Category : Lifestyle

StarTimes launches a “1 to 3” project to reward subscribers

By Reporter We recently celebrated Mother’s Day despite the hard times considering the country is on lockdown and people must stay home. Family time is always warm, especially when everyone can leisurely enjoy watching the content he or she likes. To...

BOOK REVIEW: THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS, IS AN ENLIGHTENING READ

eastcountymagazine.org - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, By Michelle Alexander (The New Press, New York, N.Y., 2010, 290 pages.) October 8, 2010 (San Diego) -- Michelle Alexander, former di…Tweeted by @contractsagen...

Explainer: What is 'digital blackface'? — United States Studies Centre

ussc.edu.au - Digital blackface describes the act of producing, posting or circulating ‘black reaction gifs’ online and especially on social media threads. Someone watching a drama unfold might post Michael Jackso…Tweeted by @lowwastenblack https://t...

Racism and the National Soul | Robert C. Koehler

bainbridgereview.com - And is it possible to uproot it? Or will it simply — endlessly — shift shape, wrap itself in the political correctness of the day and morph, say, from slavery to Jim Crow, from Jim Crow to stand-your…

Art of Adversity: 5 art movements which emerged during times of difficulty

riseart.com - If history teaches us anything, it’s that some of the world’s most significant art movements have emerged from times of great adversity. World wars, political protests and global pandemics have all c…Tweeted by @riseart https://twitter....

Racism and the National Soul

citywatchla.com - Or will it simply — endlessly — shift shape, wrap itself in the political correctness of the day and morph, say, from slavery to Jim Crow, from Jim Crow to stand-your-ground laws, gerrymandering and …

Where Would Black Feminism Be Today If It Wasn’t For Barbara Smith?

blackwomenradicals.com - Barbara Smith is most certainly an icon––a Black feminist icon. A prolific writer, educator, author, organizer, and socialist, Smith has been dedicated to the struggle for freedom since her teenage …Tweeted by @blkwomenradic...

Barack Obama explains why he doesn't think reparations to black people are practical

hnn.us - Barack Obama: ... Theoretically, you can make, obviously, a powerful argument that centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination are the primary cause for all those gaps. That those were wrongs done…Tweeted by @uswpam11 https://twitter.com/...

Reparations: The 'lost cause' of black politics?

thehill.com - The black American demand for reparations over slavery and segregation has gained attention in political circles recently. How it emerged as a topic of federal policy is unclear — but it comes at a t…Tweeted by @MONTYOG https://twitter....

How black land became white sand: The racial erosion of the U.S. coasts

grist.org - In 1910, less than 50 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans owned over 15 million acres in the former slave-holding states. Much of that black-owned prop…Tweeted by @digital_crates https://twi...

This Is How the American Healthcare System Is Failing Black Women

oprahmag.com - Imagine this: You go to the doctor and routinely feel unseen, unheard, misunderstood. Sometimes you fear you’ve been misdiagnosed. But your concerns are brushed off. You aren’t apprised of the full r…Tweeted by @ShereesePubHlth https:/...

Text - H.Res.194 - 110th Congress (2007-2008): Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans.

congress.gov - Whereas millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved in the United States and the 13 American colonies from 1619 through 1865; Whereas slavery in America resembled no other form of involu…Tweeted by @SeinStone https://twitt...