What is racism? Individual racism is a personal belief in the superiority of one’s race over another. It is linked to racial prejudice and discriminatory behaviors, which can be an expression of implicit and explicit bias. Institutionalized racism is a… Continue Reading
Barry Jenkins and Lena Waithe understand what it means to be Black in the entertainment industry, and they revealed how they’re making space for other marginalized creators in Hollywood at the American Black Film Festival. What to watch next Carole Baskin… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is centering his pitch to Black Americans for a second term on the expansion of opportunity zones, a program intended to fight poverty that his administration is touting as having brought $75 billion in private investment… Continue Reading
Story Highlights 59% rate their interaction with police positively, while 41% do not Black adults rate police experience less positively than national average White adults most likely to report being treated with respect, fairness WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most Black Americans… Continue Reading
President TrumpDonald John TrumpCrowd aims ‘lock him up’ chant at Obama during Trump rally Nevada governor: Trump ‘taking reckless and selfish actions’ in holding rally Michigan lieutenant governor blasts Trump coronavirus response: He ‘is a liar who has killed people’… Continue Reading
_____________________________________________________________________________ Eight minutes and 46 seconds. On Tuesday, May 28, 2020, the video of a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for eight minutes and 46 seconds was viewed across America. That image will forever be engrained… Continue Reading
In response to several high-profile deaths of African Americans in recent months, some black people are saying that enough is enough. Clockwise from top left: Michael Martin, Tunisian Burks, Sam Tyler, Alexander Pittman, the Rev. Carol Thomas Cissel, Brandon Winston,… Continue Reading
Gaps in wealth, not in education, between black and white families may be the most powerful force locking Americans into their social class. In the story of the American Dream, education and a good job are supposed to erase the… Continue Reading
In 1898, a thriving Black community here was expelled to the margins of the city’s life; 5 residents reflect on how that legacy can be changed WILMINGTON — The “golden time” for the Black community in Wilmington was the 1890s,… Continue Reading
The ante is high as there is a massive amount of capital gains that could be invested in Opportunity Zones. Based on estimates that U.S. households and corporations possess over $6 trillion in unrealized capital gains, some officials contend that the… Continue Reading
