Twitter users found themselves locked out of their accounts after using the Star of David in their profile images. Burning Jewish star anti semitism magen david 311 (photo credit: Umit Bektas/Reuters) By: Donna Rachel Edmunds\Jerusalm Post The Star of David has been deemed “hateful imagery” by Twitter, which is locking the accounts of users who displayContinue reading “Star of David taken down by Twitter, citing ‘hateful imagery’”
Category Archives: Race and Politics
Does He Give a F*** ?
One thing is very clear about the 45th President of the United States, he doesn’t like structure or to be told what to do, he’s a man who prefer to use his own instincts. On this election cycle he seems to be on the wrong side of American voters. Losing to Lose? Covid 19 MoreContinue reading “Does He Give a F*** ?”
White America, the ball is in your court. What are you going to do?
. In light of police relations with black men, things could have gone horribly wrong for birdwatcher and Harvard Alum, Christian Cooper. Perhaps, she was angry because someone told her to leave. Perhaps she was outraged because he filmed her with his cell. Perhaps she didn’t like his tone. All of these might have irritatedContinue reading “White America, the ball is in your court. What are you going to do?”
Immigration Cloaked in Racism California’s 1994’s Proposition 187 (Story and Podcast)
On Nov. 2, 1994, over 10,000 teenagers across California walked out to protest proposition 187. The initiative sought to punish undocumented immigrants by denying them certain services, including access to public healthcare and education. Proposition 187 split the psyche of the state like few things before or since. Californians, confronted with a more diverseContinue reading “Immigration Cloaked in Racism California’s 1994’s Proposition 187 (Story and Podcast)”
What it means to raise a Black girl in white America
Photo: Google When we learned we were having a girl, my aggressive planning for my child’s upbringing had to change This essay is part of a series on fear and impending fatherhood. Read I used to stare down the barrels of guns . Now I’m going to be a dad , and that’s scarier” andContinue reading “What it means to raise a Black girl in white America”
City Council Candidate: Wants to keep town as white as possible
(CNN)A woman running for a city council in Michigan said she wants a “white community as much as possible.” Jean Cramer’s racist answer came at a forum Thursday to a question about bringing more diversity to Marysville, which is 95% white. Other candidates gasped at her words, as heard in a recording posted on the websiteContinue reading “City Council Candidate: Wants to keep town as white as possible”
“The Crime of Being Black in a City That Doesn’t Want You There”
Hundreds of towns have passed nuisance ordinances that evict renters for calling the cops. By: Samantha Michaels/Mother Jones Beverley Somai was afraid of her downstairs neighbor. She first called the police on him because he was playing music so loudly it shook the floorboards of her Bedford, Ohio, apartment. But things escalated last yearContinue reading ““The Crime of Being Black in a City That Doesn’t Want You There””
AFRAID in the USA
I don’t have a clear memory of images on TV of police attacking young black children with dogs and fire hoses to prevent them from marching. When I was a child, the news was something grown folks watched. Television for me was Captain Satellite, The Flintstones, I love Lucy and Bugs Bunny. I clearly rememberContinue reading “AFRAID in the USA”
Facts Fiction and Don Lemon
Perhaps there would be less outrage if the story was told by Wolf Blitzer or Jake Tapper. There are many white men who are OUTRAGED!!! Here you have a black man stirring the racist pot. IF a white man said something about a Black man, they’d lose their jobs. Megan Kelly lost herContinue reading “Facts Fiction and Don Lemon”
NAACP: Georgia votes for Democrat Stacey Abrams are being changed to Republican Brian Kemp
Georgia’s NAACP claims that votes intended for Democrat Stacey Abrams are being changed to Republican Brian Kemp By Matthew Rozsa/Salon Com The Georgia NAACP is filing a complaint claiming that votes for Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams in that state’s race for governor have been changed to Republican candidate Brian Kemp. The NAACP’s state conferenceContinue reading “NAACP: Georgia votes for Democrat Stacey Abrams are being changed to Republican Brian Kemp”
