On Saturday, Donald Trump (for the third weekend in a row) jet-setted off to Florida on the taxpayer’s dime to hold a campaign-style rally where he whined, stirred up sentiments against the media and indulged in his supporters blind admiration of him.
Since the election cycle, the number of hate crimes have risen across the board, affecting multiple groups of minorities and people of color. The latest example cites a Hmong family in Oakdale, Minnesota who woke up the a racial slur spray painted on their garage.Ā
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 […]
I write for The Black Youth Project blog about twice a week. I love news media and think a free and fair press is essential to holding centers of power accountable. But it seems like, as of late, the only center of power dominating the press cycle is dumpster fire of a president Donald Trump. […]
Once you make it to the top of the corporate ladder, it can easily become second nature to delegate responsibilities and tasks to those below you to the point where you don’t really have to do much. By the look of things, this is an approach Donald Trump may have taken in his past business […]
JoJo Striker, 23, was found murdered in Toldeo, Ohio last Wednesday.Ā The black transgender woman is the third trans murder victim on record in 2017, all three of which have been people or color, according toĀ Fusion.
12-year-old Marley Dias continues to impress and make us all wish we would’ve done more with our childhood. After demanding more diversity in school reading lists, Dias’ #1000BlackGirlBooks took off. The effort saw more than 8,000 donations and resulted in books being donated by the GrassROOTS Community FoundationĀ to far more schools than originally anticipated. As […]
Frank Ancona, theĀ āImperial Wizardā for a group called the āTraditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” was found dead over the weekend.
Protests have been sparked over multiple days in Paris and surrounding towns after a Black man was arrested, beaten and raped by four police officers.Ā
The look and feel of movements for justice and equity are changing thanks to social mediaās ability to spread messages and create access to information, resources, and actions. Pushing these limits of social media use are young people of color and their networks (the ignition of #BlackLivesMatter is an example), as this group finds different […]
Elizabeth Warren has had a major turnaround in regards to her public perception among liberals. Just weeks ago, she was part of a senate committeeĀ that unanimously approved Ben Carson to become the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Now, she’s become a symbol for Anti-Trump sentiment after she was silenced by Republic senators during a […]
People are free to change their minds 1 million times over if they like. That’s part of what makes us human beings. However, changing your mind also opens one up to a crowd of people rolling their eyes and asking “What took you so long?”
