I will never forget the moment I heard the Zimmerman verdict. Standing over the stove cooking dinner, my friend sent the text "Zimmerman was found not guilty.” Immediately, my heart dropped and I felt
Long after Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years A Slave I lay in bed awake. Although she was most deserving, past experience has taught
The Black Labor movement has remained in the shadows of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. The erasure of the labor unions role in civil rights is most apparent when The March on Washington
“If I was gay, I would think Hip Hop hates me.” Not quite, Macklemore. People still hate you. Sunday night’s Grammy Awards sparked an uproar as breakthrough rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan
I had just finished browsing the merchandise of a popular retail store. I had in my hand a plastic shopping bag. It wasn't from the store and I was worried. As I sometimes am when leaving department
Ever since European haphazard “discovery” of the Americas, violence has been an integral part in the construction of identity in colonial lands. Indigenous and African peoples enslaved,
Often at times the discourse of black folk is reduced to narratives of Black Men; likewise the discourse of women is reduced to a narrative of white women. In both cases, the voice and
This Halloween season we were bombarded with horrendous images of white folk dressing up in blackface which forced us as Americans to confront the ugly legacy of racism. Yet, instead of
This week 19 year old. Christian, who is Black, claimed undercover cops working inside Barneys followed him into the streets and accused him of credit card fraud after purchasing a $349
A 46 year old man accused of shooting an 8 old child in the face had his . before the shooting. . He remains on bond in the Dallas County jail. The boy, Maiden, was shot in the