Members of the National Basketball Association spoke out Sunday in response to racist comments made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. The Clippers players staged a silent protest as they warmed up for an NBA playoff game, the players removed their warmup shirts bearing team logos. They also wore T-Shirts inside out with the […]
Donald Sterling, owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, has allegedly beenĀ caught on tape making racist comments to his girlfriend, who identifies as biracial.
Ā I said I wasnāt going to write about this. I hung up it up, closed the door and walked away. Yet thanks to a friend, I had to write it since she said if I didnāt she would. Call it a writerās ego but here we go! Once again, scrolling through my Facebook […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a New York judge’s ruling that dismissed allegations of sexual abuse against Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash. Clash, 53, was accused by multiple men of sexually abusing them more than 10 years ago when they were minors.Ā
Southland College Prep Charter High School’s first graduating class will see a 100 percent graduation rate. Every single student is going to college.Ā
A Houston area man says he found a noose hanging in his workplace not once, but twice in the same week. Jeremee Molo first noticed a noose hanging from a piece of equipment at Atlas Copco on Tuesday.Ā
During his appearance on CNN’sĀ New Day,Ā cattle rancher Cliven Bundy attempted to clarify his remarks about “negroes” and slavery by using civil rights icons Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks as examples. Bundy gave the following response as host Chris Cuomo asked if he was a racist.Ā
If it appeared as though some of the scenes from CNN’s documentary series “Chicagoland” weren’t authentic, that’s because they weren’t. More than 700 emails reviewed by the Chicago Tribune reveal that a production team worked hand in hand with the mayor’s advisers to develop storylines, arrange certain camera shots and review news released officially announcing […]
Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher who was in the news recently for having won a two-decade long fight with the federal government for refusing to pay over $1 million in grazing fees after it was discovered that his cattle were grazing on federal land, is now in headlines for comments he has made about Blacks. […]
This article originally appeared on Policy Mic. It was written byĀ Antwaun SargentĀ Ā and appeared under the title of “7 Lies We Have to Stop Telling About African-American Girls.”Ā By Antwaun Sargent In February,Ā PresidentĀ BarackĀ Obama stood before a group of African-American boysĀ (and other boys of color)Ā in the WhiteĀ HouseĀ toĀ announce hisĀ $200 millionĀ dollarĀ initiative,Ā “My Brother’s Keeper,”Ā an effort to helpĀ African-American young malesĀ reach […]
Two plain-clothes officers in an unarmed car responding to a report of gunshots in Philadelphia shot a 20-year-old pizza delivery man who thought he was being robbed.Ā
In December, we reported that Taj Patterson, a black, gay New York fashion student, was attacked by five Hasidic men while walking home from a night out. The men have since been charged in connection to the incident.Ā
