Diversity Management, News and Updates
Former cop Taylor Saulters had no trouble getting back into the job market after being fired for running over a fleeing Black suspect with his police cruiser. Just two days later, he returned to work as a sheriff’s deputy in a neighboring county. Timmy Patmon, the man who was hit,…
By Steve Phillips (Originally Published on TheNation.com) “The Rainbow Coalition is like a quilt—many patches, many pieces, many colors, bound by a common thread.” I was in Atlanta, Georgia for the 1988 Democratic National Convention listening to Jesse Jackson describe his vision for how a multiracial and explicitly progressive coalition…
Routine police traffic stops have been notoriously dangerous for Blacks in America, resulting in the deaths of Sandra Bland, Philando Castile and Samuel DuBose, to name a few. But an unarmed, 65-year-old Black woman, a grandmother, would be safe when stopped by cops, right Wrong. Alarming dashcam footage shows Rose…
In a Macon, Ga., restaurant a mother and son got into an altercation with two Black service women. It all started when the two parties spat over the same parking spot. The argument made its way inside the Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Restaurant where white 71-year-old Judy James Tucker and her…
The mayor of a Georgia town so racially divided that even its cemetery is segregated is fighting back against the discrimination that has long plagued his residents. Mayor Rufus Davis was elected to his post in Camilla, Ga., in 2015. According to Davis, his own city council has refused to…
Cell phone video from a Georgia school shows a teacher threatening a Black student, saying he would “put a bullet right through your head.” April Carr, the 17-year-old student’s mother, is seeking legal action against Paul Hagan, the teacher in question. Carr’s son, along with other students, reportedly laughed during…
Thousands of rape kits in Georgia will remain untested if they are in sanctuary cities, according to a Republican congressman. Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia made the comments in a town hall style gathering on Aug. 8 in Homerville, Ga., according to Jezebel, which obtained a video of the event…
Videos of a traffic stop in Gwinnett County, Ga., show two police officers punching and kicking a Black man who was pulled over for a broken taillight on Wednesday afternoon. Both officers have been fired in light of these videos. The second video to emerge shows the beginning of the…
A Georgia couple has been sentenced to prison time after a 2015 incident in which they made threats and used racial slurs against Black attendees at a child’s birthday party. In July 2015 Jose Torres, 26, and Kayla Norton, 25, and other members of a group called “Respect the Flag”…
In what has been a controversial election season for the state, Georgia is once again facing a legal battle after state officials refused to extend the voter registration deadline. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, in conjunction with law firm Bryan Cave LLP, filed a lawsuit against Republican…
