By Jennifer R. Joe and Wendy K. Smith, The Conversation President Joe Biden committed the U.S. government to racial equity by issuing four executive orders on Jan. 26 that seek to curb systemic racism. In the orders, he cited the killing of George Floyd in 2020, which sparked months of protests and prompted many U.S. […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during memorial service for George Floyd on Cadman Plaza. New York, NY – June 4, 2020 (Shutterstock) Commission will address systemic racism through policy action and documenting the history of racial discrimination in NYC NEW YORK—Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced additional steps the City is taking […]
Photo Credit: Miguel Juarez Lugo/ZUMAPRESS (Brooklyn, NY) – May 22, 2020 – Nationally and in New York, reports of bias are flooding in, with the limited data available showing that arrests related to the coronavirus pandemic are overwhelmingly of persons of color and target communities of color. Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte and state Senator Brian A. Benjamin have reintroduced a […]
Protestors gather at the demonstration for Ahmaud Arbery organized by the NAACP of Georgia at the Glynn County Court House. – Brunswick, GA USA May 8, 2020 (Shutterstock) By BBC ‘To know Ahmaud was to love Ahmaud’ says Wanda Cooper-Jones. Her son is Ahmaud Arbery, the African-American who was shot dead by a white father […]
Protestors gather at the demonstration for Ahmaud Arbery organized by the NAACP of Georgia at the Glynn County Cort House. Brunswick, GA USA May 8, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rashawn Ray, The Conversation Unsteady cellphone footage follows a jogger – an apparently young, black man – as he approaches and attempts to run around a white […]