Kofi Annan, the First Black U.N. Secretary General, Dies at 80
He showed "grace, humanity, humility, and strength" while doing "the most impossible job on Earth."
Kofi Annan, who was described by his own foundation colleagues, as "strong and fit" while "he worked until the very end, without giving himself a break," succumbed to a short illness on Saturday at age 80. His foundation made the announcement on Twitter.
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Angry White Man Invokes Law Enforcement Injustice to Black People When He Thinks He's on the Receiving End: Video
Trump voter expresses frustration at perceived unfair treatment on racial terms.
Jeffery Epstein, a Lakeland, Fla. doctor, started yelling at airline employees in Orlando International Airport, and police arrived on the scene to stop the disturbance. Officers had to detain him because he started acting unruly and refused to calm down.
Epstein, a white man and Donald Trump supporter, felt betrayed by the white police officers.
Serena Williams Learned Sister’s Killer Released Minutes Before Match
"I want to forgive. I have to get there," Williams said.
The man who killed tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams' half-sister only served a 12-year sentence.
Aretha Franklin Funeral Set for August 31 in Detroit
The funeral will take place following a two-day public viewing of her casket.
(Reuters) — A funeral for the late recording star Aretha Franklin has been scheduled for Aug. 31 in Detroit, following a two-day public viewing of her casket, and her body will be entombed at a family gravesite, relatives announced on Friday through a publicist.
Former Federal Air Marshals Say They Were Told to Target 'N*ggers'
The men said they were wasting resources, meanwhile real terrorists were out there.
Three former federal air marshals, Steve Theodoropoulos, Henry Preston, and Ed Cunningham, said they were told by a supervisor to target "the Black people" when they worked in Orlando because "they're the ones who have warrants."
"But he didn't use 'Black people' he used the n-word," said Theodoropoulos.
Angela Rye Questions What it Would be Like Working in Trump's White House
"Should I go work for the KKK and try to help them not be so racist? Probably not," Rye stated.
The absence of diversity in the President Trump's administration has been a subject of ongoing debate.
In an interview on Thursday with "The Breakfast Club," a radio show based in New York City, Angela Rye, an attorney, political commentator and a leader of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, implied that the predominantly white, White House is intentional.
"This is the least diverse White House in decades," Rye said. "They are definitely trying to bring it back to the real white house."
According to an analysis from The New York Times, Trump's cabinet contains more white men than that of the last six presidents. Trump's 24-member advisory body has four women and four minorities.
The radio show hosts asked Rye if Black people should aspire to work in the White House to try and bring about change.
Rye responded: "Should I go work for the KKK and try to help them not be so racist? Probably not."
Trump's racism has been well documented, from calling immigrants "animals," "criminals," and "rapists," to his "sh**hole countries" comment about African countries, to saying Maxine Waters has a "low IQ," and calling Black athletes "sons of bitches."
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said she "can't guarantee" that Trump has never used a racial epithet, yet also said the White House values diversity, and is trying to increase it.
After being pressed by reporters to give numbers of Black staffers in the West Wing, Sanders said, "I'm not going to do a count — the same way I'm not going to do a sit-down and count up the [number of Black] staffers that are in your news organizations."
In April, the White House drew backlash for its lack of diversity after releasing a photo of spring interns who appeared to be all white.
Obama's White House had seven women and 10 minorities in his first 22-member Cabinet, including Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor who sat in the West Wing, in many meetings including the situation room.
That's 32% female and 45% minorities for Obama, and 17% female and minorities for Trump.
Of Trump's White House: "There's not a single Black person shaping policy, sitting in the White House," said Rye. "Steven Miller, a bigot, is shaping immigration policy."
Parents' Group Threatens 12-Year-Old Transgender Girl
"A good sharp knife will do the trick," a parent suggested.
"If he wants to be a female, make him a female. A good sharp knife will do the job really quick."
This is just one disturbing post hitting Facebook this week after a 12-year old transgender girl used the girl's bathroom at Achille Independent Middle School in Oklahoma.
White Cop Racism Tantrum in South Florida
Take a knee bothers the perpetrators.
Since the preseason opener for the Miami Dolphins, where three players, Albert Wilson, Kenny Stills, and Robert Quinn, kneeled/raised fists during the national anthem, the protests have been met with criticism from local police.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Admits to False Statement on Obama and Black Employment
Trump's administration, again, attempts to downplay the accomplishments of the first Black president.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted Tuesday evening on Twitter that she gave false information when attempting to tout President Trump's record on job creation for Black Americans.
Sanders told reporters, Tuesday, during a White House press briefing:
"This president, since he took office, created 700,000 new jobs for African-Americans. After eight years of President Obama in office, he only created 195,000 jobs for African-Americans. President Trump, in his first year and a half, has already tripled what President Obama did in eight years."
She greatly undercounted the number of jobs created under Obama.
According to the official count from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, since the Great Recession, most of the employment gains for Black people took place during the Obama administration.
From January 2009 to January 2017, Obama increased employment for Black Americans by about 3 million jobs.
"Sanders' error dramatically alters the comparison between the two presidents," according to PolitiFact.
"Rather than Trump tripling Obama's increase in African-American employment, it is actually Obama who in eight years quadrupled the increase Trump oversaw in a year and a half. And Obama had to deal with the fall-out from the Great Recession during that period."
After the backlash from Sanders' statement, the White House's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) said in a tweet: "Apologies for @WhiteHouseCEA's earlier miscommunication to @PressSec."
Sanders then re-tweeted the CEA, adding her own message:
Correction from today's briefing: Jobs numbers for Pres Trump and Pres Obama were correct, but the time frame for Pres Obama wasn't. I'm sorry for the mistake, but no apologies for the 700,000 jobs for African Americans created under President Trump https://t.co/EXGvbliwlS
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) August 15, 2018