I’m Finally Breaking Up With Richard Dawkins
Source: Huffington Post By Chris Sosa Campaign Manager, Political Commentator I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m done with Richard Dawkins. As a teenager, the brilliant scientist was among the […]
Black students at SUNY Albany say they were attacked on a bus
Source: CNN (CNN)A rally was held Monday evening at the State University of New York in Albany after three black female students were attacked by a group of white men and women during a confrontation on a bus over the weekend, officials said. The students, who attend the upstate […]
Rev. Jim Wallis: Racism ‘Separates White Christians From God’
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Swedish Feminists Thread Needle Between Sexism and Racism in Migrant Controversy
Source: Time A scandal over alleged sexual assaults by migrants puts Sweden—renowned for its gender equality and its liberality—in a difficult place Even as Germany has grappled with a scandalover […]
Disgusted Young People: How Martin Luther King Predicted the Decline of the Mainline Church
Source: Huffington Post By Derek Penwell Author; Editor; Speaker; Activist So often the contemporary church is a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. So often it is an archdefender of […]
Parade, numerous celebrations to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Source: Los Angeles Times By Cindy Carcamo; Contact Reporter A replica of the Montgomery, Ala., bus that Rosa Parks was riding in when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give […]
Scholars offer Muslims and police a new roadmap for better relations
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. police departments must look beyond the Muslim American community if they want to effectively counter violent extremism, a new report from Duke University finds. […]
Today is the Birthday of Martin Luther King and our Fight against Racism Continues
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Thinly veiled racism
By Khola Maryam Hübsch Our outrage over the sexist Muslim male reveals a need to feel superior. It expresses a brand of cultural chauvinism that co-opts feminism as a means […]
Why don’t black and white Americans live together?
Source: BBC By Rajini Vaidyanathan Legal segregation in the US may have ended more than 50 years ago. But in many parts of the country, Americans of different races aren’t […]
Video series: Slavery in America: The Roots
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured […]
Somali workers fired at Colorado packing plant in prayer dispute
Source: Reuters Nearly 200 workers, mostly Somali immigrants, have been fired from a meat-packing plant in Colorado after staging a walkout to protest what they said were insufficient prayer accommodations, the company and Islamic advocacy groups said on Thursday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the workers were treated […]
Video: Jesus Wasn’t White And Here’s Why That Matters
By Taryn Finley; Black Voices Associate Editor, The Huffington Post The traditional image of Jesus as a blue-eyed, blonde-haired white man is historically inaccurate. In her latest video for MTV […]
Cleveland Police Officers Will Not Face Charges in Death of Tamir Rice
Source: Time The white police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland in 2014 will not face criminal charges, the county prosecutor announced Monday. “Based on the evidence they heard, and the law as it applies to police use of deadly force, the grand jury declined to bring […]
Muslim family’s halted Disneyland trip is raised with PM
Source: BBC Labour MP Stella Creasy has called on the prime minister to challenge the US after a UK Muslim family was barred from boarding a flight to Los Angeles. […]
A Black Muslim Voice on Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post By Sajdah Nubee A Muslim, African-American, Interfaith Presenter, Blogger, Seeker of Truth, Promoting Consciousness, Driven by Intuition, Tar Heel Born and Bred As a Black-American Muslim who feels […]
Let Me Tell You Why This Hateful Joke Isn’t Funny
Source: Huffington Post By Greg Worthington Former Teacher, UT-Austin Ed Policy PhD Student, Advocate, Beloved Son, Proud San Antonian, Hoping/Praying to be a Change Agent. Never not a student. Recently, I came across a racist meme featuring my friend. His name is Darsh Preet Singh. For those who know Darsh, […]
The Terrorism Double Standard
Source: Huffington Post BY Qasim Rashid Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies “How do you tell someone he’s a racist?” During a recent lecture […]
Scalia questions place of some black students in elite colleges
Source: CNN Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia raised eyebrows on Wednesday with a comment he made during the court’s hearing of an affirmative action case, in which he seemed to suggest some African-Americans belong in lesser colleges. Scalia was questioning the attorney for the University of Texas, which is defending […]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologizes for failures in the Laquan McDonald investigation: ‘I own it’
Source: Daily News Amid loud calls for his resignation, Chicago’s mayor apologized Wednesday for his role in the Laquan McDonald shooting fallout that has shaken the city. “I own […]