The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) disqualified Clara Adams for a celebration that paid homage to Olympic champion Maurice Greene.
After clinching the 400-meter title, 16-year-old Clara Adams was disqualified for a celebratory gesture, sparking outrage and reigniting a conversation on the policing of Black joy.
_______ Week Ever. Fill in the blank with whatever you feel is appropriate in response to Barack Obama’s last half fortnight. Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last twelve hours, you know that Osama bin Laden, on the direction of our commander-in-chief, was killed in a firefight in Pakistan. The man who claimed […]
A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that while a huge Chicago crowd celebrated the election of the first black U.S. president, some white city police officers committed hate crimes against a black family cheering Barack Obama’s victory from home.
It isn’t often that you get to choose where to watch history in the making, but Election Night was that rare event that you could pick your perch. I chose Harlem as my perch. I don’t live there, but I work there once a week, tending to the cheese program at a wine bar—yes, a […]
