On February 17, 2005, New York City transit workers stumbled across two suspicious garbage bags beside the train tracks at the Nostrand Avenue stop in Brooklyn. The bags were filled with the remains of a dismembered 19-year-old queer Black man, Rashawn Brazell, who was supposed to meet with his mother for lunch that Valentineās Day […]
In a move they say is in favor of āstates rights,ā the Department of Justice and Department of Education, with newly installed leadership, has rescinded Obama era advisory standards to let transgender children use the bathroom of their choice.
Savannah State University has become the first historically Black college or university to win the National Cheerleading Award.Ā
Going out to schools and speaking to kids can be an uphill battle. Minutes of speaking and building up their support and interest can easily go to waste in seconds after saying a couple of the wrong things. Jameis Winston, quarterback for the Tampa Bay Bucaneers, learned this the hard way recently.Ā
Keke Collier, a 24-year-old black, transgender woman, was shot and killed in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, according toĀ Mic. After being misgendered by local media, Collier’s identity was later confirmed by friends, such asĀ Shasha Lauren.Ā
In 1995, the University of California ended race-based enrollment practices meant to balance out its student population. As a result, the current percentage of Black students enrolled in lower than 3 percent. More than 20 years later, UC Berkeley took a step towards affirmingĀ its black student population by openingĀ the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center.
Last week, a video circulated online that showed Patrick Harris showing a group of his D.C. Public School students how to properly wear a du-rag. Most who watched it saw a pleasant exchange between mesmerized first graders and a teacher giving them an extra life lesson. So, we talked with Harris to learn more about […]
I am not the same person now as I was when I was 14āand thank God for that. I was remarkably naive and unbearably insecure, and stuck in an environment that did nothing but exacerbate those complex internal struggles that are so typical of adolescence. So imagine my outrage upon being continuously confronted with articles […]
2017 has already been a rough year for Uber. After dealing with the #DeleteUber campaign following the president’ Muslim Ban, the company worked diligently to get ahead of the controversy only to find itself in another.Ā
By: Imani J. Jackson Asking people how they self-identify is more instructive than presumptively assigning them labels. So I asked Jahaan Sweet, during a recent hour-long, sit-down interview in an artsy enclave, who he is. āI consider myself a music maker.ā He added that he is a burgeoning businessman, āI just like to create shit.ā […]
Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) are referred to as such because they’re mostly just that and the gap between them and most diverse schools is quite considerable. To address this disparity in racial representation, Black students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have made demands of their University. They are not playing games. According toĀ The Associated Press, […]
Many of our Black history idolsĀ have been immortalized for their work against racism carried out by whites, from the federal government on down. They have beenĀ applauded for their magical strengths and abilities to overcome insurmountable odds.Ā Their legacies are contextualized through brief chapters in k-12 history classes, where examples of racism are narrowed down to physical […]
