Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely see
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Mixed-Race Celebrities – Did You Know?
Yara Shahidi Jessica Szohr Mariah Carey Dwayne Johnson Keegan-Michael Key Tracee Ellis Ross Gabrielle Reece Val Kilmer Jason Momoa Naomi Campbell Christina Aguilera Norah Jones Wentworth MIll
Missing White Woman Syndrome
“In 2004, at the Unity journalists of color convention in Washington, Gwen Ifill coined the phrase “missing white woman syndrome,” joking that “if there is a missing white woman you’re
Texas’s New Law Is The Climax Of A Record-Shattering Year For Voting Restrictions
SEP. 8, 2021, AT 6:00 AM By Nathaniel Rakich and Elena Mejía It took several months, but Texas Republicans have finally enacted their much-debated bill rolling back voting
How the Myth of a Liberal North Erases a Long History of White Violence
By Christy Clark-Pujara and Anna-Lisa Cox SMITHSONIANMAG.COM AUGUST 27, 2020 In 1834 there were even more riots against African Americans, most notably in New Haven, Connecticut, Philadelphia, and
The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward
Analysis by Ronald Brownstein Updated 1:16 AM ET, Fri April 23, 2021 Far right White supremacist groups, conservative media personalities and now Republicans in Congress are try
Contesting a traffic stop leads to justice – and mercy
Commentator Maisie Sparks proves that when fighting for your rights reveals something in common with your “enemy,” the outcome can be a win for both sides – and for society. Read HERE.Read More
Raising Mixed Kids
To be the Black mother of a child who appears white can raise all kinds of questions and comments from strangers. Even the “nice” comments are loaded with assumptions about beauty and belo
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson writes in chapter 8, “Hitler had made it to the chancellery in a brokered deal that conservative elites agreed to only because they were convinced they could hold him in check an
Filmmakers unearth a long trail of racism in ‘Driving While Black’
By Channon Hodge, CNN Updated 4:00 AM ET, Sun October 11, 2020 A new documentary, “Driving While Black,” digs deep to untangle a twisted reality. Black people continually face danger behind t
Black Americans are paying more to own a home and falling further behind
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Updated 9:00 AM ET, Sat October 10, 2020 Black Americans pay more than any other group to own a home, a disparity that contributes to roughly half of the $130,000
WHY ARE WHITE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS SO RACIST?
THE LEFT BEHIND: WHY ARE WHITE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS SO RACIST? BY DANIEL SCHULTZ AUGUST 5, 2020 [W]e white Christians have not just been complacent or complicit; rather, as the natio
Black Women & Women’s Suffrage Movement
Counting Down with #19 Suffrage Stories: 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Tune in on Instagram and Twitter to learn 19 stories you may not know from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian and
Portal Helps People Explore Issues Of Race, Racism And Racial Identity
At the end of May, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture launched Talking About Race, a new online portal designed to help individuals