Here’s Why Black Life Expectancy Dropped This Year

Here’s Why Black Life Expectancy Dropped This Year

By Amira Castilla, The Root Just when the United States started to close the gap between life expectancy rates amongst races, Covid-19 wrecked the chance. In an interview with CBS News in June 2022, Dr. Greg Roth at the University of Washington School of Medicine said that the gap between Black and white life expectancy […]

Controversy Brewing at Westchester School District Over Assignment Based on Book Addressing Racism

Controversy Brewing at Westchester School District Over Assignment Based on Book Addressing Racism

By Marcus Solis, ABC7 NY SOMERS, New York (WABC) — The superintendent of one school district in Westchester County stopped and English class mid-lesson after getting complaints from parents. An optional handout during the 10th-grade English class at Somers High School sparked outrage among parents who were texted pictures by their children of journal prompts. […]

Racial Wealth Gaps are yet Another Thing the US and UK Have in Common

Racial Wealth Gaps are yet Another Thing the US and UK Have in Common

By Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation It’s an old saying that Britain and America are two countries separated by a common language. But they are united by racial wealth gaps that formed at a similar time for related reasons. Black Britons of the “Windrush generation,” arriving in Britain from the Caribbean between 1948 and 1973, and […]

Whiteness is an Invented Concept That Has Been Used as a Tool of Oppression

Whiteness is an Invented Concept That Has Been Used as a Tool of Oppression

MEMPHIS – AUG 19: Protesters surround Nathan Bedford Forrest statue, calling for its removal in the #TakeEmDown901 campaign to dismantle confederate propaganda, August 19, 2017. (Shutterstock) By Meghan Tinsley, The Conversation Whiteness is a modern, colonial invention. It was devised in the 17th century and used to provide the logic for genocide and slavery. The […]

1 in 3 U.S. Students Attended a Racially Segregated Public School in 2020-21, Watchdog Says

“Ensuring equal access to educational opportunity … remains a persistent challenge,” the lead author of a new report wrote.

1 in 3 U.S. Students Attended a Racially Segregated Public School in 2020-21, Watchdog Says

Topeka, Kansas / United States of America – November 2nd 2019 : Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. Exterior of building, eastern facade with main entrance. (Shutterstock) By Zachary Schermele Nearly 19 million students in the U.S., or more than a third, attended a public school in the 2020-21 school year where at […]

America’s Race Gap Between Black and White Homeowners

America’s Race Gap Between Black and White Homeowners

By Nathalie Jimenez, BBC Katrinka Cox lives the American Dream: a green trimmed lawn, poolside lake view, and $1.3m villa she calls home. She is the only black homeowner in her gated Florida community. And despite her financial success, she says her attempts to buy another property are being blocked due to her skin color. […]

Four Border Patrol Agents Will Face Discipline Over Violent Treatment Of Haitian Migrants

Images of the incident that happened in Del Rio, Texas went viral last year.

Four Border Patrol Agents Will Face Discipline Over Violent Treatment Of Haitian Migrants

Mexico City, Mexico – September 23, 2021: Haitian migrant families wait in the street in front of Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance to request refuge in Mexico. (Shutterstock) By Candace McDuffie, The Root On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that the four agents who confronted Haitian migrants on horseback will face discipline personnel. […]

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