News From A Colorful Perspective
Florida was trying to move on from its racist past, especially when it comes to keeping Black and brown people from voting. In November, Floridians approved Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to former felons who have served their sentence, excluding those convicted of murder and sex felonies, by a landslide 30-point…
Shaquille Dukes, who is Black, had been in the hospital in Freeport, Ill., for two days with pneumonia when his doctor cleared him to go for a walk outside on June 9, as long as he didn’t leave hospital property. Then, he was arrested, and some of it was filmed….
Producer and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams was the graduation speaker at The Promise Academy, a Harlem Children’s Zone high school led by Geoffrey Canada and Anne Williams-Isom. As a well-earned gift to the graduating class of 114 seniors (all of whom are going to college) Pharrell told the students on June…
“When They See Us” is director extraordinaire Ava Duvernay’s latest masterpiece. The four-part Netflix mini-series debuted on May 31 to rave reviews and incredibly emotional responses from viewers who watched the series. The drama detailed the terrible injustice committed against the “Central Park Five.” It’s not the first time Blacks…
Donald Trump Jr. mocked a news story, which highlighted how air pollution is disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic communities. Last year, scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a study documenting that Blacks and Hispanics were more likely to be exposed to air pollution, even though whites were more…
The U.S. Department of Labor, in a federal filing on Tuesday, accused Oracle of underpaying thousands of people of color and women employees by more than $400 million. Employees with years of experience are paid as much as 25 percent less than their white male peers. The computer tech company…
A new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds that the “post-Millennial” generation, which are those born after 1996, “is already the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, as a bare majority of 6-to 21-year-olds (52%) are non-Hispanic whites.” The only population of youth that has grown substantially…
“Do not assume you are properly registered to vote,” warned Shaun King repeatedly. His wife went to vote with her registration card in her hand, and they said she couldn’t vote. King said some of the reasons that people are being turned away are nefarious. Fifteen states close registration today,…
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…
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