Racism

Since 1973, a reunion celebration for graduates of St. Martinville Senior High School in Louisiana has held racially segregated class reunion after-parties. This year, though, organizers of the event wanted to change planned festivities by uniting Blacks and Whites together, but the well-intentioned plan went awry when an invitation from last year’s event found its way […]

This past Sunday, two-time Olympic gold gymnast Gabrielle Douglas (pictured left) told Oprah Winfrey on her “Next Chapter” show that her teammates at Excalibur Gym in her native Virginia bullied and racially taunted her. Citing alleged “slave” remarks during training, the comments were reportedly behind Douglas’ decision to move to Iowa to continue her gymnastics career. […]

The small town of Winchester in Connecticut is mired in a bit of controversy, after a Hartford-based Connecticut Fair Housing Center and a fellow Black plaintiff allege that Section 8 vouchers for the rural community have been primarily and systematically handed out to White residents only. The lawsuit against the town’s housing authority charges that city […]

When Joseph Ross (pictured) checked in to a Motel 6 in Sharonville, Ohio, last Friday and turned on the TV, instead of the customary hotel menu of amenities offered, he was greeted with an “Hello N*gger!” on the screen, reports the WCPO 9. SEE ALSO: O.J. Murdock’s Final Words: ‘I’m Sorry, Coach. I’m Sorry.’ Ross, who was […]

Tying the knot should be a festive, happy time for all involved, but this certainly wasn’t the case for Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson (pictured). The Jackson, Miss., Baptist church, First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, that the couple selected to hold their wedding banned them from doing so because the White congregation members allegedly refused, according to WAFB. SEE […]

John Perreault (pictured below), a Leominster, Massachusetts police officer was booted off the force for spewing racial slurs at Boston Red Sox star player Carl Crawford (pictured left), reports the Union Leader. The outfielder, who is Black, was signing autographs in front of the dugout on July 5 at the New Hampshire Fisher Cats game […]

For more than 40 minutes, 10-year-old Cequan Haskins (pictured) was physically and verbally abused by two 15-year-old boys who were significantly bigger than him during a school bus ride in Appomattox, VA. in May of 2011, WSET-TV reports. SEE ALSO: 5 Hottest Things To Do In ATL This Summer The entire incident was captured on […]

Growing up in the Washington suburbs, my best friend was Norwegian American; they were the only young White family in our predominantly Black neighborhood. From first grade until we got to high school, we would hang out almost daily, naturally standing out because of our differing skin tones. One day in 1989, we’re listening to […]

The prominence of African-American athletes in collegiate basketball has been reported on often enough, with a staggering 61 percent of Black players in those ranks, according to the most recent report from University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports. Still, the drop in Division I Black basketball coaches from 25 to […]

A southern Colorado second grader, Sean King, was reprimanded by his elementary school principal for dressing up in blackface because he wanted to resemble Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for a class project.  King’s family was reportedly up in arms when the child was asked to remove his blackface paint because it was racially offensive to some staff members, according […]

Even though a security camera showed Houston, Texas, police officers stomping and kicking then-15-year-old burglar Chad Holley (pictured below), jurors unfortunately decided Wednesday afternoon that the first officer on trial for the beating, Andrew Blomberg (pictured left), is not guilty of official oppression, according to the Associated Press. RELATED: Police Beat Teen On Tape, But […]

“New York Post” writer Phil Mushnick, who generated a storm of controversy after saying that Jay-Z‘s Brooklyn Nets should consider changing their name to the ‘New York Ni**ers,’ is not only standing by his statement but calling his detractors out as hypocrites, reports Hello Beautiful. As previously reported by Newsone, Mushnick not only said the […]