Racist attacks in Italy: ‘The problem did not start today’
Source: Al Jazeera News by Ylenia Gostoli Rome, Italy – At the end of another day of rallies and public speeches, Aboubakar Soumahoro’s phone doesn’t stop ringing as his meetings pile […]
The racist myth of the ‘physical’ African football team
Source: Al Jazeera News by James Yeku I love listening to white men, especially old white men, talk about black athletes during major global sporting events. I have been following […]
What is Donald Trump’s family-separation endgame?
Source: BBC By Anthony Zurcher For months we’ve been heading toward this moment, a political conflagration on the border over immigrant policy. But what is Donald Trump’s endgame – and […]
Most Americans express positive views of country’s growing racial and ethnic diversity
Source: Pew Research Center BY HANNAH FINGERHUT (Joana Toro/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images) A majority of Americans continue to say the United States […]
London Breed Becomes the First African-American Woman to be Elected San Fransisco’s Mayor
Source: Time By Janie Har / AP (SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious a week after Election Day to become the city’s first African-American woman elected […]
Hungary’s first black MP aims to ‘destroy prejudice’
Source: BBC News By Tom Mulligan Hungary has a reputation for anti-immigration politics, but a young black liberal MP wants to revamp the country’s image. Olivio Kocsis-Cake, of the opposition […]
Austria to shut seven ‘political’ mosques and expel imams
Source: BBC News Austria has said it will close down seven mosques and expel imams who it says are funded by foreign countries. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the move was […]
Anti-immigration party wins Slovenia elections
Reuters International This content was published on June 3, 2018 Janez Jansa, leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), arrives for press conference after the general election in Ljubljana, Slovenia, […]
Christian churches still struggle with race, how to discuss it, what to do
Source: Cincinnati BY Mark Curnutte, It’s Wednesday night at Crossroads church in Corryville, and about 30 people, equal numbers white and black, more women than men, stand in a circle in […]
Stacey Abrams is first black female nominee for governor
Source: BBC News A former Georgia lawmaker and author has taken a major step towards becoming the first ever African-American female governor of a US state. Stacey Abrams won the […]
A Fake Site Posted an Apology for the Mormon Church’s History of Racism. Black Mormons Wish It Was Real.
Source: Slate By RUTH GRAHAM On June 1, the Mormon church will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the “revelation” that black men should be allowed to be full members of the church. […]
NAACP and Mormons call for racial harmony, civility
Source: Associated Press By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders from the NAACP and Mormon church on Thursday called for greater racial harmony and mutual respect following […]
Trump ramps up rhetoric on undocumented immigrants: ‘These aren’t people. These are animals.’
Source: USA Today WASHINGTON — President Trump used extraordinarily harsh rhetoric to renew his call for stronger immigration laws Wednesday, calling undocumented immigrants “animals” and venting frustration at Mexican officials who […]
Black Yale Student Says White Student Who Called Police on Her Should Be ‘Held Accountable’
Source: Time Lolade Siyonbola, the Yale University graduate student whose classmate called the police on her last week for napping in the common area of their dorm, said Monday that she wants to […]
This is what a Sikh child faces in America
Source: CNN By Winty Singh (CNN)Two decades ago, when I was in the second grade, a substitute teacher asked me to stand up in front of my class and talk […]
Exeter University: ‘Why I revealed my friends’ racist WhatsApp messages’
Source: BBC News “It went from crude humour to racial slurs. Awful things were said about rape. Every group was targeted.” Exeter University student Arsalan Motavali is talking about the WhatsApp group he was in with fellow members of the university’s law society. “[The messages] started to get progressively worse […]
Ex-NFL Player Says He Was Violently Arrested After Cops Mistook His Phone For A Gun
Source: Huffington Post By David Moye A video showing former NFL player Desmond Marrow being violently arrested by police in Henry County, Georgia, is going viral, and one of the […]
Who was Jack Johnson, the boxer who may be pardoned by Trump?
Source: CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN)On Saturday, President Donald Trump said he was weighing whether or not to grant a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, after it was suggested to him by actor Sylvester Stallone. “His trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial,” Trump tweeted. “Others have looked at […]
Reporters press Sarah Sanders on Trump tweet about ‘breeding’
Source: The Hill BY BRETT SAMUELS – 04/23/18 03:29 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Hucakbee Sanders on Monday attempted to explain the meaning of one of President Trump’s tweets last week in which […]
Starbucks Is Closing Thousands of Stores for Racial Bias Training. Here’s How Much Money It Could Lose
Source: Time By ALEX FITZPATRICK April 17, 2018 Starbucks is closing over 8,000 company-owned stores for racial bias training during an afternoon in May, the company announced Tuesday. The news comes as the Seattle, […]