Race is a difficult subject to escape in America. When you are black, biracial – or not Anglo – you often find yourself torn to fit in, integrate, choose a side. You constantly find yourself seeking approval only to find that you are invisible and will never acquire what you see. It is as Ralph […]

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The Wonkblog over at the Washington Post has a pretty interesting write-up of new research from the Public Religion Research Institute. In a study of race and friendship, PRRI found that…

Racial tensions have grown in the days since unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was black. Darren…

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What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…

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Why did a Lockport, New York police department describe a Black shooting suspect as “negro?” Shamir Allen, 19, was identified as such in a police form that asked…

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LGBT Center’s 26-Year-Old First Black Chair Faces Racial Hostility According to North Carolina’s Charlotte Post, the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte has elected Ranzeno Frazier as…

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As NewsOne previously reported, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban apologized Thursday to Trayvon Martin’s family over his choice of words in a videotaped interview in…

The Guardian columnist Orville Lloyd Douglas reveals in his latest piece that he hates being a Black man and that his skin color is his “personal…

Just before the Susan G. Komen race for the Cure on Sunday morning in Winston Salem, a public safety officer reported  suspicious luggage by a trash can.  WFMY-TV in Greensboro reported that the piece of luggage was found near the finish line and police evacuated some 2,000 to 3,000 people. After a search from the […]

In the first of three debates, Republican Pat McCrory and Democrat Walter Dalton went jab for jab last night. One topic included NC requiring ID to vote.  The latest polls show McCrory leading Dalton 51 to 39 percent.