Common’s “Black America Again”, A Journey Through Black America
This short film is a companion piece to the album ‘Black America Gain’ by Common, directed by “Selma” cinematographer Bradford Young.
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Hate Crimes Surge In California – Report Shows Double-Digit Increase
California’s report follows a June 30 study by the nonpartisan Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, which detailed dramatic increases in the number of hate crimes in four major U.S. cities so far in 2017.
بواسطة Nick Cahill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The number of hate crimes committed in California jumped 11 percent in 2016, including increases in attacks against black people and members of the LGTBQ community, state officials reported Monday. According to an annual report by the California Department of Justice, there were 251 hate crimes reported against black
How Vast Amounts Of Land Have Been Stolen From Black Americans
An estimated 80 percent of Black-owned farmland in the south had disappeared since 1969.
بواسطة Julian Cola
“It was almost as if the earth was opening up and swallowing Black farmers.” This passage is from Pete Daniel's book titled “Dispossession: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights.” It alludes to the untold acres of land seized from Black farmers and rural landowners over the last century. Though
State Surveillance Of Black Social Movements Lives On In 2017
From secret FBI spy programs to funneling Facebook data, Black social movements have faced years of state surveillance.
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(ANALYSIS) --- From the Black Panthers to Black Lives Matter, surveillance technology has changed but the targets have remained the same. The excuses used to justify spying on Black social movements remain strikingly similar throughout the decades. Now, the very tools that movements have used to organize themselves – technology and social media
Florida University Students Latest Victims Of On-Campus Racism
Students at Florida Gulf Coast University were greeted by “kill n*****s” and a drawing of a man hanging from a tree on a classroom whiteboard.
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Amid one of the most racist presidential campaigns in the United States, a hateful threat with the words “kill n*****s” and a drawing of a person hanging from a tree were painted on a whiteboard at Florida Gulf Coast University earlier this month, but police failed to launch an investigation. Officials believe the vandalism occurred on Oct. 12,
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About ‘Inner Cities’ And Poverty In America
Contrary to Trump’s rhetoric, the majority of black Americans no longer live in the so-called ‘inner cities,’ and rural and suburban poverty are a growing issue in America that he seems to ignore.
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MINNEAPOLIS --- Donald Trump frequently attempts to court minority voters by promising to improve conditions in America’s “inner cities.” These appeals have not only largely failed to attract non-white voters -- or, as Trump insists on referring to them, “the African-Americans” and “the Latinos” -- these statements also highlight Trump’s