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 […]
Juneteenth Parade Philadelphia at Malcom X Park African American Independence Day – Philadelphia, PA / USA – June 22 2019 (Shutterstock) By Jonathan Mattise and Michelle R. Smith, AOL ASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A traditional day of celebration turned into one of protest Friday, as Americans marked Juneteenth, a holiday that long commemorated the emancipation […]
By Helier Cheung & Zhaoyin Feng & Boer Deng, BBC News Attacks on East Asian people living in the US have shot up during the pandemic, revealing an uncomfortable truth about American identity. Though she was not born in the US, nothing about Tracy Wen Liu’s life in the country felt “un-American”. Ms Liu went […]
Now, the modest actions by just a few workers have generated national publicity that led managers to temporarily shutter two locations of the rapidly expanding chain, and have sparked a conversation about free expression in the workplace.
Condado Tacos logo, courtesy: Condado Tacos Facebook page By Farnoush Amiri, AOL Forced to choose between their beliefs and their jobs, four restaurant workers say, they walked out after they were threatened with being fired for refusing to help fill an order for a law enforcement agency that was policing nearby race protests. The employees […]
Rihanna attends the 5th annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani on September 12, 2019, in New York City. – NEW YORK – SEP 12, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Hilary Weaver, ELLE On Friday evening, Rihanna posted on Instagram to express her feelings after 46-year-old George Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground […]
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 […]
Former Pan American International High School teacher, Lisa-Erika James holds a press conference at City Hall about a lawsuit against the Department of Education, Jan. 20, 2020 Photo: Vitaliy Piltser By Christine Chung, THE CITY A federal case alleging repeated discrimination at a Queens high school heads to trial Wednesday — with the one teacher remaining in […]
By BBC News An investigation is underway after US officials received reports a “white supremacist manifesto” was sent to students at Syracuse University. It was the latest in a spate of racist incidents that have been reported on the upstate New York campus. The school said it has added security as the reports are investigated. […]
On July 12th, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Assembly bill 007797 to prohibit "race discrimination based on natural hair or hairstyles" in the state of New York. California passed its own legislation against natural hair discrimination on July 3rd, becoming the first state to ever do so; known as the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act.
Anti-Black racism is an invidious and persistent form of discrimination across the nation and in New York City. Anti-Black racism can be explicit and implicit, individual and structural, and it can manifest through entrenched stereotypes and biases, conscious and unconscious. Anti-Black bias also includes discrimination based on characteristics and cultural practices associated with being Black, […]