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Police in St. Louis admit to beating wrong black man
Joseph Swink was returning home from an internship when he became caught in the middle of a high-speed chase.
I Believe In the Self-Determination of Black People, Not the Oscars
By Dominique Hazzard I don’t really care about the Oscars. I’m not a movie buff, I think awards shows are boring, and I don’t give a huge amount of weight to the artistic judgements of a bunch of hand selected old white men with ballots. Being too invested in receiving affirmation from whiteness and white […]
North Miami Beach Police Using Black Men’s Mugshots as Target Practice
A member of the National Guard was shocked when she went to a local range for target practice.
#BlackLivesMatter: Protesters Shut Down Boston Highway
Boston, a city with a long history of racial violence and segregation got a wake up call yesterday. A group supported by, but unaffiliated with Black Lives Matter Boston, took to the highway to unite against racism.
Dear Black People: It’s Ok To Be Mad Selma Was Snubbed By The Academy
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and the list of nominees is overwhelming white and male. Ava DuVernay, the director of Selma, was passed over for a Best Director nod. Over at Very Smart Brothas, Damon Young says that it’s okay for black people to be upset over the Oscar snub of Selma.
Black Woman Shot Dead By Police: Where Is National Outcry?
There has been no national outcry against the death of Aura Rosser at the hands of the Ann Arbor, Mich. Police Department. Writer Terrell Jermaine Starr wonders if black men’s lives matter more than black women’s.
Now That White People Have Declared ‘Bae’ Over, Black People Can Use It in Peace
“Majority culture’s adoption of the word, stolen from African American vernacular, distorted it to the point of misuse and meaninglessness,” writes Robin Boylorn for the Guardian.
Is Looking “Black” a Crime?
“It’s not impossible to imagine a time when the mere act of being outside while Black is punishable by law,” writes Stacey Patton for Dame Magazine.
Why Black New Yorkers Like Me Are Celebrating the NYPD Work Slowdown
“For New Yorkers who value fair policing, though, the slowdown is an occasion to celebrate,” writes Aurin Squire for the New Republic.
From Ferguson to Palestine: Dream Defenders, BYP100, Black Lives Matter, and Ferguson Activists Travel to Palestine
Charlene Carruthers, national director for BYP100, joined other activists on a trip to Palestine and Israel. Organized by the Dream Defenders, the trip also included representatives from Black Lives Matter, Ferguson/Hands Up United and Justice League NYC as well as journalist Marc Lamont Hill, poet Aja Monet, and USC student Maytha Alhassen.
Paris, #BlackLivesMatter, the Cultural Violence, and the White Western State
Writer Malik Nashad Sharpe believes that it’s possible to mourn those lost in the Charlie Hebdo attack and stand with those that have been harmed by racist and Islamophobic sentiments in France.
‘Because White Men Can’t Police Their Imagination, Black Men Are Dying’
Claudia Rankine’s preeminent book on race in America, ‘Citizen’, has been given a chilling update. What used to be blank spaces now hold the names of black men killed by the police.