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The fashion industry’s lack of diversity isn’t just on the runway. The topic usually surfaces around fashion week, when thousands of models appear on runways and the world can watch which designers embrace diversity, and which don’t. Among designers,there’s also a striking lack of diversity. And behind the scenes, the fashion industry is often just as lacking in diversity…
“The Birth of a Nation” arrives amid a resurgence in movies about slavery. Credit Illustration by Keith Negley Barrier Status: ‘none’ In the summer of 1831, Nat Turner’s slave insurrection ripped through Southampton County, Virginia, leaving scores of white men, women, and children dead. The rebels were captured and tried in Jerusalem, a few…
Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Is Working His quiet gesture was precision engineered to accomplish exactly what it’s accomplished. /header The 49ers’ Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick during the national anthem prior to the game against the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium on Sept. 1, 2016, in San Diego, California.Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images On Sunday, the Kansas…
Rex Ryan (left) shares the stage with Donald Trump after introducing Trump during a campaign stop Monday, April 18, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Images) Indeed, said another black player on the Bills who requested anonymity to speak freely about tensions swirling with a combination of protests led by Colin Kaepernick and a combustible candidate:…
When RyMingTahn Daniels did her test, she was shocked to find out that 26% of her DNA is of British origin. She talks in her video about feeling like there were secrets in her family. “I was so confused,” she said. “DNA doesn’t lie, but people can.” Many people who identify as black express confusion…
A black person fishing in a community pond, two black people jump-starting a car and ‘someone from the Middle East looking mean’ – these are all ‘suspicious’ scenes that have prompted members of the public to dial 911. These calls were revealed by serving and former police officers who took to the internet to air…
As the nation reels from a series of high-profile fatal shootings of black men by police officers, many have decried the lack of readily available data on how racial bias factors into American policing. But while it’s true that there is no adequate federal database of fatal police shootings (F.B.I. director James Comey has described…
A crowd of about 100 protesters, many carrying signs, gathered Wednesday along Burhans Boulevard across from the Hagerstown Police Department after a video was posted on social media showing what appears to be a handcuffed girl being pepper sprayed in the back of a police cruiser. Police closed down a southbound lane of Burhans Boulevard…
The Hagerstown Police Department released late Wednesday night two body-worn camera videos from officers who were on the scene after the accident involving a 15-year-old bicyclist striking a car on Sunday. According to a news release from the City of Hagerstown, staff worked for several hours on Wednesday to process the video in an effort…
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Catastrophe Management Solutions, effectively ruling that refusing to hire someone because of their dreadlocks is legal. The lawsuit was filed by the EEOC on behalf of Chastity Jones, whose job offer was rescinded by Catastrophe…