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When Will the North Face Its Racism?
Isabel Wilkerson, author of ‘The Warmth of Other Suns’, writes that uprising against brutality is part of a day of reckoning for the North.
NYC Students Can View ‘Selma’ for Free
Thanks to twenty-seven prominent movers and shakers, 27,000 NYC 7th, 8th and 9th graders will be able to see ‘Selma’ for free, reports Variety.
NAACP Office Bombed
According to a statement released by the FBI, an “improvised explosive device” was detonated near the Colorado Springs, Colorado headquarters of the NAACP. There were no injuries. According to the FBI statement, the “potential person of interest in this investigation is a Caucasian male, approximately 40 years of age, and balding. He may be driving a […]
Ava DuVernay: ‘I Wasn’t Interested in Making a White-Savior Movie’
There has been a lot of criticism swirling around Ava DuVernay’s ‘Selma’. The majority of it rests on the portrayal of President Lyndon B. Johnson and whether his legacy was jilted by the film. DuVernay isn’t having it: Every filmmaker imbues a movie with their own point of view. The script was the LBJ/King […]
The Co-Opt
2015 is upon us and though the year is new the racism isn’t. With all the twitter commotion over Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks, I decided to weigh in on the issue. Enjoy!
The fallacy of a ‘post-racial’ society
The following piece is from the Washington Post. It was written by Jonathan Capehart. By: Jonathan Capehart All I want for the new year is the banishment of “post-racial” anything from all social and political discourse. From its first utterance in 2008 to herald the rise of Barack Obama, the concept was misguided and […]
Five times in 2014 when students stood up for their beliefs
The following piece is from Huffington Post. It was written by Rebecca Klein. By: Rebecca Klein Students around the country have clearly been paying attention in civics class. This past year saw a number of instances where high school students refused to leave political activism to the adults. Whether or not you agree with […]
If you’re poor, your mortgage rate can depend on the color of your skin
The following piece is from The Washington Post. It was written by Jeff Guo. By: Jeff Guo A new study finds that black borrowers were 50 percent more likely to have overpaid for their mortgages between 2004-2008. Here’s why.
Five African Americans named Rhodes Scholars for 2015
The Rhodes Trust has announced its 2015 class of 32 students in the country who will study as Rhodes Scholars at the University of Oxford. Of those 32, five are African American.
Shaneka Thompson Isn’t Just ‘a Woman in Baltimore’
The following piece is from The Root. It was written by Demetria Lucas D’Oyley. By: Demetria Lucas D’Oyley Shaneka Nicole Thompson’s name should be familiar to you by now—but it isn’t.
Lifting each other up: You can’t stop the revolution
The following piece is from American Friends Service Committee. It was written by Diamond Latchison. By: Diamond Latchison Note: I invited Matthew Armstead who went to Ferguson during Ferguson October to write a guest piece about his experience. He thought it would be great if we invited someone from the community to write […]
How white entitlement marred my trip to a Ferguson teach-in
The following piece is from Salon. It was written by Brittney Cooper. By: Brittney Cooper On Friday, I was on the train to New York to do a teach-in on Ferguson at NYU. Beats headphones on, lost in thought, peering out the window, I suddenly saw a white hand shoving my work carry-on […]