discrimination
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With New Ruling Against Semenya Caster, Track and Field Upholds Restrictive Gender Norms Rooted in Racism
South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya experienced another setback in her years-long struggle to compete on her terms—which is to say, to simply run without having to conform to restrictive, arbitrary and racist perceptions of what a woman’s body ought to be like. On Tuesday, a Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court dismissed her appeal of a…
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White Privilege Strikes Again: Nets Ignore Bevy of Qualified Black Coaches in Order to Hand Steve Nash the Keys to the Kingdom
For 15 years, Patrick Ewing languished in NBA purgatory as an assistant coach. From the Washington Wizards to the Rockets, then onto the Magic and eventually the Hornets, he was routinely praised for his coaching acumen while inexplicably never being offered a head-coaching gig—despite his wealth of experience on the sidelines. Year after year, coaching…
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Black Family Just Trying to Get Ice Cream Threatened by White Man Carrying a Sword
A Black family in Pennsylvania got to experience firsthand the impact of 400 years of white supremacy emboldening white people to act overtly racist when a white man wielding a sword threatened them and made a comment about their race. According to NJ.com, Antonio and Diana Bellamy were on an ice cream date with their…
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Costco Bans Employees From Wearing Masks That Say Black Lives Matter, Because It Is 'Political'
As Black people have long known, the idea that Black lives matter is still not a given to everyone—and is actually up for debate in some circles—which is what inspired the simple yet powerful affirmation in the first place. Costco is the latest business to betray its discomfort with the idea, with store managers in…
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Black and Asian Americans Report More Discrimination Because of COVID-19 Than Other Groups, Study Finds
Nearly four in ten Asian and Black Americans say they’ve experienced racist behavior or attacks toward them since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new study conducted by the Pew Research Center. Published on Thursday, the study further illustrates how the effects of the pandemic have fallen across specific racial fault lines:…
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White Hampton Inn Employee Fired After Calling Police on Black Guests Who Were Using the Swimming Pool
Wait…is this a rerun? Haven’t we seen this episode of White People Who Don’t Believe Black People Belong Literally Anywhere before? Oh nah, sorry, this is a different one than the one before and the one before that and the one before that. It’s hard to keep up. This show is stupid, anyway. In this…
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Black Mother and Son Discriminated Against in Maryland Restaurant
Dining while black can be a frustrating experience. There’s always that nagging suspicion that being on the receiving end of poor service is due in part to your race. Sadly, for a mother and her 9-year-old son, it was blatantly clear why they were being discriminated against at a Baltimore restaurant. NBC News reports that…
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Relax, Everyone. Sports Is a 'Colorblind Meritocracy' Because NBA Exec Bob Myers Says So
After ignoring our plight for decades, suddenly white people are tripping over themselves to prove that they actually give a shit about black folks. We’ve seen NFL quarterbacks exposed as either blatantly racist or denounced for racial insensitivity, companies like CrossFit have turned into dumpster fires and plenty of other instances where white folks seem…
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Blackballed Reminds Us Why 'Shut Up and Dribble' Is Not an Option for Today's Athletes
For fans of the Los Angeles Clippers—which admittedly, is a relatively new concept—April 25, 2014, is a day that will live on in infamy. Donald Sterling, who had spent decades oscillating between openly discriminating against black and brown tenants and being universally reviled as the worst owner in professional sports, had been caught on tape…