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The internet has erupted with a new hashtag “dedicated” the black girls and women. The problem is that it is incredibly racist and offensive to some. #StopBlackGirls2013 polluted Twitter this week with various photos of Black women compared to anything from gorillas to farm animals.

With Halloween less than two days away there has been a rash of photos of insensitive (at best) costumes surfacing on the Internet. Now that technology is an ever-invading part of our daily lives we are exposed to the raw naked truth that folks sometimes do things that may offend or alienate others. Personally, I […]

Last week, a North Carolina GOP official resigned after calling blacks lazy during an interview on The Daily Show. Not to be outdone, Nevada Republican Jim Wheeler said that he’d vote to re-institute slavery if that’s what his constituents wanted him to do.

P. Diddy is stirring up a bit of racial controversy after posting a photo of white women bowing down to a black queen. Early Saturday morning, the star’s Instagram comment section erupted with cheers for the image, but also some very hateful racist remarks.

Halloween is this week. Which is to say that on Thursday and the days following, black people will have their annual opportunity to remind white people who listen that blackface is offensive #neverforget. Last year, my Halloween community service included a checklist that white people could use to determine whether their chosen costume would offend […]

In case you missed it, there’s a photo going viral that takes Blackface to an entirely new level. As much as we would like to believe that our eyes are playing tricks on us, they’re not. In the above photo, two Caucasian men and one white woman are portraying a very familiar incident.

On Monday, we broke news of a protest happening in the Netherlands against the country’s long-standing Christmas tradition honoring, Sinterklass, the Dutch version of Santa Claus. Today, the natives of the Netherlands are using social media to strike back with an online petition to preserve the tradition.

A 21-year-old Australian woman is getting criticized, (and rightfully so) for her choice of theme for a party. Olivia Mahon asked attendees to wear “African themed” costumes/clothing, and of course blackface, gorrillas, warpaint and Native American headdresses were the result.

Amsterdam has a long-standing tradition of celebrating Christmas. “Sinterklass,” the Dutch version of Santa Claus, is portrayed by a white man accompanied by dozens of clown-like helpers called “Zwarte Pieten,” characters dressed in curly afro wigs and blackface.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare”- Audre Lorde. As journalists, bloggers, and online media haters salivate at the chance to discredit Kanye’s contributions to music, fashion, and society by minimizing his body of work to pure narcissistic drivel, he continues to redefine what Black self-love looks like in public spaces.

Having black skin makes everything easier, right? Well, Italian gymnast Carlotte Ferlito seems to think so. In the latest instance of outright racism, Ferlito said the only way she would win is to paint her skin black.

Last week, I wrote about Washington’s NFL team and the resistance by team management, and their most prominent football player, Robert Griffin III, to do the right thing and demand that the team change its name. In a sense, the call to change the name is not simply about racism and who is offended by […]