Ciara McElveen was fatally stabbed in New Orleans 7th Ward on Monday, making her the second transgender woman to be killed in the city since Saturday.Ā Just a few days earlier, Chyna Doll Dupree was found fatally shot outside of a clothing store. McElveen’s death makes here the sixth reported transgender murder victim of 2017.Ā
On February 17, 2005, New York City transit workers stumbled across two suspicious garbage bags beside the train tracks at the Nostrand Avenue stop in Brooklyn. The bags were filled with the remains of a dismembered 19-year-old queer Black man, Rashawn Brazell, who was supposed to meet with his mother for lunch that Valentineās Day […]
Protests took place in Los Angeles after an off-duty LAPD officer was captured on cell phone video discharging his weapon during an altercation with a 13-year-old boy.Ā
An interracial couple in Stamford, Connecticut is taking a stand against the harassment they’ve received because of their relationship and local police’s inability to find those responsible. Heather Lindsay and Lexene Charles returned home on Jan. 14 to find “N*GGER” spray-painted on their garage door. Since then, the disgusting mark remains, despite the threat of […]
The delivery ofĀ threats toĀ inflict harm on black bodies may evolve with the times, but the tools used in these threats ā such as masks, firearms and anonymity āĀ have always been staples. A video began circulating online of an individual wearing a Donald Trump mask, wearing a t-shirt that read “My president is white” and brandishing […]
Since the election cycle, the number of hate crimes have risen across the board, affecting multiple groups of minorities and people of color. The latest example cites a Hmong family in Oakdale, Minnesota who woke up the a racial slur spray painted on their garage.Ā
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 […]
I write for The Black Youth Project blog about twice a week. I love news media and think a free and fair press is essential to holding centers of power accountable. But it seems like, as of late, the only center of power dominating the press cycle is dumpster fire of a president Donald Trump. […]
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.
Major cities across the United States have seen a drastic increase in immigrant arrests due to a concerted effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According toĀ Fusion, as many as 680 arrests were made in just a five-day period.Ā
Cook County prosecutors decided to not press charges againstĀ Officer Robert Rialmo for shooting Qunitonio LeGrier, 19, and his neighbor Bettie Smith, 55, the day after Christmas in 2015.Ā
Frank Ancona, theĀ āImperial Wizardā for a group called the āTraditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” was found dead over the weekend.
