Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
House Democrats Call For Increased Security After ‘Send Her Back’ Chants At Trump Rally
Representative Al Green calls for increased security after an incident at a Trump Rally in North Carolina, where supporters are chanting ‘send her back’ in response to Ilhan Omar. This act was the consequence of prior issues concering three other women representatives of color.
Read MoreBlack Couple Shocked When Contractor Shows Up For Work With Confederate Flag
By David Moye, Huffington Post A black couple’s encounter with a white man they hired to fix their golf cart is going viral for the polite way they handled an awkward situation. On Saturday, Atlanta couple Allison and Zeke Brown hired a contractor, identified as “Michael,” to fix the brakes of their golf cart. Things quickly…
Read MoreNike and Kaepernick Back in Culture Wars After ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker Furor
By Tiffany Hsu, Kevin Draper, Sandra E. Garcia and Niraj Chokshi, The New York Times Nike planned to celebrate the Fourth of July with a new sneaker, a special edition of the Air Max 1 Quick Strike featuring that most patriotic of symbols: an American flag. But rather than including a flag with 50 stars…
Read MoreParkland Teen Kyle Kashuv, Former Turning Point USA Member, Apologizes For Racist Slurs
Harvard rescinds the admission decision of Kyle Kashuv, a student who was affected by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, due to racist remark he made just months before the incident. Some say that the Ivy-League school has gone too far but the majority agree with the university’s decision. An apology is not enough to repair the damage of his actions and the years of history he chose to ignore.
Read MoreDonald Trump Insists People Are On ‘Both Sides’ Of Exonerated Central Park 5 Case
President Trump continues to refuse to apologize for his 1989 ad calling to execute five teenagers who were falsely accused of rape in the notorious Central Park Five case. All five were convicted based on coerced confessions and little evidence. They were exonerated in 2002 thanks to DNA evidence. A new Netflix series “When They See Us” by Ava DuVerney (director of “13th”) re-examines their story.
Read MoreRacial Terror and the Second Repeal of Reconstruction
In the age of Trump white nationalism, hate crimes and acts of domestic terrorism have escalated. Recent acts of violence mirror the years following Reconstruction that resulted in American Descendants of Slavery losing all rights and privileges gained after the Civil War and the imposition of Jim Crow Laws.
Read MoreLongest-running housing discrimination case outlives judge
In 1968 Sarah Garrett filed a suit against the city of Hamtramck, Michigan, for racial discrimination in housing. The suit may finally be resolved this year after 50 years. Damon Keith, the judge in the “black removal case” did not live to see his decision completed. He died this week.
Read MoreStudy Finds Racial Bias In Police Traffic Stops And Searches
Black drivers were about 20 percent more likely than whites to be pulled over, according to an analysis of nearly 100 million cases. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Huffington Postpolice A large-scale study of traffic stops across the U.S. found significant black-versus-white disparities in how often drivers were stopped and searched by police, as well as evidence of…
Read MoreManager Called 911 After Falsely Accusing Black Man of Sneaking into Movie Theater
An AMC movie theater manager calls 911 on a black customer after falsely accusing him of sneaking into movie theater without paying. The man, Larry Shelton, plans on filing a lawsuit against the movie theater.
Read MoreNew York City Commission on Human Rights Launches Campaign to Combat Racism
Today, Friday, March 22nd, 2019, New York City’s Commission on Human Rights launched a new campaign to fight anti-black racism and discrimination on its city’s streets. With so-called “micro-aggression” becoming all too common, CCHR hopes that the “While Black” campaign will encourage all those who are victims of anti-black racism or discrimination to report the incidents — no matter the caliber of the situation. Their message is simple, and we here at ABHM join them in proclaiming it: “We care.”
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