Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Hate Groups: Preparing for an Obama Win? Interviews with a White Supremacist and a Hate-Group Expert
Racist groups don’t want to see a Black man in the Oval Office, and they’re prepared to fight, win or lose.
Read MoreWhat a Surprise! AP poll: A slight majority of Americans are now expressing negative view of blacks
According to a new Associated Press poll, some Americans feel more negative about their Black neighbors than before.
Read MoreThe Five Pillars of Jim Crow
“Jim Crow” refers to a five-part system developed in the late 1800s and early 1900s to support white supremacy and oppress black citizens. Although there were laws that discriminated against African Americans throughout the country, the Jim Crow system existed only in the South. This exhibit briefly describes the five oppressions of the Jim Crow system.
Read MoreBlackface: In 2012, blackface is still popular around the world from Japan to the Netherlands
Blackface might see like a thing of the past, but it still pops up and sometimes in unusual situations, like Lent celebrations.
Read MoreStudents in blackface re-enact Chris Brown beating Rihanna
In an show of racism and ignorance of domestic abuse, high school students wore blackface to reenact abuse between Chris Brown and Rihanna.
Read MoreWho Will Mourn George Whitmore?
George Whitmore’s experience in the criminal justice system and court of public opinion, only to be forgotten, leaves us questioning.
Read MoreDolce & Gabbana responds to accusations that ‘Blackamoor’ earrings are racist
After outfitting a white model with earrings that evoke a the racial stereotype of the mammy, one design company faces backlash.
Read MoreHow White Ideals Color US Race Relations
One author tackles a tired, racism belief about economic disparities and what–if anything–they say about work ethic.
Read MoreEmpty chair ‘lynchings’: Anti-Obama protests gone too far?
Some Americans who oppose Barack Obama have resorted to racist imagery that evokes violence in their protests.
Read MoreAnti-Amalgamation Law Passed This Day in 1664
More than 350 years ago, Maryland made interracial marriages illegal between white women and Black men with the anti-amalgamation law.
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