While there are a plethora of other issues to combat, Black folks’ hair has become an unnecessary topic of conversation and not in a complimentary or flattering way. A Harlem mother is voicing her concerns as her two daughters were recently banned from a production of […]
Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, according to documents seen by the Guardian. Notes from a strategy session for a militarized raid on ancestral lands of the Wet’suwet’en nation show that commanders of Canada’s […]
Jodie Turner Smith’s radiant brown skin made her the perfect woman to play Queen in Lena Waithe’s “Queen & Slim.” But her chocolate complexion wasn’t always valued. In a candid and detailed post on Instagram, the rising actress revealed her struggle with accepting herself. […]
The fallout surrounding a photo showing recent graduates of a corrections officers’ training program throwing up Nazi salutes was just the most recent example of how prevalent white supremacist allegiances are in law enforcement across the country. And while at least three of the […]
Officials at the University of Buffalo are investigating after racist, offensive graffiti was found scrawled on a stall in a residence hall restroom last week. The vandalism, discovered in Knox Hall on the school’s North Campus in Amherst, New York, included slurs against African-Americans as […]
Right now in the U.S., California and New York are the only states that have laws on the books making it illegal to discriminate against African-American hairstyles. But Florida is trying to join them. According to MyNews13, last Friday State Sen. Randolph Bracy, D-Orlando, announced […]
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