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You are going to need to put on your lenses and your critical thinking caps for this one. What you need to know moving forward regarding Racism in the United States: The definitions in dictionaries and other sources contain only one context: the one that matches the flavor of Racism white supremacists have been […]

[…] (9 percent of the population) reportedly receive 46 percent of hate crimes based on prejudice. *Officials and advocates across California are pouring resources into pointing out that racism and racial intolerance impact public health — major factors, they say, behind the substantial increase in hate crimes and hate incidents in the Golden State. In […]

[…] dating a white girl — which is a learning experience that all black men should undergo at some point in their lives — it’ll expose you to racism in ways that only a trained eye can recognize. To further this premise, I’ve come up with 10 examples based on some of my romantic encounters […]

[…] to LeBron James’ reaction about his house being vandalized with a racial slur has ignited a firestorm on social media. From Whitlock’s point-of-view, James shouldn’t complain about racism in America because he’s rich and therefore does not truly understand the struggle. “I get when I was a young person people called me a bad […]

[…] hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom. Systematic racism is engrained in world societal culture. The debilitating effects of racism against people of color, specifically against Black people continue to the present day, with startling […]

*Have you ever watched a reality show on Bravo TV and thought this network is doing a great job at helping to eliminate racism? If your answer is yes, then you are on the same page as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In a recent op-ed for Time, the six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player […]

*Attorney General William Barr clashed with black congressional Democrats over whether systemic racism exists in U.S. police forces. Barr, who testified Tuesday to the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee, acknowledged that black Americans’ concerns about police “are legitimate” but said it’s “an oversimplification to treat the problem as rooted in some deep-seated racism generally infecting […]

[…] soccer players report continued harassment and abuse from fans and on social media throughout Europe. These recent acts a couple of days apart dispel any doubt that racism and racists aren’t going anywhere. But then again, it didn’t take the Capitol terrorist assault or the 74 million votes that Trump got to assure that. […]

*Turning Point USA communications director Candace Owens has challenged ESPN’s Jemele Hill to a racism debate after accusing the former “SportsCenter” anchor of being used by Democrats to “paralyze blacks with undue fear.” It all started after Hill quoted a CNN tweet about anti-gun protesters shutting down part of a highway in Chicago. Hill wrote an […]

[…] is no exaggeration. The decades of discrimination they experienced can explain it all. This colloquialism equally applies to Black-owned companies. Despite how many years have passed, systemic racism is still evident in their community, and now it’s also affecting their businesses, putting them at a disadvantage in lending and other business practices. In this […]

*A new documentary from BBC One Panorama, “Is The Church Racist?,” explores the racism that allegedly runs deep within the Church of England.  Per Complex, Dr. Elizabeth Henry, who resigned from her post as the CoE’s race adviser last year, claims that ethnic clergy and staff who complained of racism in the CoE were […]

[…] Black Person networking event became an international viral conversation across the internet. From applauders to haters, Come Meet A Black Person ignited emotions, conversations and an anti- racism movement that has evolved into a global tool for change. The organization has collected revealing white-privilege and ‘racism in action’ data that will be critical in […]

[…] attorney known and respected in environmental policy circles across the United States, is finding herself at the center of racial storm brewing at home. Black employees say racism is widespread at the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the organization Nichols chairs. In September, African American employees hit CARB with a 13-page letter alleging that […]

[…] *ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida — An African-American scholar who regularly upends the way mainstream U.S culture views race politics says white guilt and “enormously seductive” post-1960s liberalism, not racism, are responsible for the death of Michael Brown on a Ferguson, Missouri street in 2014. Shelby Steele, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute, has […]

Trevor Brookins *Last week I identified two methods of dealing with the racism that people of color face today. My intention was not only to evaluate the solutions that are being pursued currently in terms of police brutality but also to identify the issue behind police brutality as not necessarily a problem of inherently […]