By Philip Ewell, Hunter College Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3, 2024, at the age of 91, was one…
Tag: anti-Black racism
I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right
By David Cunningham, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis In a symbolic rebuke of the American South’s…
White and Black activists worked strategically in parallel in Detroit 50 years ago, fighting for civil rights
Since the murder of George Floyd in 2020, some white people have been wondering how they can work with Black…
The racist ‘one-drop rule’ lives on in how Trump talks about Black politicians and whiteness in America
By Marya T. Mtshali, Harvard University Americans who heard former President Donald Trump claim that Vice President Kamala Harris previously…
New Orleans schools still separate and unequal 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
By Connie L. Schaffer, University of Nebraska Omaha; Martha Graham Viator, Rowan University, and Meg White, Stockton University Sixty-four years…
Western media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?
By j Siguru Wahutu, New York University and David Cheruiyot, University of Groningen Quick question: what do these titles have…
Trump and Vance’s false claims about Haitian migrants fuel threats, prompt police patrols in Ohio
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The uproar stemming from a debunked rumor about Haitian migrants peddled by former President Donald Trump and…
Haitian leaders furious as Trump, Vance double down on racist ‘pets’ rumor
NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. — Haitian leaders and activists are fuming after former President Donald Trump echoed a racist lies from…
Racist signs targeting Blacks, Kamala Harris found at bus stops in Denver
DENVER — City officials are condemning the sudden appearance of racist signs found posted Thursday at bus stops in the…
Decades on, Delbert Africa’s surrender still provides powerful image of US racism and Black victimhood
By Nicole Maurantonio, University of Richmond Forty-six years ago, on Aug. 8, 1978, Philadelphia police surrounded the house occupied by…
