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Here’s how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 could protect LGBT workers
The Following post originally appeared on Vox, and was written by German Lopez. The piece appeared under the original title, “How The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Could Protect LGBT Workers.” By: German Lopez Exactly 50 years after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law is being interpreted to protect […]
Where’s the justice?
The following post was written by Natalie Byfield, an author, journalist and professor of sociology at St. John’s University in Queens. It originally appeared on the Huffington Post, under the title of “The Central Park Jogger Case Is Settled for $40 Million, But What About Justice for Other Black and Latino Teens?” By: Natalie Byfield […]
Video: study reveals just how much people don’t understand racism
According to a report released by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, many people don’t understand, nor believe that systematic racism persists.
Texas reps accidentally support reparations for slavery
The Dallas County Commissioners Court accidentally declared Tuesday that African-Americans deserve reparations for slavery. Most commissioners did not seem to know that they were doing so.
Former employee: Blacks and Asians denied entry to Dallas bar
A former employee of a Dallas bar says the establishment practiced acts of racism by excluding blacks and Asians from its business. According to Stephanie Guidry, Kung Fun Saloon in Uptown did so by enforcing a strict dress code, but not applying it to its white customers.
UNC’s Rashad McCants says tutors wrote his papers, showed up to class half of the time
The second-leading scorer on North Carolina’s basketball team that took home the 2004-2005 national title, told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that tutors wrote his term papers and he rarely went to class. Rashad McCants’ confession comes amid a scandal involving the University of North Carolina’s unfair practices when keeping athletes academically eligible.
After 17 years in prison, innocent man finally freed
Roger Logan is finally free after spending nearly 17 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. Logan was convicted for killing Sherwin Gibbons in Bedford-Stuyvesant, but always maintained his innocence.
Power in the strand
The following post was written by Asia Monique Mays. It originally appeared on her website Beautonomy under the title of “Confessions of a Natural: Power in the Strand.” By: Asia Monique Mays If they only informed us sooner what it would be like discovering your actual curl pattern, and if you ever truly paid attention to it. There […]
Tiffany & Co. sued for racial discrimination
Crowned jewelry company Tiffany & Co. is facing a lawsuit after being accused of racially bias practices. The suit, brought forth by a group director for the company, alleges that Tiffany & Co. executed a “systemic, nationwide pattern and practice of racial discrimination.”
FM Supreme takes peace to classroom
BYP 100’s FM Supreme will lead a Mother’s Day Weekend anti-violence march on Saturday May 10. But the streets aren’t the only place where the hip-hop artist practices peace.
Drugs used in execution were ‘too painful for animals’
Convicted rapist and murderer Clayton Lockett’s execution was botched to say the least. The death row inmate ended up struggling for 43 minutes against his straps before finally succumbing to a heart attack. Authorities decided to take a closer look at the cocktail of drugs used for execution of inmates. What they found was startling.
Report: most companies assume blacks use drugs
According to a report released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, more than any other group, black job applicants are being denied by U.S. companies for jobs. Why? Because often, corporations assume that they are using illegal drugs.