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Zero Tolerance Public School Policies Are Pre-Criminalizing Black and Brown Children
The United States of America makes up 5 percent of the world’s population, but houses 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. No country in the world, not a dictatorship or a communist, Islamic or facist country anywhere on Earth imprisons more of its citizens than...
Black Mothers Are Least Likely to Breast-Feed … Is a Breast-Feeding Doll the Solution?
A recent CDC report found that non-Hispanic black women in the U.S. were least likely to breastfeed compared to other racial groups, despite the fact that breast milk provides superior nutrition, natural immunity, and possible allergy prevention for babies who receive...
Restaurant Servers Want a Tip? Serve Black Customers Better
According to a recent poll by The Root on attitudes and habits regarding tipping, African Americans are much more likely than whites to tip as a "reward for good service." These findings were among a number of differences in tipping habits across cultural lines...
Black Graduate Forced to Share Valedictorian Honor With White Student Who Did Not Earn It
A black teenager named Kymberly Wimberly who had a baby during her junior year, yet managed to earn the highest grade-point average at her high school, is suing an Arkansas school district, contending she was discriminated against when she was not allowed to be sole...
Amy Winehouse’s 15-Year-Old Goddaughter’s Soulful Show Must Go On
Two hours after learning that Amy Winehouse’s voice had been forever silenced, her goddaughter and protégé, Dionne Bromfield, took to the stage to perform. Though the 15-year-old made no mention of the tragedy, nor sang any of her godmother's songs during her...
‘Ebony,’ ‘Jet’ Publisher John H. Johnson Immortalized on Black Heritage Postage Stamp
In the wake of recent news that family-owned Johnson Publications has sold a minority share of the business to JPMorgan Chase & Co., the U.S. Postal Service is announcing that it will include the publishing company's founder, John H. Johnson, in their Black...
Abandoned at Birth Now an AIDS Activist: Hydeia Broadbent’s Life a Testament to Early Diagnosis and Treatment
Born HIV-infected to a crack-addicted mother and diagnosed with full blown AIDS at age 3, Hydeia Broadbent was not expected to live past the age of 5. More than 20 years after receiving that death sentence, this beautiful young woman blogs, tweets and travels the...
Mexican Beer Ad Implies African Women Are Animals
I was driving down Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and had to circle the block for a second look at this bus bench poster. What the hell? This is just wrong on too many levels to believe, but the most glaring offense is the negative message it sends about African women....
Does Your Toddler Have Bad Credit?
With the rise in foreclosures, bankruptcies, long-term unemployment and other recession-related financial disasters, some desperate people have resorted to stealing the identities of children to apply for credit. It is estimated that as many as 400,000 kids per year...
White Hate Crime Convict Scheduled to Die July 20; Bangladeshi Victim Wants Him Spared
When terrorists attacked America on 9/11, Mark Anthony Stroman went on a murderous rampage to, as he put it, “exact some measure of equality and fairness for the thousands of victims of September 11.” With specific intent to kill Middle Eastern-looking men, Stroman...
Employers Prefer White Felons Over Blacks With No Criminal Record
You may remember the 2003 University of Chicago study by Devah Pager that sent young white and black "testers" with randomly assigned “felony convictions” to apply for low-wage jobs. The study found that whites with felonies were more likely to be called for...