Depending on your cynicism (or reality) meter, the results of a new GenForward poll focusing on race, racial power and racism may be shocking, especially because the conventional wisdom is that millennials are the most tolerant of all generations; they are certainly the most diverse.
Issa Raeâs YouTube channel recently launched Giants, a new series written and directed by James Bland and starring Vanessa Baden, William Catlett and Bland himself. The series is about âthree millennials determined to live life on their own terms, no matter the cost, [who] quickly learn that when life starts to kickâŚ
In a continuing trend of millennials raising the bar and showing they have what it takes to help institute positive change in the world, a 22-year-old black woman has announced her candidacy for mayor of Detroit.
Shout out to all the woke young brothers whoâve stood up in response to the injustices we've seen too frequently these past years, like when the lives of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Dontre Hamilton and Sandra Bland and too many tragic others were lost needlessly with callous impunity.
The narrative that black millennials arenât enthusiastic about the 2016 election is false. We understand the power of voting. We know whatâs at stake for black communities. We understand the magnitude of the election. We are not ignorant of our history of struggle against systemic oppression and institutional racism.âŚ
If youâre black, enfranchised and under 35, youâve probably caught hell from at least a dozen people about your civic duty to vote. (Something about your ancestors bleeding and dying for your right to vote, and how folks your age should be galloping to the polls. Itâs like your civic duty to stand for the AmericanâŚ
Black millennials are killing the game.
The majority of black millennials in the United States wanted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to be their next president, but since he's out of the race, 60 percent of black millennials said they would vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton if the general election were held today.
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