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*U.S. Airways is accused of refusing to let two young African American men into first class until they changed their clothes into more “appropriate attire.” Brothers McCraig and Miles Warren are suing the airline for discrimination, claiming that when they tried to board the plane in Denver, they were repeatedly told by an employee that [...]
*In the workplace, it is hard to prove discrimination, sexual harrassment, and/or plain ol’ harrassment. So, when someone gets results in cases like this, it is exciting…no matter what the reward may be. Crystal Perry works for Michigan’s Department of Human Services (DHS), and she tried to prove that she was passed over for a [...]
*There have been a few people convicted of crimes that have garnered nationwide support to either release them from jail or have them removed from death row… not this time. In 1997, Kimberly McCarthy, 51, was accused of killing her neighbor Dorothy Booth, a 71-year-old retired college psychology professor in Lancaster, Texas, approximately 15 miles [...]
*Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive preview of next week’s episode of “The Bachelor,” in which star Sean tells one of the show’s three African American contestants that his last girlfriend was black. EW points out the irony of the conversation, considering this current season is the first to air since the show was sued for [...]
*Small steps are being taken to battle racism. When more and more businesses begin to suffer the financial repercussions for their injustices against minorities, maybe they will begin to understand better how their prejudice affects the future of their business. But in the meantime, the government will continue to hold their feet to the fire. [...]
*Black journalists – including one who’s moderated past vice presidential debates, Gwen Ifill – are tired of being pushed to the back seat, and the National Association of Black Journalists is making sure the big wigs of the presidential debates know it. The group announced Friday that the Commission on Presidential Debates needs to stop discriminating [...]
*They had booked their wedding far in advance, says ABC News. The invitations had been sent, the programs printed. But one day before Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson were to be married at the Mississippi church they frequented, they said a pastor told them they would have to find another venue — because they were black. [...]
*Racism isn’t the only discrimination system that is alive and well in today’s society. One would believe that women’s rights were still being shelved as if they were still fighting for voting rights during the suffrage movement of the 19th century with the latest light being shed on the golf club hosting the Masters, but [...]
*An eastern Kentucky church in the headlines since members voted to bar mixed-race couples from joining the congregation overturned that decision Sunday, saying it welcomes all believers. Stacy Stepp, pastor of the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church in Pike County, told The Associated Press that the vote by nine people last week was declared null [...]
*In Steve Stoute’s provocative online series “The Tanning Effect,” actress Gwyneth Paltrow lends readers her thoughts about racial diversity in the industry and the Black community. “I don’t want to bemoan the fact that it should’ve happened 50 years ago, because it’s here now. And it’s like the way I see it is that I [...]
*Here’s a straight up bizarre story for you. Solange Knowles is accusing Miami Beach PD of pulling a weapon on her for doing nothing this past weekend. “I have literally had my last leg with discriminating police! Miami police department will be notified,” Solange writes on Twitter. “A police officer just pulled a weapon on me…. I [...]
Actor Harry Belafonte speaks during the ‘Sing Your Song’ panel during the HBO portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton on July 28, 2011 in Beverly Hills *This afternoon, Harry Belafonte took questions from journalists about his upcoming HBO documentary “Sing Your Song,” which chronicles the life and times of [...]
*The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Thursday announced year seven of Operation Bike Week Justice in Myrtle Beach, an organized effort to monitor the weekend of Atlantic Beach Bike Bikefest for any acts of discrimination. The civil rights group says it will make sure black bikers are treated the same as [...]
*Apple is being sued for racism after two black men say they were denied service at a New York City store. Plaintiffs Brian Johnston, 34, and Nile Charles, 25, which filed the lawsuit against Apple in New York Supreme Court, accused the company’s employees of racism after they prevented them from buying headphones, reports [...]
*America was built upon the destruction of a people. The Africans kidnapped and brought to the shores of this country (those that survived the voyage and weren’t thrown into the sea) were subjected to the most horrific treatment of any people on this planet. The reason it was the worst is because of how long it occurred. We still can’t [...]
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