month…partly over how they handled…
Read MoreBlack Student Activists Stand Against Racist Cultures on Campus
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 Matter movement touched college campuses this past week in high-profile demonstrations against a culture of racism infecting higher education. The University of Missouri in Columbia…has…
Read MoreLouisiana middle school principal, high school coach wear offensive Halloween costumes
Two couples, affiliated with different schools, wore costumes called “People of Walmart” that sparked some controversy.
Read MoreMalcom X Suggests Cure To Racism In Newly-Discovered Handwritten Letter
A letter that was recently discovered is said to have been written by civil rights activist Malcolm X.
Read More‘You Talk White:’ Being Black and Articulate
Black people are generally seen as uneducated thugs, so speaking differently from stereotypes results in questions about their behavior.
Read MoreUCLA students protest after partygoers wear blackface at Kanye West-themed frat party
It’s hard to believe that we have to protest Blackface in 2015, yet a recent frat party at UCLA has driven activists to the streets.
Read MoreMan Alleges NYPD Cop Called Him N-word Several Times During Stop-and-Frisk Arrest in Lawsuit
A lawsuit alleges that an NYPD officer falsely arrested a Black man who was walking for no reason, and used racial slurs and assaulted him.
Read MoreRacist Jokes About This Photo Got People Fired and Sparked the Hashtag #HisNameIsCayden
By Dian Ozemebhoya Eromosele, The Root There is a man who goes by the name of Geris Hilton on Facebook (reportedly not his real name) who used to have a job. “Hilton” used to work at Polaris Marketing Group, according to AtlantaBlackStar, but his employment status changed after he posted a photo on Facebook Sept.…
Read MoreArt Student Hangs ‘Black Only’ And ‘White Only’ Signs Around University Campus
An art installation at the University of Buffalo was designed to provoke emotion and encourage students to confront racist social structures.
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