Young adults are often told that their college years will be the best years of their lives. An in-depth report from The New York Times reveals that that might not be the case for many non-white undergraduates at U.S. institutions. Times journalist Tanzina Vega recently wrote about a “new wave” of campus activism addressing racist incidences […]
Melvin Morris, an African-American army veteran, recently received a surprise phone call from President Obama. “I fell to my knees. I was shocked,” Morris told AP. Morris and 23 other Army veterans who served in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars recently learned that a congressionally mandated review decided they had been overlooked […]
Paula Deen still wants the world to know, mostly Black people that she’s sorry and is not a racist. Deen said to the crowd at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival in Miami on Feb. 23, “I am not a quitter,” is regards to rebuilding her career after her racism scandal. explained to the […]
UPDATE (2/21/14 5:17pm) A rep from Bollare (a communications and style firm) reached out to me and said the following (as if that makes it better): Elana was at a party at an African American friend’s house to celebrate Black History Month and the caption was written to reflect that. The post was removed as […]
Twitter averages 58 million tweets per day, and if you’re one of the 600 million active registered users then you know a lot of that content contains something racially insensitive. Whether it’s the use of the N-word, a racist joke and good old-fashioned in-your-face bigotry, it’s no surprise that intolerant people love to hide behind […]
Jesse Williams, a star of “Grey’s Anatomy” is not only beautiful, but he’s concerned with the issues plaguing the Black community. Williams spoke with Jane Velez-Mitchell exclusively about his outrage over the Michael Dunn trial. During the segment, we got a chance to see inside of Williams’ beautiful mind and he definitely had something powerful […]
22-year old Charda Gregory received a very much unwanted haircut at the hands of a police woman and it was all caught on tape. Gregory called the police herself and told them that she went to a party in Detroit and woke up in a hotel room, thinking she had been drugged. It is unclear why she […]
Jerry Seinfeld recently made some pretty bold and unpolitically correct statements surrounding race and gender in comedy and one Black comedienne, Nicole Byer is not having it! During an interview for the BuzzFeed Brews series, BuzzFeed‘s Peter Lauria nervously told Seinfeld “I have noticed that most of the guests are mostly White males.” Then Lauria […]
Google posted a “Google Doodle” of Harriet Tubman for Black History Month and as soon as I saw it, I was proud. It displayed a cartoon version of Harriet, holding a lantern. What was mean to be an iconic image, catalyzing a declaration of pride, outrage spread across the internet as people began sharing the […]
The German candy giant known as Haribo is under fire for releasing black liquorice candy called, “Skipper Mix” that has offended their customers. The candy is meant to represent a captain’s trip around the world, but many Swedish customers didn’t see it that way. They saw the faces in the likeness of African, Asian or […]
Jacob Green, a student at Millennium High School in Goodyear, Arizona claims that he was assaulted by another student because of the Confederate flag he flies on his truck, and his parents are calling it a “hate crime,” reports MyFoxPhoenix.com. MUST READ: UPDATED: Women ‘Held As Slaves’ In London Home Rescued After 30 Years The […]
