While we’re all worried about Drake dropping a new song, the Mississippi legislature has passed a bill that would allow people to use religion as justification to discriminate against gay people. And to think, we thought we won when the Arizona “right-to-discriminate” bill was vetoed. We have work to do. Read about the ridiculousness here…[ThinkProgress] […]
Hate Crimes in the Heartland is a crucial film for today. This is not only about black history: From city streets and dark jail cells to the bright lights of the gigantic crime-media business, Hate Crimes in the Heartland exposes the impact of race in America’s racialized media and culture – we have an opportunity to alter the message […]
Last week, Ebony‘s Senior Digital Editor Jamilah Lemieux was attacked by Right Wing media and the Republican National Committee after she mistook the RNC’s deputy press secretary Raffi Williams for a white man during a Twitter exchange. Williams, is in fact, black. Acknowledging her mistake, Lemieux tweeted an apology, but was met with claims that […]
A new White House petition is claiming updated Army regulations banning certain hairstyles are biased against black women. The new grooming rules specifically forbid twists, braids, dreadlocks and other protective hairstyles popular among women of color who do not use chemical relaxer on their hair. The regulations, which went into effect on Monday, also require that the […]
A multi-billion dollar company and the Republican National Committee (RNC) are using their energy and power to attack and “expose” Ebony Magazine‘s Senior Digital Editor for a tweet she sent on her personal Twitter handle that mistook a black conservative for a white man. Seems both excessive and silly to dub Jamilah Lemieux a raging racist — […]
Today in “Stories from Florida,” we finally know who will take over the ridiculous, racist, discriminative Westboro Baptist Church, and we have a tale of a Florida man who got caught having sex in a Walgreens by a 6-year-old. Yep, that happened. Full Circle Talk about a perfect match. Florida man Steve Drain, a University of South […]
In “Republicans That Need To Have A Seat” news, former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld blasted the Obama administration, suggesting that a “trained ape” could do a better job in diplomatic relations. During an interview with Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta van Susteren,” Rumsfeld revealed that he was none too happy about the way […]
In 2012, two filmmakers set out to unearth America’s hidden holocaust against its own people — The 1921 Tulsa Race Riots. A large-scale, racially-motivated attack on a wealthy African-American area of Tulsa, the riot left 10,000 blacks homeless, 35 city blocks composed of 1,256 residences destroyed, and a community with emotional scars that have scabbed, not healed, […]
Today in “Stories In American Education,” we have a study that proves racial disparities start in preschool, public school students of color get more punishment, and a student was wrongly expelled for saving a student’s life. Preschool Punishment: New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that one percent of one million students in […]
Four men have been convicted of gang-raping a 22-year-old photographer in Mumbai last August in an abandoned mill compound. A fifth is being tried in juvenile court. Mohammed Salim Ansari, Siraj Rehmat Khan, Vijay Mohan Jadhav and Mohammed Kasim Hafeez Shaikh, also known as Kasim Bangali, who were aged between 18 and 27 at the time […]
A South Dakota Republican lawmaker has an interesting theory on the free market in America — make government get out of the way and let businesses exhibit discriminatory practices. Phil Jensen, described as the state’s most conservative senator, had this to say about businesses that deny services to African-Americans, gay people or customers who offend […]
The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department in Louisiana is investigating the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in police custody. Police said Victor White III apparently shot and killed himself while handcuffed in an Iberia Parish sheriff’s vehicle on March 2. White, who was picked up for reportedly fighting with others, was arrested and searched by […]
