Category : Culture

Racism has cost Black Americans $70 trillion since the start of slavery — here's how that cost breaks down

businessinsider.com - Shawn Rochester, author of "The Black Tax," explains how slavery, government-sponsored wealth-building programs, and more, have cost Black Americans.Tweeted by @glenthecreator https://twitter.com/glenthecreator/status/1380982576...

How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill

thenation.com - Derek Chauvin’s defense team is hoping that the 1989 Graham v. Connor ruling will be his ticket to acquittal.Tweeted by @TwitWiter123 https://twitter.com/TwitWiter123/status/1380937096597286929

Black Latino Lieutenant Suing Virginia Police for Abuse During Traffic Stop

(Photos: YouTube) Racist police officers in Virginia pepper-sprayed and assaulted Lt. Caron Nazario for no reason (besides driving while Black) and drew guns on him, supposedly, because he had no license plate in the back, although he had a temporar...

Black Latino Army Lieutenant Suing Virginia Police for Abuse During Traffic Stop

Photos: YouTube Racist police officers in Virginia pepper-sprayed and assaulted Lt. Caron Nazario for no reason (besides driving while Black) and drew guns on him, supposedly, because he had no license plate in the back, although he had a temporary o...

Regina King on How Skincare Fails Black Women, and What She's Doing to Create Change

hellogiggles.com - (Photo/Twitter)Regina King doesn't take her massive platform for granted. From playing a police detective fighting white supremacists in Watchmen, to directing the true reunion story of four Black historical legends in One Night in...

Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism

theguardian.com - You cannot separate the often painful stereotypes of colorism from misogyny and the sexual exploitation inherent in American slavery. To combat it we need to speak about it. My grandmother was a great beauty. Everybody said so.“Like...

Reparations for African-Americans: House Judiciary Committee to Debate Reparations Commission Study Bill Next Week

Photos: YouTube\Fibonacci Blue & Boston UniversityTags:& Black Star NewsReparations for African-Americansdescendants toiled for 246 years uncompensatedHouse Judiciary Committee announced HR 40Jennifer BellamyACLUrampant violence from lynchings to...

Texas GOP voting restrictions blasted as Jim Crow 'in a tuxedo'

rawstory.com - Two nights of voting in Houston, eight months apart, each occurring as midnight slipped by, lay bare the fault line cutting through Texas' ongoing debate about voter suppression.First, the March 3, 2…Tweeted by @RawStory https://twitte...

In Their Own Words: Genealogy in the Slave Narratives

familytreewebinars.com - Legacy Family Tree Webinars : In Their Own Words: Genealogy in the Slave NarrativesTweeted by @Tiger_Black_365 https://twitter.com/Tiger_Black_365/status/1380553187602657287

President-Elect Joe Biden Hits 80 Million Votes In Year Of Record Turnout

npr.org - The 2020 presidential election saw the most votes in U.S. history at 156 million and counting, and the highest participation rate since 1900.Tweeted by @flipazblue https://twitter.com/flipazblue/status/1380643827438940160

Biden's 'Jim Crow' Label For Georgia Election Laws Is Insane. Here's Why

thefederalist.com - Biden continues to float "Jim Crow" around, dangling it before seething and corrupt media, but the comparison to Georgia's election law doesn't stand.Tweeted by @MWWatHome https://twitter.com/MWWatHome/status/1380619792122589186

Georgia corporations tried to interfere with our democracy. We didn’t let them

theguardian.com - When Coca-Cola and Delta backed bigoted lawmakers, we organized, rose up, used our voices to make change – and it workedTweeted by @GaryRayBetz https://twitter.com/GaryRayBetz/status/1380589915336019970

Bill that could lead to slavery reparations proposals may be nearing consideration on House floor

cbsnews.com - The House Judiciary Committee plans to prepare and vote on the measure first proposed by the late Congressman John Conyers in 1989.Tweeted by @emeraldtyny27 https://twitter.com/emeraldtyny27/status/1380635172954079235

Video shows Texas GOP official seeking ‘army’ of volunteers to monitor polls in mostly Black and Hispanic Houston precincts

washingtonpost.com - (Image/Twitter) In a leaked video of a recent presentation, a man who identifies himself as a GOP official in Harris County, Tex., says the party needs 10,000 Republicans for an “election integrity brigade” in Houston.Then he pu...

U.S. Companies Push Case for Ballot Access After Georgia Fumble

bloomberg.com - U.S. companies are leveraging their influence against the next wave of Republican-backed bills that tighten state voting rules, after a more conciliatory response failed to stop a similar law last mo…Tweeted by @PimaDems https://twitt...