by: Ryan Carrillo A couple of weeks ago, two students from Ryerson University’s Journalism program were barred from attending an event organized by the ‘Racialized Students’ Collective’ because they are white. You can read the initial report here. There was debate back and forth about the move, but one response in particular, caught my eye….
Poor baristas. As if their lives aren’t bad enough having to serve thousands of people a day. Now they’ll be forced to talk to people about racism BEFORE they’ve had their morning coffee. Starbucks CEO sent out a memo detailing what the “Race Together” campaign will look like. Basically they are being trained by watching…
By Blake Neff Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has launched a new initiative that will encourage the company’s baristas to talk to patrons about America’s racial issues. To trigger the conversations, in the next week baristas will be encouraged to write the phrase “Race Together” on customers cups, which is intended to “facilitate a conversation between you and…
By Blake Neff Published: March 11, 2015 University of Oklahoma president David Boren’s immediate expulsion of students involved with a recently-leaked racist video stands in sharp contrast to the lighter treatment the school has given to football players found responsible for violent crimes. (RELATED: Oklahoma Frat Shut Down After Racist Video Leaks) Just two days after a video leaked of Oklahoma…
Even for the Time, Wilson was Caught Saying Very Racist Things by Josh Guckert #1. “The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.” This quote from Woodrow Wilson’s 1901 work,…
Black Activists Be Trippin’ PORTLAND, OR–Stories that focus on the polarizing issue of racism are pounced upon immediately by the mainstream media and dragged out for weeks. Yet a recent situation in Portland has gone largely unnoticed since its occurrence last week. The reason? African-Americans are the ones resisting an increased white presence in their…