On Fox News' The Five, hosts complained about their exclusion from a movement largely focused on saving Black folk.
Jose Antonio Vargas, director of the MTV documentary White People, joined Roland Martin on News One Now to discuss how millennials view White privilege and race relations in America. Martin, host of NewsOne Now, described the conversations captured in the film as “kind of complicated” and extremely uncomfortable. Of the documentary White People from MTV: What […]
It’s true. Black America spends a good amount of time discussing race, thinking about race, experiencing race, and living through the trauma these conversations and incidents based on race bring. No surprise there — our Black and Brown skin has for so long bound us to a contentious relationship with a country that created a […]
Best-selling author and SiriusXM host Karen Hunter provided some interesting vantage points for the upcoming televised special “White In America,” a look into the current state of race relations in the United States with an all-White panel. NewsOne was present at SiriusXM’s studios in New York City as anti-racism activist Tim Wise, Salon.com editor-at-large Joan Walsh, SiriusXM conservative […]
What role does White supremacy play in White privilege? Rev. Jim Wallis told Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, “White privilege is the benefit of White supremacy.” He added, “No matter where I go, no matter what I say, no matter where I live, no matter who my allies are — no matter how much I […]
California residents are currently battling a record-breaking drought, but that hasn’t stopped some of its richest residents from demanding their lawns be put first when it comes to the latest water rations, the Washington Post reports. Residents of the wealthy Rancho Santa Fe community are speaking out on the current restrictions being placed on Californians. The community, […]
The NAACP has released this statement, saying it is standing by NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal: Baltimore, MD – For 106 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has held a long and proud tradition of receiving support from people of all faiths, races, colors and creeds. NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President […]
Maya Peterson, former student body president at the prestigious Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, resigned from her position after she caused an uproar by mocking conservative, White male students at the school, reports Buzzfeed.com. Peterson posted an Instagram picture of herself sporting L.L. Bean boots and a Yale sweater, while holding a hockey stick. […]
In response to outrage from commenters and bloggers , “The Chronicle of Higher Education blogger, Naomi Schaefer Riley, has been fired, reports the Huffington Post. RELATED: Black Studies, White Privilege: Why Naomi Schaefer Riley Should Be Quiet “When we published Naomi Schaefer Riley’s blog posting on Brainstorm last week … several thousand of you spoke […]
In an op-ed for Clutch Magazine, Newsone Contributing Editor, Kirsten West Savali, discusses why Naomi Schaefer Riley‘s scathing indictment of Black Studies is a glaring example of white privilege. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! Every now and again, there is a manifestation of white privilege so brilliant in its ignorance, […]
