News From A Colorful Perspective
(Photo: YouTube screenshot) It has already been an eventful Pride Month. Eugene Lee Yang, a 33-year-old queer choreographer who is also one of Buzzfeed’s “Try Guys,” just came out as gay on June 15 on Twitter – and with the help of an epic music video. Yang wrote, directed and…
Jordanian American writer, Natasha Tynes, who’s also an employee at World Bank, sent a tweet out during her morning commute to work regarding a Black female employee at DC’s Metro Transit Authority (MTA) eating on the train. That tweet sent Black Twitter into a frenzy regarding people of color and…
An organization that is about human rights seemingly has discriminatory and harmful practices. KonTerra Group, a Washington, D.C.-based group completed a review of Amnesty International with psychologists, regarding the well-being of employees, and found appalling data: “Given Amnesty’s status and mission to protect and promote human rights the number of…
Shonda Rhimes, creator, head writer and executive producer of “Grey’s Anatomy,” shared a video of the star of her show, Ellen Pompeo, talking about how white people need to be advocates for diversity. It’s gone viral with more than 2 million views. “As Caucasian people, it’s our job, it’s our…
Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano claimed a perfect rate of solving burglaries, by charging his subordinates with stopping people of color at the “badlands”— the border of the predominantly white suburban city. Officers Charlie Dayoub, Raul Fernandez, and Guillermo Ravelo complied with their chief’s request, and paid the price….
Tarana Burke is reflecting on the movement she created more than 12 years ago, but it’s only been one year since its historic rise worldwide. It has led to women speaking out very publicly against assault. And now that it’s been endorsed by the upper echelons of white women, we…
Former President Barack Obama kicked off his campaigning for November’s midterms, on Friday afternoon, and took jabs at President Trump and the spineless backbones of his Republican constituents. Obama spared no expense rebuking the administration’s actions that have emboldened racists. “We’re supposed to stand up to discrimination, and clearly and…
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