Marissa Thomas and Asifa Lahore. Photos: courtesy of subjects “Are you Chinese or Japanese or Korean?” one of the fill-in guys at my part-time job in London said, examining my facial features (*cough* eyes). It was our first conversation. “I am a Tibetan,” I said from behind gritted teeth. “What’s that?” he asked. All I […]
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‘Excited Delirium’: The Junk Science That Covered Up a Serial Killer
In 1989, members of the Prince Georges County Police “Jump Out Squad” arrest a suspected cocaine dealer. (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images) This article contains a spoiler for the first episode of the second season of Jon Ronson’s BBC Radio 4 show Things Fell Apart. In the new season of his BBC Radio […]
Read MoreHow Conservatives Have Weaponized Martin Luther King’s Words On Race Over The Years
NewsOne Featured Video Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is interviewed by a news reporter at the conclusion of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March on March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama. | Source: Stephen F. Somerstein / Getty U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the […]
Read MoreThe Dubious, Racially Charged Flood Project Biden Is Resurrecting in Mississippi
One Army Corps analysis found that 80 percent of the pumps’ financial benefits would flow to farmers (the prevention of damage to roads and other infrastructure makes up most of the remaining 20 percent). But after decades of discriminatory lending, racist government policies, outright theft, and industry trends hostile to small farms, many Black Delta […]
Read MoreDr. Umar Johnson Quotes On Race: Controversial Things Pan-Afrikan Psychologist Has Said Over The Years
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Instagram/Umar Johnson / Instagram/Umar Johnson Dr. Umar Johnson has been at the center of much criticism and many controversies over the years in a trend he continued recently in spectacular fashion during an appearance on a popular podcast. The same man who once said queer people are a “conspiracy” to control […]
Read MoreThe Real Science Behind Penis Size and Race
Earlier this year, an infographic that ranked 88 nations by their populations’ purported average penis sizes—data drawn from 40 studies—did the rounds of lifestyle publications and tabloids. This coverage stirred up a few literal dick-measuring contests and a slew of dumb jokes on social media. It also affirmed widespread beliefs about racial differences in penis sizes. Although the graphic gave Ecuador top […]
Read MoreLet’s Give Black World War II Vets What We Promised
extending to surviving Black World War II veterans and their direct descendants the housing and education benefits denied under the 1944 G.I. Bill. Veterans and their descendants could get access to the VA Loan Guaranty Program, as well as post-9/11 G.I. Bill educational assistance provisions, which grant financial assistance for school and job training. This […]
Read MoreHow a MAGA School-Board Racial “Scandal” in Virginia Belly Flopped
The fact is that there was never any evidence that the delays in notification (which also occurred at other schools) were anything but the fault of local school administrators. There was no evidence that they had any sort of racial motive, nor that they were school or county policy. On top of that, the awards […]
Read MoreAI’s Job Impact Could Depend on Race, Sex, Age
In every case, the majority of workers fell into the “moderate exposure” to genAI category, although these numbers varied a bit: 50.9% for Hispanic workers, 54.1% for AAPI workers, 57.2% for Black workers, 58.5% for “other” workers, and 61.2% for White workers. When measured by sex, the differences in genAI exposure seemed less extreme. Men […]
Read MoreHappy Indigenous People’s Day! A List Of Things White People Have ‘Columbused’
NewsOne Featured Video Source: GraphicaArtis / Getty UPDATED: 11:00 A.M. ET, Oct. 19, 2023 — Today as we recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023, a federal holiday celebrated alongside Columbus Day, let’s never forget what this day represents to many native Americans. Columbus Day is an old holiday that honored a slave-owning, racist, disease-spreading Spaniard who […]
Read MoreMAGA Candidate’s Photo of Racially Diverse Friends Wasn’t What It Seemed
Unfortunately, even despite Canady’s refusal to recuse himself, the rest of the court does not offer much more hope. Another justice, Meredith Sasso, is married to DeSantis loyalist Michael Sasso. DeSantis appointed Michael Sasso as vice chairman of the controversial Disney oversight board. Sasso resigned in May, although he did not explain why. While the […]
Read MoreDeion Sanders: Winning for All the Great Black Coaches of the Past
If merit is supposedly the measure for upward mobility in America, then how many coaches compiled more achievements than Gaither at FAMU, Eddie Robinson at Grambling, and John Merritt at Tennessee State? Gaither put together a career winning percentage of .844, Robinson set a major-college record with 408 victories, and 10 of Merritt’s 21 teams […]
Read MoreWhy Nikki Haley Scares the Biden Campaign
The point is not to lionize Haley, whose timidity in the face of Trump has made a weather vane seem like a model of principled constancy. She criticized Trump when he ran in 2016 but then eagerly accepted his nomination to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, defended him during her tenure, and encouraged […]
Read MoreViolence Is Coming? Sorry, It’s Already Here—and Getting Worse.
The GOP base itself is constantly primed for violence by both politicians and social media influencers. Consider Matt Walsh and Chaya Raichik (a.k.a. “Libs of TikTok”), who publish a steady stream of agitprop against schools and medical facilities that support LGBTQ youth. Almost without fail, whatever institutions they target are deluged with bomb threats. One […]
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