It’s a sad day in America. Donald Trump’s racist and hateful remarks demonstrate that racism is alive and well in America. He also brought to the forefront what many educated, hard-working people of color go through every day. We are constantly expected to prove that we are worthy of our accomplishments. Obviously Donald Trump thinks […]
60 Minutes’ Byron Pitts and the N-word: The need for top-down reprogramming
By H. Lewis Smith – Visualize a circle about the size of a grapefruit, and imagine that the space inside this circle represents an individual’s total, inclusive realm of knowledge. At the same time, this same individual is also mindful that there is more knowledge outside of their particular circumference of awareness. However, when somebody […]
Race and Politics in a Rural Louisiana: Race and Politics in a Rural Louisiana Town Attract National Attention
By Jordan Flaherty – A legal dispute in the rural Louisiana town of Waterproof has attracted the attention of national civil rights organizations and activists. Color Of Change, an online activist group that helped garner national attention for the Jena Six Case, recently rallied their members in support of Waterproof mayor Bobby Higginbotham, who has […]
Are whites racially oppressed?
I don’t know about White people being “oppressed,” but I would say “misunderstood.” I think it’s a great idea to have courses in White Studies because White people have gone through some dramatic changes over the years. They’ve gone from being in favor to out of favor. There are 25-year-old White people that could never […]
Race and Absent Black Fathers—Twin Roots of Crime and Punishment
By Chuck Hobbs, Esq. – Across America, there is a movement gaining momentum that would ease the overcrowding in prisons and local jails that are filled overwhelmingly by black men. In 2003, the United States Justice Department issued a report based upon the 2000 Census that noted that 10.4 percent of the black male population […]
What If The Tea Party Were Black? – CNN
What If The Tea Party Was Black? – Jasiri X
Racism at CBS Television, Sony Entertainment and Bell Dramatic for 37 years
By Brandon Brooks and Sam Richard, Los Angeles Sentinel/NNPA – Pioneering actress Victoria Rowell is not new to the acting world and she certainly is not new to the millions of fans of the daytime drama “The Young and The Restless”. The veteran actress was part of the cast as Drucilla Winters for more than […]
Surely, No One Should Be Surprised That Palin Plays the Race Card
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – The advance PR flacks for HarperCollins knew exactly what they were doing when they calculatedly leaked a provocative passage from Sara Palin’s newest ego stroke book, America by Heart. The passage incited race. This time the target is not President Obama, at least not directly. It is First Lady Michelle […]