Way to go Deborah Brown Community School, you made a 7-year-old cry. The father of straight “A” student Tiana Parker had to yank his daughter out of class after school officials told the little girl her hair wasn’t presentable…because she had locs in her hair. “She’s always presentable. I take pride in my kids looking nice,” […]
So this happened. An African-American pastor in Charlotte, North Carolina is being accused of racism after she asked that only white members of the congregation stand in the front of the church and greet newcomers. According to CBS: The email was sent by Pastor Makeda Pennycooke of the Freedom House Church, and specifically asked volunteers of the […]
Could we really be on our way to a post-racial world? In the first meeting of its kind, the Wyoming chapter of the NAACP and an organizer for the Klu Klux Klan met over the weekend to have an open dialogue about race and violence. Yeah, we can’t believe it happened either. According to USA […]
A leading human rights organization is calling Dunkin’ Donuts out on a “bizarre and racist” advertisement for chocolate doughnuts they released in Thailand. The advertisement features a smiling woman wearing bright pink lipstick and blackface makeup. The coffee shop powerhouse launched the campaign earlier this month for its new “Charcoal Donut.” The problem is blackface is […]
So this is happening. White supremacist Paul Craig Cobb is buying property in a North Dakota town and turning it into a colony for white nationalists. Cobb, who is wanted in Canada on charges of promoting hatred, is using internet ads and message boards to convince other like-minded individuals to move to his white power haven. […]
On the 50 year anniversary of the March on Washington, thoughts from GG's EIC...
“Our Turn To Dream:” Short Film Explores Mass Incarceration, The War On Drugs, & MLK’s Dream (VIDEO)
The 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech was, ideally, supposed to be met with the actualization of that dream. But MLK couldn’t imagine that the laws and social constructs that inspired his quest for equality could turn into another evil – the mass incarceration of black males. Both the […]
It’s been a week since secretary Antoinette Tuff talked a would-be-shooter from opening fire on the elementary students at her school. But now shooter Michael Brandon Hill’s brother, Timothy, is speaking out to talk about his brother’s mental disorders and struggles. When asked by Piers Morgan if the system failed his family after trying to […]
The day was August 28, 1963. Countless numbers of people, ranging from all different skin shades from all over the world were headed to Washington, D.C. for one of the most momentous events since America’s founding. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march in the nation’s capitol to deliver a strong message to […]
On August 24, 2013, tens of thousands of people descended on the nation’s capitol to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. The event, which was sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, Martin Luther King III and the […]
A restaurant in South Carolina forgot that it was 2013…clearly. Last month, Michael Brown and 24 of his family members were visiting Wild Wing Cafe when they were suddenly told to leave. Why? Because a white woman nearby felt threatened by their large party. And no, that’s not a joke. According to the Huffington Post: […]
A photo-journalist working for a Mumbai-based English language magazine was gang raped by five men on Thursday evening. She was taken to the Jaslok hospital in India after the attack, where doctors said her medical condition was stable. Police eventually arrested five men from the area in connection with the gang-rape, but the Mumbai commissioner, Satya Pal […]
