Slavery was not something that rich “white” men did by themselves without women, nor was Jim Crow the exclusive domain of men. Just about all “white” supremacists and those complicit are raised to be this way by their mothers. Under the current racist system (which is racist against everybody, and just treats European Americans like…
On July 17, 2014 Staten Island resident Eric Garner was strangled to death by NYPD officers. He pleaded with officers who shoved him to the ground and used a chokehold across his neck. His death was captured on camera by onlookers who begged police to stop. The whole world watched as he spoke his last…
According to TMZ.com, Halle Berry is accusing her child’s father, a white Canadian man, of straightening and chemically lightening their daughter’s hair to make her look more ‘white’ and less African American. Berry believes the changes made to Nahla’s hair could lead to psychological damage if she later believes her biracial appearance isn’t good enough.…
It doesn’t matter who’s doing it or what label they stick onto themselves. It doesn’t matter if they claim to be on your side, or doing something for your own good. Whenever someone quotes a set of statistics, and then claims that this justifies some inhumane action, or the passing of some inhumane law, especially…
We’ve often lauded Israel for being the Startup Nation, a place where hightech ventures and progressive, innovative technologies have become commonplace. After all, far before we were using Waze to get around, Israelis had already integrated it into the fabric of their transportation industry. And, as I’ve said before, essentially all of the gadgets or…
Many of us remember the controversy surrounding Elizabeth Warren referring to herself as Native American. A 1997 article from the Fordham Law Review listed the Massachusetts Senator as the “first woman of color” hired by Harvard Law School. But in spite of her questionable Native heritage, Elizabeth Warren called the Senate police on Greg Grey…