News From A Colorful Perspective
In 2010, New York skydiving instructor Donald Zarda was fired from his job, claiming it was because he told a customer he was gay. He died in 2014 in an accident, but Zarda’s sister, Melissa Zarda, and former partner Bill Moore are continuing to fight against the discrimination he allegedly…
In one instance, a student was told to go back to their country by a teacher. In another, a student said a teacher referred to all Arabs as terrorists. These are just two reports of rampant, ingrained racism that students of color in Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia have…
Update: The investigation found that Amari Allen lied about her dreads being cut after she admitted that she made the story up. There was a verbal altercation between her and the boys, but no physical attack against her. An investigation is currently underway after a 12-year-old Black girl, Amari Allen,…
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were born out of necessity and have helped Black students achieve greatness and contribute to innovation worldwide. HBCUs have positive social and economic impacts for their communities. They generate a total of $14.8 billion for their local and regional economies and create over 134,000…
In Cobb County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, parents and teachers are demanding the majority white school board take racism in the district seriously. The school board has said that it takes it “seriously” but a grassroots movement there wants more. In March 2017, a white student at North Cobb…
In Cobb County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, an unnamed substitute teacher was fired after Black children took photos of a note, she allegedly wrote describing Black children as devils and white children as angels. The students showed the note to their parents, who tipped off CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV….
Puerto Rican rap star, Bad Bunny, has been a massive proponent for education reform in Puerto Rico. He partnered with Walmart and released a collection of libretas (notebooks) which come in a few different designs based on Bad Bunny’s art on his records. One of the notebooks has a picture…
As public conversation over President Trump’s proposed (and rejected) inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census continues, another census is reflecting intersectional concern over critical issues facing the Black LGBT community. Related story: Republicans Are Not Giving Up on the 2020 Citizenship Question As part of the 2019…
Spanish River Community High School principal William Latson was emailing with a concerned parent in April 2018 asking about the curriculum for teaching about the Holocaust when he wrote that he wouldn’t call the genocide “a factual, historical event.” Latson added in the now-published emails that Holocaust studies are “dealt…
New York City Schools Richard Carranza was sued last month by three white, female Department of Education (DOE) officials who allege in their lawsuit that Carranza demoted them because they were white and fostered a toxic environment. “Under Carranza’s leadership, DOE has swiftly and irrevocably silenced, sidelined and punished plaintiffs and…
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