LONDON — A British judge sentenced two men Wednesday to at least 14 years in prison for stabbing a black London teenager to death almost two decades ago. SEE ALSO: Why Black Women Are The New Face Of The Weight Loss Industry The murder of 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence shocked the country and came to be […]
LONDONÂ — A jury has found two white men guilty of murdering a black teenager in a brutal racist stabbing that shocked Britain almost two decades ago. SEE ALSO: What To Watch On TV This Winter Gary Dobson, 36, and David Norris, 35, were convicted Tuesday of killing Stephen Lawrence as he waited for a […]
On his radio show yesterday, right wing pundit Rush Limbaugh talked about the recent booing of First Lady Michelle Obama at a NASCAR event. Limbaugh defended the booers, claiming that they had a right to do so, considering her healthy eating initiatives and vacations, accusing her of “uppity-ism.” The term “uppity” has historically been used […]
The connection between race and capital punishment has been a hot topic this year, and it’s likely to remain one after a new study found a shocking pattern in the way one Texas county sentences people to die. Of the last 13 men that have been sentenced to death in Harris County, 12 of them […]
At least four Arizona State fans attended Saturday’s college football game against Missouri in blackface. The broadcast, which aired on ESPN, showed four young white women with their faces, necks and arms painted all black. Arizona State would win 37-30, thus validating the practice of white (and other) folks painting their faces black as part […]
Nivea has apologized for an advertisement they placed in Esquire that featured a clean cut African American male throwing a mask of a face with an Afro and beard with the title “Look Like You Give a Damn. Re-civilize Yourself.” People quickly turned to social networking and Twitter to voice displeasure over the ad. “The […]
GAHANNA, Ohio — An African-American mother and son were astonished after a History teacher at Chapelfield Elementary School held a mock slave auction, dividing the class into “Slaves” and “Masters”. The class only had two black students in the class; one was assigned “Master”, and the other, Nikko Burton, was assigned “Slave”. Burton, 10, was […]
NEW YORK- New York officials want to increase the fines given to cab drivers who do not pick up people based on race. RELATED: Top 10 black movies that should have won an Oscar The New York Post reports: Cabdrivers who refuse passengers on the basis of race or their far-flung destinations are being targeted […]
New York —Â A controversial anti-abortion billboard in Soho aimed at African-American women and children is being pulled down after mass outrage from Black leaders. RELATED: Top 9 Black TV Hosts The Rev. Al Shaprton, who applied pressure to the group who put the ad up said that it was especially offensive during Black History […]
DALLAS-John Wiley Price, the Dallas county commissioner go into a shouting match with a citizen during a Court meeting in which he said: All of you are white. Go to hell! I’m not ashamed! Go to hell! The shouting match occurred after a citizen, Jeff Turner began referring him as the Chief Mullah of Dallas […]
