Venus is one of just a half-dozen African-American kids in her class at Stuyvesant. So when more than 800 students from the country’s most prestigious public high school walk down the aisle to collect their diplomas in June, very few will look like her. Venus […]
BLACK-ISH – “Liberal Arts” WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 (9:30-10:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Ron Tom) YARA SHAHIDI *The colorism conversation has been following actress Yara Shahidi since her hit series “Black-ish” started to spark dialogue about issues that matter in the Black community. […]
Remember Starbucks’ “Race Together” idea a few years back? The since-destroyed concept was that baristas at the high-priced coffee-chain openly engage customers on race relations in the United States. Read Also: Will The HUD Secretary Enforce The Fair Housing Act Ironic then, that the company […]
Jeffery Zeigler Photo: (Oakland County Sheriff’s Office via AP) A Michigan man who shot at a child who knocked on his door to ask for directions is out on $50,000 bail. Jeffery Craig Zeigler, a 53-year-old retired firefighter, was charged with assault with intent to […]
Starbucks has some explaining to do after video surfaced on social media showing Philadelphia police officers arresting two Black men. According to social media accounts the two men were waiting in the Starbucks for a friend when a barista called the cops. “What did they […]
Hundreds of students from a predominantly black school in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood took to the streets earlier this week to protest gun violence ― and national media barely covered it. On Tuesday, teens from Miami Northwestern Senior High School marched from their school’s campus […]
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