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Nasdaq Pushing Corporations to Do the Bare Minimum When It Comes to Diversity on Their Leadership Boards
Alright, LLC Twitter, this one’s for you: Nasdaq has announced plans to push for corporations to do the absolute bare minimum in ensuring diversity in their boardrooms. According to ABC News, a proposal submitted Tuesday by Nasdaq to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would require companies listed on the stock exchange to publicly detail…
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Department of Education Finally Starts Processing COVID-Related Discrimination Cases 9 Months Into Pandemic
Y’all, we all know the Department of Education under Betsy DeVos ain’t shit. The RC Cola version of Dolores Umbridge has decided that nine months into the pandemic and one month before she’s out of a job is the perfect time to start processing discrimination cases related to COVID. According to HuffPost, the department’s Office…
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Teacher Simply Acknowledging Black Lives Matter in Lesson Prompts Prolonged, Racist Outrage in Wisconsin Town
White people have continually proven that their response to being asked to not be racist is to simply be more racist. A small town in Wisconsin has been a perfect example of this, as multiple racist incidents have occurred after a teacher mentioned Black Lives Matter in a lesson about racism. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports…
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Atlanta Man Living at a Doughnut Shop to Help Give Underprivileged Kids Access to Essential Hygiene Products
You know, instead of dunking on white mess, why don’t we feel good and focus on some Black positivity instead? For example, a Black man in Atlanta has been working to give underprivileged kids access to essential hygiene products. According to 11 Alive, Johari Dozier has been living at a Sublime Doughnuts location in Atlanta…
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Baltimore County Public Schools Closed After Ransomware Attack on Computer Systems
According to my friends with kids and my friend who teaches, distance learning is a less than ideal experience. It’s super impersonal, occasionally chaotic and unsurprisingly, super vulnerable to hackers. Baltimore County Public Schools has learned that last part the hard way, as its schools are all currently shut down due to a ransomware attack.…
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Lawsuit to Prevent Confederate Statues From Being Removed Heads Back to Georgia Courts
You know, you would think betraying your country and getting bodied for it hundreds of years ago would be enough to stop people from sympathizing with the Confederacy, but no. Instead, we’re in the year 2020, where a man in Georgia feels the need to file a lawsuit preventing the removal of two ugly-ass Confederate…
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Former Student Sues Illinois High School for Blatant, Widespread Racism
A former student has sued an Illinois high school, citing multiple racist incidents he experienced and observed during his time at the school. According to CBS Chicago, 19-year-old Stanley Fabian observed and personally experienced multiple instances of racism during his time at Minooka Community High School. Fabian recounted an incident he experienced last year as…
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County Mayor in Florida Proposes Task Force to Fight Systemic Racism
The mayor of Florida’s Broward County has proposed a task force that would address issues of systemic racism. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that the proposal is the third from Broward County Mayor Dale Holness that attempts to address the issue of systemic racism. Holness previously proposed a police review board that would analyze the…
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Georgia Democrats Make History by Electing Black Leadership in Both State Legislative Chambers
Man, Black folks have really kept their foot on history’s neck, and I love to see it. In the latest bit of history making, both of the Democratic caucuses in Georgia’s state legislative chambers will have Black leadership for the first time. According to AJC, state Rep. James Beverly (D-Macon) and state Sen. Gloria Butler…
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Former San Francisco Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Man Charged With On-Duty Homicide, a First for the City, District Attorney Says
It’s incredibly sad to me that a cop being charged for on-duty homicide is a first in 2020, yet that’s exactly what happened in the case of a San Francisco cop who shot an unarmed Black man almost three years ago. According to CNN, the office of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin charged former…
