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News, Race Matters

Study Finds That Detroit is the Most Segregated City in the Country

Turns out systemic racism isn't a myth. Who ever could've known?

By

Joe Jurado

Published

June 21, 2021
Culture

$4 Billion in Federal Relief for Black Farmers on Hold After White Farmers Cry Discrimination

A Wisconsin federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the USDA.

By

J.L. Cook

Published

June 12, 2021
Culture, Race Matters

White People Are Crazy!

'Fox & Friends' host complains that white people are 'being marginalized on a daily basis based on our gender, our sexuality, and the color of our skin.'

By

Zack Linly

Published

June 10, 2021
Culture, Race Matters

Doing Gov. Brian Kemp's Bidding, Georgia Board Passes White Fragility Resolution Denouncing CRT, Declaring Slavery a 'Deviation' From Founding Principles

There’s a reason I write so damn much about the Republican war on Critical Race Theory—it’s just such a shining example of how whiteness works. CRT has existed as an academic study since 1989, and the volumes of research and data that CRT was developed from date back to the late ‘60s-early ‘70s. White people…

By

Zack Linly

Published

June 4, 2021
Culture, Race Matters

District Attorney in Pennsylvania Responds to Accusations of Systemic Racism by, uh, Being Systematically Racist

I’m no social scientist, yet I can’t help but theorize that white men are possibly the most sensitive group in this country—by far. If dealing with a thin-skinned president for four years didn’t clue you in on that, then you’ve had to have noticed how white men across the country continue to lose their shit…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

June 3, 2021
Entertainment, Television

Dr. Fauci, Please Come Get This Beverly Hills Housewife Who Said Being Called Racist Is a 'Virus Worse Than COVID'

The Beverly Hills are alive with the sound of a white woman’s weaponized tears. On the latest episode of The Real Beverly Housewives of Beverly Hills (Season 11, Episode 3, titled “Sutton’s Gotta Give”), viewers witness an aggravating conversation about race relations involving cast members Kyle Richards, Sutton Stracke and Crystal Kung Minkoff (with a…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

June 3, 2021
Culture, Race Matters

'We Have Given More Than Has Ever Been Given to Us': California's 1st-in-the-Nation Slavery Reparations Task Force Meets

When it comes to the recent efforts to make reparations for descendants of American slavery happen, I am of two minds. On one hand—meh. It just seems like everything being proposed falls short of an actual promise that reparations for Black people will ever happen as the proposals aren’t for actual reparations; they are mostly…

By

Zack Linly

Published

June 2, 2021
Politics

Biden Plans to Address Racist Stuff by Saying Things at Tulsa Ceremony

When President Joe Biden speaks at Tuesday’s ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the terrorist attack known as the Tulsa Race Massacre (Because, calling it a “Black massacre” is too much), he will take the opportunity to address inequality, systemic racism and nonexistent racial justice. And that’s all. He won’t actually do anything. But, according…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

June 1, 2021
News, Opinion, Wypipo

It Turns Out, All Those 'Woke' White Allies Were Lying

When the country collectively witnessed the brutal May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd, white people were forever changed. Millions took to the streets, arm-in-arm with their fellow brethren, offering their support for justice and equality. Corporations changed their policies. Individuals joined the movement. To prove their commitment, companies pledged billions to the struggle for…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

May 24, 2021
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

One Year After Protests for Racial Justice, Corporations Must Go Beyond Their Statements and Commit to Racial Justice Through Their Policies

Last year during the protests for racial justice, almost every major corporation released a statement standing in solidarity with the Black community. From McDonald’s to Nike, companies used their platform to shed light on the ongoing state-sanctioned violence against Black people, pledged to support Black communities, and as of June 2020, donated a total of…

By

Color Of Change

Published

May 24, 2021