23 Search results for "belongings"

“Jogger Joe” destroying a houseless Black man’s belongings is a natural part of Oakland’s gentrification
By Blake Simons Oakland has made national news for ridiculous displays of whiteness again, and this time it wasn’t because of BBQ Becky. In a viral video, a white man named Henry Sintay, since infamously dubbed “Jogger Joe,” can be seen destroying a houseless Black man named Drew’s tent and belongings by throwing them into […]
After graduating college, I received my best education from my uncle and his books
by Daniel M. Johnson Lesson 1: Origins 1964-65 was a volatile time for Betty Shabazz. The conclusion of the winter saw her gazing at her husband’s corpse, riddled with bullets, leaving her to care for her four, soon to be six, daughters. Just into her 30s, she moved to Mount Vernon, NY to continue her […]
How one online community has channeled their misogynoir into the “Save Yourself Black Men” movement
by Aaron Fountain This essay contains quotes with extremely hateful rhetoric against Black women Wearing a helmet that covers his face and talking over a compilation of photographs of Black men with mostly white women, Youtuber MadBusDriverX frequently tell his listeners “save yourself Black men.” Save themselves from what, one might ask. The answer is […]
My ancestors didn’t die for the right to vote, and we are allowed to question them anyway
“Internalized anti-Blackness has us quick to condemn, erase, and humiliate ourselves and our ancestors more than we do the people who did the actual enslaving” — Chelsea Neason My grandmother lived a long life, but I can only imagine how much longer it would have been without the struggles she fought through. She used to […]
To deal with intergenerational Black trauma, we must care for our elders
By Amber Butts As children, we are told to stay out of grown folk business. As adults and elders, we then continue that wheel and narrative, which doesn’t give space for us to build an intergenerational emotional intelligence. What if children were in more “grown folk” conversations? Could we better prepare for it if children […]
What do we need for a new freedom?: A proudly fat, disabled, bisexual enby’s vision for #Juneteenth
By Denarii Grace Some days I wonder if the work that I do is worth it. On the surface, Black artists/cultural workers, healers, teachers and activists who live most on the margins have the least to gain in their lines of work. And in a society based on the allure of social and financial capital, […]
Boy in viral protest photo and two other children missing after SUV crash in California
Devonte Hart, the 15-year-old whose photo went viral during the 2014 protests of the shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson PD officer Darren Wilson, is missing after his family’s SUV careened off of a cliff. On Monday, Hart and his family left their home in Washington State and traveled to California, when the accident occurred […]
Black Separatists do not belong on SPLC’s list of hate groups
by Kamali Senior Last December, a man and his son were arrested for unlawful possession of firearms in Dallas, Texas. The FBI raided their home, the son and the father were separated, and two assault rifles were seized by the authorities, along with a book titled Negroes with Guns. This is the result of being […]
Trailblazing journalist Gwen Ifill to be honored with a media and arts program bearing her name
One year after journalist Gwen Ifill passed, her undergraduate institution is honoring the trailblazing alumna. Masschusetts’ Simmons College will open the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanity next fall. The college is also expected to feature Ifill’s documents and belongings. But, before this news broke, PBS NewsHour and the Washington Press Club began […]
Texas police chief on administrative leave after arresting Miss Black Texas USA
A Texas police chief has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into an arrest of a black beauty pageant contestant/law intern. Carmen S. Ponder, Miss Black Texas USA U.S. Ambassador 2016 and an intern with the Hunt County, Texas, District Attorney’s Office, claims that she was arrested by Police Chief Kerry Crews and called […]
Black Power: A Q&A With Charlene Carruthers
The office of Black Youth Project 100 is a few blocks from President Barack Obama’s private residence in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The organization’s national director, Charlene Carruthers, like Obama in his younger activist days, is a Chicago community organizer. The similarities may stop there. Indeed, Carruthers has been loudly calling for the resignation of […]
#SayHerName: Two Male Suspects Arrested for the Murder of Arnesha Bowers
Arnesha Bowers was a 16-year-old eleventh grader at City College in Baltimore, Maryland. Her brutal murder happened just recently but hasn’t been as prominent as it should be in news media. The good news is, Baltimore Police may be getting closer to administering the justice this young woman deserves. According to Baltimore Police, the teenaged […]