What caught my attention recently is an article published in the National Geographic regarding studies of pigmentation in humans. Professor of cell biology at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, Mel Greaves reviewed studies of cancer in Albino Africans. Considering the lack of melanin and the high risk of damage by the sun […]
A black police sergeant risked his life by going undercover as a “Black Klansman.” Now, he is sharing his experiences in a new book.Â
Don Sterling became the latest in a long list of individuals who haven been outed for having race views and not even the subtle racism that is often times in code and institutionalized, but the loud and boisterous stereotypical racism we associate with groups like the Klu Klux Klan. His comments are from an […]
A white man can finally say that he knows what it feels like to be a black woman. At least in the virtual sense. Two weeks ago, Christopher Carbone participated in a social experiment. He swapped his Twitter pic for that of a black woman’s, as part of #RaceSwapExp. He wrote about his experience.Â
College students across the country are tackling race and prejudice, and a new film is taking on the issue through comedy and satire. Dear White People follows a group of black students at a fictional, Ivy League school. One of the characters host a radio program of the same title where she confronts racism faced by […]
According to a recent report by the National Black Women’s Justice Institute, black girls are more likely to be punished for being “un-ladylike” and seen by teachers as “loud, defiant, and precocious.”Â
According to a study released by the Harvard School for Public Health, black sleeping patterns are worse than those of their white counterparts. The study cites perceived or objective job discrimination, limited control over work demands and an increase in overall black workers’ stress as causes to lose hours of restorative sleep compared to white […]
Prosecutors will seek an indictment against a North Carolina police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man 10 times in September. 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell died after seeking help from a resident of a nearby house after a car accident. Officer Randall Kerrick, 27, is charged with voluntary manslaughter in connection with the Sept. 14 […]
Newly released data shows that the performance gap between Chicago’s black and white students continues to widen. The performance gap is tied to socioeconomic income, with wealthier classmates outperforming poorer students.
13-year-old Landry Thompson traveled to Houston for a training session with some of the best dancers in the industry. Thompson, accompanied by dance instructor Emanuel Hurd and another dancer, stopped at what should have been a routine gas station stop for a brief nap before heading back home to Oklahoma. The trio ended up surrounded […]
Keisha Thomas remembers it like yesterday. It was June 1996, and 17 Ku Klux Klan members held a rally in Ann Arbor, Mich. Hundreds of locals arrived on the scene to protest the KKK’s presence as police protected the Klansman.
According to a recent study, people are more empathetic towards whites than blacks, especially regarding medical treatment or pain. The discovery is known as the “racial empathy gap.” It shows that people including medical personnel assume blacks feel less pain than whites.
