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by Jenn M. Jackson, PhD When I found out that George Zimmerman, the white-passing, mixed race Latinx man who killed Trayvon Martin on February 26th, 2012, was acquitted of all charges, I was sitting in a massive auditorium of Black women, all members of my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. That night, we were in […]

Google is one of the most utilized brands in a technological age. Its search algorithms, availability, and ease of maps makes Google a must know staple of today. However, as Facebook and other big data companies are coming under public scrutiny for misuse of users’ personal data, Google may soon follow suit with increased scrutiny […]

Police in Austin, Texas are scrambling following two bombings this week which they say are connected to an earlier bombing on March 2nd that killed 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House. Initially, the Austin police suspected that House may have put the bomb together himself until the last two explosions rocked the city and the country. The […]

By Maximillian Matthews “Don’t hit me up if you are fem… no soft shit.” “No offense to you but NO FEM, soft, questionable dudes etc. MASC dudes only!!!” “Please be masc. I’m not into feminine dudes at all. Carry your purse to the next dude’s house.” If you’re reading this, it’s too late. We have […]

Anthony Rapp, an ex-Broadway actor best known for his appearance in the production of “Rent” came forward in an interview with Buzzfeed News and alleged that Kevin Spacey “tried to get with him sexually” after a party at Spacey’s apartment in 1986 and Rapp was 14-years-old. Rapp says that Spacey picked him up “like a […]

Contrary to popular belief, the Movement for Black Lives is not solely about police brutality. Bigger than body cameras and electoral politics, the Movement is about Black liberation and freedom for all Black people. Liberation and freedom are unconventional in the sense that the system under which society currently operates makes those two realities impossible. […]

Once again, the Wake County Public School System is being called out for the racism displayed by its students. The first incident came after a Black student was initially suspended for 10 days after responding to months of racist verbal assault. The latest incident involves three eighth graders. 

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. 

Following Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and a broken strike among NYC taxi drivers, there was a widespread campaign to encourage users to delete their accounts with the ride-sharing app known as Uber. One of the first questions many people had was what would they do without the convenience of the app that allows them to […]

Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a commencement speech at the City College of New York. During the speech, she explains why education is so important in opening up opportunities for young people of color. She also reflects on what it means to be a Black family in a “house built by slaves.”

I will admit: one of the major draws for me to go and see Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the fact that Lupita Nyong’o would be in the film. In trying to avoid spoilers, I didn’t realize that she would not be appearing as her physical self but as a little red-skinned alien with […]

Bree Newsome garnered national attention when she climbed a 30-foot flagpole at the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina last week and removed the Confederate Flag. But, the activist, singer, and filmmaker is not new to discussing and addressing issues of race and racism in the United States. Her powerful 2010 short film “WAKE” deals with the […]