Many predicted that this year’s Academy Awards would go to great lengths to celebrate diversity after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy came to a head last year. Fortunately, this year saw a surplus of quality content starring Black actors and actresses for the Academy to choose from. As a result, Black Hollywood was celebrated in front of […]
In 1995, the University of California ended race-based enrollment practices meant to balance out its student population. As a result, the current percentage of Black students enrolled in lower than 3 percent. More than 20 years later, UC Berkeley took a step towards affirmingĀ its black student population by openingĀ the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center.
Whether you’re driving past the expressway or walking down State Street, every Chicagoan knows the familiar sound of drumsticks clanging on plastic buckets. These street performers, which are almost always young Black men, are commonly referred to as “bucket boys” and mostly accepted as a part of the city’s culture. Apparently, a select portion of […]
Milo Yiannopoulos, the voice and leader of the”alt-right”/neo-Nazi movement, has had his book cancelled by Simon & Schuster after audio was released of him joking about pedophilia. It seems that he’s finally gone too far for the controversy to sell.Ā
By: Imani J. Jackson Asking people how they self-identify is more instructive than presumptively assigning them labels. So I asked Jahaan Sweet, during a recent hour-long, sit-down interview in an artsy enclave, who he is. āI consider myself a music maker.ā He added that he is a burgeoning businessman, āI just like to create shit.ā […]
Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) are referred to as such because they’re mostly just that and the gap between them and most diverse schools is quite considerable. To address this disparity in racial representation, Black students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have made demands of their University. They are not playing games. According toĀ The Associated Press, […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you can get a dinner for two delivered to your house once a week there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to open your door and find a box filled with the spirit of Ā women of color such as Angela Davis, Frida Kahlo and Assata Shakur. To fill that need, two Brooklynites, Brittany […]
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.
In honor of Black History Month, 21st Century Fox will be screeningĀ Hidden Figures for free in 14 major cities across the United States on Feb. 18, according toĀ Deadline.
A 19-year-old student at Spelman College is making history by throwing her hat into the arena of Georgia politics, joining Myya D. Jones as another young person diving head first into local politics.Ā
