In a thirty second video, an elementary student from Texas breaks down the classist structure of Americaās criminal justice system. His take down of the system occurred during a school debate, and so far this viral video has received over 66,000 retweets.
The use of Native American imagery in sports has been debated for quite a while. The Cleveland Indians, Chicago Blackhawks, Fighting Illini and the Washington Redskins, especially, have been at the center of a discussion about what should be allowed in sports for the sake of legacy and tradition. ESPN’s Bomani Jones just added fuel […]
Russell Schiller is the Howard University Student responsible for starting the #BlackWomenAreGorgeous social media campaign. This movement gained a lot of public support and saw Schiller receive a considerable amount of support himself. But then, after some digging, many found some of his old tweets problematic. Schiller, a white man, was found to have used […]
In the art of debate, there’s only one result that feels better thanĀ an outright win ā the long-delayed “I told you so.” Today, many people that have theorized that the “war on drugs” was designed specifically to target people of colorĀ appear to have their “I told you so” moment. In a 1994 interview with journalist […]
If Wiley College sounds familiar to you, it may be because you have an encyclopedic knowledge of black history of you’ve watchedĀ The Great Debaters, which tells the story of the Texas HBCU’s debate team in the 1930s. Because things are always best when they come full circle, a leading actor from the 2007 film is […]
In most cultures that have been affected by white supremacy, there are white standards of beauty in place to tell women that they are not beautiful enough to be loved or wanted in their society. Unfortunately, when beauty is based solely on European standards, a womanās physical and mental potential is not related to a […]
Donald Trump’s rallies have become even more of a fiasco than they were a few months ago. Black protestors are being flagged and escorted out of the building upon request, with one even being punched in the face on the way out. Trump was scheduled to hold his next rally on the University of Illinois […]
A decade ago, “podcast” was just a button that people mostly ignored on their iPods because they didn’t even know what it was. Since then, episodic series that resemble talk radio ā with far fewer restrictions ā have had time to grow into a larger phenomenon. Many people, myself included, spend just as much time […]
President Obama has proposed a budget for 2017, which removes a $10 million annual grant that goes towards funding āabstinence-onlyā sexual education classes in public schools. By getting rid of this money, Obama ends the financial incentive for states to continue to teach this one-sided sexual education program.
This presidential election season has consistently brought up the conversation of race, as it should, and right now, the conversation has turned into a debate, thanks to the award-winning poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou.
In an unfortunate, yet expected turn of events, Mississippi claims its throne in the race to be the most racist state in America. The governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, signed a proclamation that made April āConfederate Heritage Month.ā This is also the state that stirred a large debate around removing the Confederate battle emblem from […]
Texas administrators have instructed faculty membersĀ to steer clear from teaching controversial course material for āsafety concernsā due to a new law which allows people to carry concealed handgunsĀ on college campuses.
