News From A Colorful Perspective
A photo of two mounted white Galveston, Texas police officers leading a handcuffed Black man with a rope evoked imagery of Antebellum-era slave catchers for many, sparking an outrage last week that led the Galveston Police Chief to issue a public apology to the suspect, Donald Neely, and his family….
Chanting “gun reform now,” ″ El Paso strong” and “aquí estamos y no nos vamos” (Spanish for “here we are and we are not leaving”), over 100 protestors marched through El Paso, Tx. on Saturday after the racially-motivated mass shooting that look nearly two dozen lives last week. The protest…
Washington University, located in St. Louis, says that the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity will open in October of this year, St. Louis Public Radio reports. The school hopes that the research center will lead the nation in studies and learning on the complicated issues of race….
At an education town hall in Des Moines, Iowa hosted by the Asian and Latino Coalition, presidential hopeful Joe Biden managed to place his foot into his mouth again and has come under fire on social media. “We should challenge students in these schools that have Advanced Placement programs in…
Muskegon, Michigan police officer Charles Anderson is on administrative leave after a Black man was touring his home during an open house and found Ku Klux Klan memorabilia. Rob Mathis, an Army veteran and prospective homebuyer posted a photo on Facebook of a framed KKK “application for citizenship” hung on…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his show Tuesday that white supremacy is a “hoax” and not a major concern in the U.S. He’s faced intense backlash, but seemingly not from his network or advertisers, who have remained largely silent on the incident. His comments came just 72 hours…
In Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, Sheriff Leon Lott is calling for the state to enact a hate crime law after his department was not able to charge a 16-year-old for four days after he made racially charged death threats. The teenager was eventually charged four days after making two…
Shai Werts, a star football player at Georgia Southern University, left his grandmother’s house in Clinton, S.C., last month to drive three hours back to college. He was told he had been pulled over because he was speeding and didn’t immediately stop for officers – because he was afraid. He…
After serving 15 years — half of her life — in prison of what would have been a life sentence, Cyntoia Brown is now free. She left the Tennessee Prison for Women on the morning of Aug. 7. The now 31-year-old was tried as an adult at 16 years old…
St. Louis, Missouri police sergeant Heather Taylor did not hesitate to answer “yes” when CBS News reporter Jeff Pegues asked her if she believed there were white supremacists on the police force. Taylor’s answer comes after a damning exposé by the Plain View Project, a database of thousands of racist,…
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