Idaho gets its fair share of flack regarding discrimination issues across the state. This year alone, three University of Idaho law students filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming they experienced hostility, racial aggression and a lack of response by the school when discrimination claims were brought to the administrator’s attention. All three students identified […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his distress about increasing racism in Germany during a visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. “Our concerns about rising xenophobic, Islamophobic, far-right and racist organizations in Germany, together with Europe, are steadily increasing,” Erdoğan said on Wednesday after a meeting with Steinmeier. Erdoğan said he was “proud” of the […]
Exactly how much has racism benefited White Americans? Journalist and author Tracie McMillan did the math: The advantages she’s gotten over her life from being White, she estimates, amount to $371,934.30. To calculate that number, McMillan tallied those benefits and divided them into two categories: A family bonus, which includes money her parents spent on […]
Apr. 20—ROCHESTER — Syrnel Tennyson said it’s disappointing to have a racial slur posted in Rochester. “It’s honestly a little disappointing being here in Rochester with such a white population and having this happen at Century,” Tennyson said during a community rally on Saturday, April 20. She is a student at John Marshall High School. […]
Yolanda, 61, owns a home in the predominantly Black 7th Ward neighborhood in New Orleans. To fix her leaking roof in 2020, she had to borrow money. “It’s one of them credit card loans,” she said. “Like interest of 30% and all that, you know. I was kind of backed up against the wall, so […]
Every morning, Lloyd Dong Sr. would take the ferry from San Diego to Coronado, where he worked as a gardener for wealthy homeowners. And every night, he would retreat back home across the bay, barred by racially restrictive housing practices in the early 1900s from renting or buying his own house in the town. Gus […]
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A late-night fight at a New Hampshire diner has led to an assault charge against a former police officer and arrest warrants for two others, authorities said. The victim claimed it was a racist attack but the officer has denied that, according to a news outlet. Aaron Goodwin, 45, of Eliot, […]
Major Tory donor Frank Hester has been under fire since comments that he allegedly made about Diane Abbott emerged. He is accused of saying in 2019 that Britain’s longest-serving black MP made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”. Mr Hester has not denied making the remarks, but claimed […]
A viral video allegedly showing a group of Missouri high schoolers jumping another girl is causing a racial uproar on social media, with some commentators alleging “reverse racism.” An un-identified teen girl, who appears to be white, was reportedly hospitalized and in critical condition after a fight near Hazelwood East High School on Friday. In […]
Jes’ka Washington lives in a six-bedroom house on a hill with avocado trees and a spectacular view, not far from the rabbit farm she runs. For less than $50,000, Shoshana Kirya-Ziraba and her husband built a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house on family farmland with goats, turkeys and about 1,000 chickens. Mark and Marlene Bradley now call […]
Elie Wiesel was not just a Nobel Prize laureate. He was also a Holocaust survivor who believed that “the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.” Wiesel dedicated his life to shine a light on the genocide committed by the Nazis. This is why it was unfortunate that three top leaders and scholars from […]
“I just love you!” Tim Scott bleated at Donald Trump. The South Carolina senator, who three months earlier had said Trump could not beat Joe Biden in the presidential election, was speaking on stage at a rally in New Hampshire. Criticism of Scott, who ended his own presidential campaign in November and later endorsed Trump, […]