945 Search results for "black on black crime"

White Teens Attack Black Student, Place Noose Around His Neck
Three white Chicago teenagers have been arrested and charged with committing a hate crime, unlawful restraint and battery after placing a noose around a 17 year-old Black classmate’s neck, and threatening him with a knife. Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Growing up as a Black Man in America?
Growing up as a child certain things were told to me by older people, I listened to some and the rest of it went in one ear and out the other. It is hard being a man and even harder being a black man. It is very prevalent stereotypes that are associated with being a […]
SIGN THIS PETITION: NBJC Calls For Hate Crime Investigation in FAMU Hazing Death
SIGN THIS PETITION: National Black Justice Coalition Calls For Hate Crime Investigation in FAMU Hazing Death. Learn more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Where Is Kalisha Madden, and Where is Media Coverage of Black Missing Persons?
26 year-old Kalisha Madden has been missing since November 28th, yet Madden is receiving very little coverage from national media outlets. Are the lives of people of color somehow less valuable? Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Were Those Penn State Victims Black?
Dr. Boyce Watkins wonders if a majority of these young boys were African American, and if that played some role in the University’s response to Jerry Sandusky’s behavior. Does it matter if most of the victims were African American? Did race play a factor in Sandusky’s ability to get away with his alleged crimes for this long? Sound off below!
"WOKE UP BLACK" Special Screening Nov 2nd at UChicago!
A fascinating new documentary called Woke Up Black will be screened at the University of Chicago on November 2nd, and the Black Youth Project wants you to be there! Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Black Demonstrators Launch OCCUPY THE HOOD
Black Demonstrators Launch OCCUPY THE HOOD You’ve seen Occupy Wall Street, but have you heard of Occupy The Hood? If Malik Rhasaan and Ife Johari Uhuru have anything to do with it, you won’t be able to escape it in the coming months. Fed up with a lack of African American and Latino support and […]
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH: Mississippi Hate Crime-Murder Targeted Gay Father, Someone Finally Calls Out Maury, And Serena Williams Freaks Out (again)
The story of the murder of James C. Anderson is a terrible and infuriating story; one more than deserving of the attention it has received in the news media and blogosphere. But new details are emerging; namely that James C. Anderson was a openly gay man, happily living with his partner of 17 years and their 4 year-old […]
D.C. Pastor Says MLK Jr. Would Champion LGBT Rights (and that black people should, too)
D.C. Pastor Says MLK Jr. Would Champion LGBT Rights Washington D.C. pastor Dr. Dennis W. Riley has made quite a few headlines this past week with an impassioned series of essays entitled “Gays R Us,” in which he argues for an inextricable link between the the LGBT and Black Civil Rights movements, and asserts emphatically […]
Racial Tension in Boystown, Attention Whores, and the Consequences of Crime
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryr1pldYnQU&feature=related Crime scares me. I am not afraid of crime because of an anxiety that I will be robbed. Nor am I afraid because of some nervous undertone of violence. I am not afraid of it because of some idea of an unknown threat that causes harm. Crime scares me, because crime scares people. And […]
What's More Dangerous than being a Black Man in America?
First we find out that a young brother in San Francisco was shot in the back by police and killed for not paying bus fare
Miscarriage of justice for some pregnant black women
Miscarriage of justice for some pregnant black women Lori Adelman, The Grio | July 13, 2011 If you’re wondering why Republicans have been unable to work with Democrats to arrive at a political deal to prevent the American government from going into default, it might be because they’re too busy criminalizing 15-year-old girls for having miscarriages. You […]