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Enlarge this image In a country where the share of multiracial children has multiplied tenfold in the past 50 years, it’s a good time to take stock of our shared vocabulary when it comes to describing Americans like me. Jeannie Phan for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jeannie Phan for NPR In a…
When the details resurfaced of the 1999 college rape case against “Birth of a Nation” filmmaker and star Nate Parker, many were disgusted by the horror described in the legal documents: Two male students eager for sex allegedly ganged up on a young, intoxicated female student. Once charges were brought, Parker and his then-roommate, Jean Celestin,…
The new Mary Jane is Black (maybe) – guess how that’s going over with The Internet?https://www.patreon.com/moviebob1 IN BOB WE TRUST: New episodes, new look, new topics. Subscribe to this channel for more each week! MUSIC:“Heroic Reception”, “Night on the Docks – Trumpet”, “Reformat”,”Zap Beat”, “Eighties Action, Black Vortex, Full On”Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons:…
cxenseparse_start The Confederate flag was displayed at the White Lives Matter demonstration.(Photo: David Goldman, AP) It’s a stark image that caught some in Houston’s Third Ward off guard: Confederate battle flags waving outside of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Office. Roughly 20 people showed up on Sunday, some with the red…
cxenseparse_start The Confederate flag was displayed at the White Lives Matter demonstration.(Photo: David Goldman, AP) It’s a stark image that caught some in Houston’s Third Ward off guard: Confederate battle flags waving outside of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Office. Roughly 20 people showed up on Sunday, some with the red…
Gymnast Gabby Douglas “disrespected” her entire country by not putting her hand on her heart and smiling enough during the Olympics. Swimmer Ryan Lochte is a “kid” who deserves “a break” for allegedly destroying property and lying about a traumatic robbery. If you were wondering what white, male privilege looks like, this is it. Follow Lea @_MissLeandra…
There’s an ongoing conversation about race and racism on social media — but white people are missing most of it. A Pew Research Center report released Monday asked Americans who identified as black, white, and Hispanic about how much they post about race, and how much content they see about it. Pew studied “social media…
White actors cast as ethnic characters Matt Damon was put as the lead in Zhang Yimou’s English-language debut “The Great Wall,” set in ancient China. The choice drew criticism, most prominently from ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ star Constance Wu. As you’ll see from this gallery, it’s not the first time such casting has stirred controversy….
As one of only three black circuit court judges in Kentucky, Olu Stevens wasn’t afraid to talk about race on the bench. There was the time in 2015 that he publicly accused a mother of being racist when she said her 3-year-old daughter was “terrified of black males” after a black man invaded their home…
Four years ago, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Gabby Douglas became the first black American woman to win gymnastics’ most prestigious title: Olympic individual all-around champion. She was 16 at the time, a bundle of flash and grace in a metallic leotard. Looking back at her best event, the uneven bars, is like…