By Sian Mughan, The Conversation Imagine being unable to pay a US$50 traffic ticket and, as a result, facing mounting fees so high that even after paying hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars toward your debt you still owe money. Imagine being fired from your job because you’ve been forced to use unreliable public transportation instead […]
The cultural messages can be harsh, dehumanizing and constant.
By Lonnae O’Neal, The Undefeated The athletes, former athletes and coaches had gathered at Temple University to tell war stories. But the conversation wasn’t about diving catches or buzzer beaters, heated rivalries or fearsome opponents. Instead, they detailed the other defining aspect of their playing days: what it felt like to compete while black and […]
By Andrea Plaid and Christopher MacDonald-Dennis, Newsweek This week, we’re marking the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. His death at the hands of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin—who has been convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter—sparked a national conversation about racism in America. It’s a conversation that’s long […]
One year later, a look at NBA arenas will help answer that question.
By William C. Rhoden, The Undefeated How will the NBA and other sports leagues acknowledge the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer? How the sports world commemorates Floyd — or whether it remembers him at all on Tuesday — will go a long way in telling us how far we […]
Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict doesn’t save us, but here are some ideas that might help
Woman leading a group of demonstrators on road. Group of women protesting for human rights and against racism. – Miami Downtown, FL, USA – May 31, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Lonnae O’Neal, The Undefeated I am dreaming of ways to keep Black children safe from the police. I am scheming up scenarios where Black people have […]
America, and its rich and powerful, didn’t actually care about Black people when they put out statements and donated money
People pray and take a knee for nine minutes and 29 seconds in memory of George Floyd on the first anniversary of his death, May 25, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Shutterstock) By Martenzie Johnson, The Undefeated I truly believed things would be different this time. And can you blame me? In the moments following the […]
Furniture and belongings in Tulsa street during race riot of May 31 – June 1, 1921. Original caption states the owner was probably evicted during the riot. Photo by Alvin C. Krupnick Company, Tulsa, Oklahama. By Gregory B. Fairchild, The Conversation When Viola Fletcher, 107, appeared before Congress in May 2021, she called for the […]
By Lena V. Groeger, ProPublica The economic and health crisis brought on by the pandemic has struck Black Americans especially hard: from their prevalence among workers in essential high-risk fields, to their disproportionate share of deaths, to extensive job losses. But the racial disparities didn’t begin with the virus. National unemployment numbers that now seem […]
Virginia Fairfax County building entrance sign for open IHOP restaurant for take-out and delivery during coronavirus. – Herndon, USA – June 11, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Joseph Wilkinson, MSN A white woman harassed four Black soldiers Monday afternoon at a Virginia IHOP and called them the N-word twice, one soldier said. The unidentified woman initially offered […]
By Chris Harris, MSN A Louisiana man on trial for allegedly killing two Black men allegedly searched the internet for information on genocide, Nazi propaganda, white supremacists, and gun silencers in the days before and after the 2017 killings. PEOPLE confirms Kenneth Gleason, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with […]