by Eric July With the recent fatal shootings of Keith Lamont Scott and Terence Crutcher, another round of conversations about race and policing is among us. Usually the gripes and rebuttals go on for a few weeks and then it dies out until the next fatal shooting of a black person by law enforcement. However,…
by Blake Neff Progressive news blog ThinkProgress published a piece warning that the high-profile manhunt for alleged Manhattan bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami promoted panic and racial hysteria rather than vigilance and safety. The main source of ire for ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren Williams is authorities’ use of a wireless emergency alert (WEA) to let New Yorkers know…
by Jonah Bennett The Coast Guard is desperately trying to correct its demographic makeup after coming under fire due to lack of diversity, by reaching out to a university to increase its number of black servicemembers. Plans are in the works to send more servicemembers to Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina and to develop a closer…
Blake Neff A former student at Michigan Technological University (MTU) is suing the school, saying he was railroaded out of the university after an innocuous joke so the school could claim it was tough on racism. Matthew Schultz’s life suddenly fell apart last fall in the wake of racial protests at the University of Missouri and…
By: Daniel Stephens The media-sphere in the US has recently been humming around the refusal of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to stand during the national anthem at NFL games. The multi-million dollar athlete has been openly critical of both presidential candidates, saying that Hillary Clinton believes black kids are “super-predators” and that Donald…
by Jenna Ranger Angela Kaaihue, GOP Nominee for the 2nd congressional district, is likely the most openly racist member of the Republican Party to date. Recently, she went on a racially-charged Facebook rant about the Japanese. She called them “murderous,” accusing them of “stealing,” and being “conspirators,” among other accusations, and using racial slurs. Kaaihue…
GMA Host Receives Criticism for Her Wording of Racial Term by Josh Guckert Recently, Good Morning America host Amy Robach issued an apology for her on-air use of the term “colored people.” It came during an interview segment with Zendaya, who is rumored to star as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Said Robach: We all…
Blake Neff In a concession to activists who claim the song is offensive, the marching band at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) will no longer play the song “Dixie” as part of its routine at sporting events. “Dixie” was first published in 1860, just prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. Although…
by Jordan LaPorta A YouTube video has surfaced online of an interaction between Jefferson County, Alabama sheriff’s deputies and a black homeowner, and it does not reflect positively on law enforcement. While the clip only provides a window into the scene absent any prior context, the interactions caught on camera are unsettling to say the…
Any loss of innocent life is a tragedy that tends to incite visceral, knee jerk reactions from all those who experience it. The media and snippets of video footage disseminated on the internet have painted two recent incidents as national tragedies, and the backlash has been quick and violent. After the police shootings of Alton…