Posts Tagged ‘White Supremacy’
They Can’t Kill Us and We Won’t Die
President-elect Biden acknowledged this debt to Black voters in his acceptance speech. Will he begin the job of dismantling systemic racism and increasing Black wealth? Only time will tell.
Read MoreHow the Charlottesville Rally, the Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot, Etc. Underscore the Threat of Far-Right Extremists
A panel of experts warns that Charlottesville was not an isolated or unplanned spontaneous incident, but a harbinger of much organized white supremacist terror to come.
Read MoreFor Love of Country: Black veterans join movement to rid military installations of Confederate names and symbols
When Daniele Anderson was a student at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, she posted flyers around the campus about Black History Month events she was organizing, but they were repeatedly torn down.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – There are proven ways to keep protests peaceful. Trump is doing the opposite.
Donald Trump has called on local and state officials to crack down as harshly as possible on BLM protests throughout the nation. Experts say that Trump’s rhetoric and actions inflame tensions and escalate protests further, instead of keeping the peace.
Read MoreProud Boys: who are the far-right group that backs Donald Trump?
President Trump refused to call the “Proud Boys” a white supremacist group during his presidential debate. Instead he told them to “stand down” and “stand by.”
Read MoreInternalizing White Supremacy: What We Can Learn From Liberia
The country of Liberia has an interesting history that has insitutional parallels with the United States in terms of institutional racism. The impact of white supremacy on African-American culture is shown through Liberia’s history of ethnic suppression.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – 45 Wisconsin Communities Protest
As video of George Floyd’s death spread across the US, protests followed in major cities — as well as unexpected small cities and tiny virtually all-white towns around Wisconsin.
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity
White Christians have used the Bible to support racial discrimination in all areas of life and the continuation of White supremacy.
Read More‘The worshipping of whiteness’: why racist symbols persist in America
Symbols drive the stock market and wall street. Businesses and government agencies are rethinking some racial stereotypes and are making changes. Rebranding without policy changes is mere “window dressing.”
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…
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