Posts by dr_fran
New California Law Aims To Curb Racial Profiling
Police will have to report the race of those they stop and frisk, thanks to a new law that wants to decrease racial profiling.
Read MoreRacist Jokes About This Photo Got People Fired and Sparked the Hashtag #HisNameIsCayden
By Dian Ozemebhoya Eromosele, The Root There is a man who goes by the name of Geris Hilton on Facebook (reportedly not his real name) who used to have a job. “Hilton” used to work at Polaris Marketing Group, according to AtlantaBlackStar, but his employment status changed after he posted a photo on Facebook Sept.…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter Co-Founder Reflects On The Origins Of The Movement
How the movement began on social media, how it grew, and how it answers critiques that it provokes violence.
Read MoreIs This the End of the 2nd Reconstruction?
Henry Louis Gates Jr questions whether recent anti-Black violence by police is a symptom of the end of an era of progress.
Read MoreA White Artist Wrote ‘Black Lives Matter’ 2,000 Times. But His Mural Almost Said ‘All Lives Matter.’
What happened when a black gallery owner in Detroit commissioned a large mural from a white artist as an homage to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Read MoreWhy It Isn’t Possible For Black Americans To Appropriate African Culture
Julia Craven explains why Black Americans have a right to explore the roots and homes from which they were forcibly removed years ago.
Read MoreArt Student Hangs ‘Black Only’ And ‘White Only’ Signs Around University Campus
An art installation at the University of Buffalo was designed to provoke emotion and encourage students to confront racist social structures.
Read MoreRichard Sherman Says He Supports Black Lives Matter, But ‘Black-On-Black’ Crime Needs To Stop First
The Seattle Seahawks’ cornerback wants to highlight the controversial topic of black-on-black crime, which others say doesn’t exist.
Read MoreHorror Drove Her From South. 100 Years Later, She Returned.
In 1915, Mamie Kirkland and her family fled Ellisville, Miss., in fear that her father would be lynched. She swore she would never return. But at age 107, she made the journey. Video, story, and pictures.
Read MoreSuit Alleges ‘Scheme’ in Criminal Costs Borne by New Orleans’s Poor
A lawsuit filed against New Orleans criminal district court alleges that it runs a “scheme” in which the poor are jailed if they fall behind paying fines. “The extent to which every actor in the local New Orleans legal system depends on this money for their own survival is shocking,” said Alec Karakatsanis, a founder of Equal Justice Under Law, a civil rights group, and one of the lawyers who filed the suit….
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