News From A Colorful Perspective
In Ocean County, N.J., one family restaurant is catering to the autistic community. The newly-opened Riv’s Toms River Hub, a Rivoli family restaurant, will have a sensory dining room dedicated to providing a full-service dining experience to children with autism, thanks to inspiration from the owners’ young grandson, Chase. The…
Alan Maloney, the racist wrestling referee who cut a young Black wrestler’s locs before a match, has been suspended from refereeing matches for two years. On Wednesday, the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJIAA) and The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (NJDCR) announced the “punishment” rendered upon Maloney via…
Prospect Park, New Jersey Mayor Mohamed Khairullah was traveling through JFK International Airport last month with his family after a vacation in Turkey. Khairullah, who is Muslim American, told CNN he was detained for three hours and questioned about his travels. He was traveling with his wife, 10-year-old son, 9-year-old…
Newark, New Jersey — a city that is over 50% Black — has even more lead in its water than Flint, Michigan did at the height of its water crisis, according to the most recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lead samples from June. Flint’s water quality is improving. The most…
New Jersey is poised to follow two other states — California and New York — in passing anti- hair discrimination legislation. Related story: CROWN Act: California Becomes First State to Ban Natural Hairstyle Discrimination Assemblywoman Angela McKnight is sponsoring a bill that will add hair as a category illegal to…
New Jersey judge John Russo Jr. who suggested a rape survivor could have closed her legs to prevent the attack is “remorseful,” his lawyer said during his judicial conduct complaint hearing July 10, NBC reports Related Story: Judge Gets 3-Month Suspension for Telling Rape Victim She Should Have Closed Her…
The Fine Fellows Creamery ice cream shop in Cape May, N.J., was vandalized for displaying rainbow flags during Pride Month and the owners faced harassment. The store is owned by a gay couple, Dustin Piccolo and his husband David Kinsey. According to the owners, the large and smaller rainbow flags…
Second-grade teacher Tammy Jordan started in 2016 at Larchmont Elementary School in Mount Laurel, N.J. She was one of the first Black teachers at the school since 1990. But by the end of the 2018 school year, Jordan quit her job and filed a lawsuit because of the extremity of…
A New Jersey man violently verbally and physically attacked a man on a New Jersey bus on May 2. The suspect was arrested and charged this week with bias intimidation, terroristic threats and aggravated assault with a weapon. In the video, you can see and hear as Victor Colon, 51,…
Metropolitan Healthcare Billing of Eatontown, a New Jersey company, is being accused of revealing, during a staff meeting, that employee Brandy Rodriguez is gay – then firing her after she wanted to officially complain to the company’s owner. The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights is now investigating. The state…
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