The men who went on a shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s black community will face hate crime and 1st degree murder charges. Many community members are calling for prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Watts and England.
According to a recent study by CNN, most Black children harbor negative, subconscious biases against White children by the time they are 13 years-old.The report explains that younger Black children have an exceptionally optimistic outlook on race, but that overtime these feelings sour. Why do you think this is the case?
Wow, Mary J. Blige! Way to attempt to throw Burger King under the proverbial bus. The only thing more laughable than your people’s move to distance you from the role you played in Burger King’s celebrity-laden rebranding effort was the actual commercial. And yes, I laughed. Hard. Hysterically. More than once. Let’s take another look: […]
I was shocked to recently learn about the Oakland, California school board’s 1996 decision to classify Ebonics as the official language of its African American students. At the mere age of four, I was ignorant to the political and social controversy this decision stirred up nationwide. Now, at 19, I can understand the problematic implications […]
White supremacists have hacked into Trayvon Martin’s email and social media accounts, and posted the contents online. The results of the hacks paint a picture of a fairly average, college-bound teenager; not some delinquent gangster that deserved to die.
I have taken a quote from V for Vendetta and applied it to what I have currently been feeling lately. I hope it is useful in adequately articulating how I perceive the Trayvon Martin case, but also my take on how Black Youth are treated in 21st Century America. To be clear, this blog is […]
According to The Children’s Defense Fund’s Protect Children, Not Guns 2012 report, gun homicide was the leading cause of death among black teens in 2008 and 2009. What will solve the epidemic of gun violence within our community?
Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera is under fire after asserting that Trayvon Martin’s hoodie is as much to blame for his death as George Zimmerman, the self-appointed neighborhood watch captain who pulled the trigger. Missing the point doesn’t even begin to explain this kind of ignorance…
Trayvon Martin UPDATE: Bill Lee Jr. has stepped down “temporarily” from his position as Sanford Police chief; Seminole State College has decided to expel now-former student George Zimmerman. But will the Martin family ever truly find justice for their son?
If I could take all my parts with me when I go somewhere, and not have to say to one of them, “No, you stay home tonight, you won’t be welcome,” because Im going to an all white party where I can be gay, but not Black. Or I’m going to a Black […]
Dear Son, I want to start by apologizing to you. This is not the world I wanted you to be born into by any means. Your life won’t be easy and no amount of my love can change the way people will see you. And for that I apologize. I never wanted this for you. […]
A recent study out of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania found that people are less inclined to donate money to charitable organizations that help Black youth, due to negative stereotypes.
