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 […]
“Ensuring equal access to educational opportunity … remains a persistent challenge,” the lead author of a new report wrote.
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 […]
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. […]
Images of the incident that happened in Del Rio, Texas went viral last year.
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. […]
“There’s unconscious bias going on everyday,” said Adam Goodman, president of Goodmans Interior Structures. He realized occupational sorting at the company was leading to systematic racism. “United Shades of America” airs Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO
King County, Washington was found to have the highest eviction filing rate against Black women.
By Kalyn Womack, The Root As the pandemic protections for tenants are lifted, Black women are expected to suffer the most from a potential overflow of evictions, found a USA TODAY investigation. The investigation closely examined King County, Washington which has the highest eviction filing rate for Black women than any other group. Per USA […]
15 former and current Black workers are suing the car company alleging they were subjected to various forms of abuse.
BERLIN – NOVEMBER 09, 2016: Showroom. The full-sized, all-electric, luxury, crossover SUV Tesla Model X. Produced since 2016. (Shuterstock) By Murjani Rawls, The Root A collection of former and current Black Tesla employees have come together to file a lawsuit alleging they were subjected to various forms of racial abuse and harassment while working primarily […]
Discrimination, stigma and systemic barriers in the health care system have already led to a gap in contraceptive access for Black women.
By Claretta Bellamy, NBC News The Supreme Court’s ruling to gut nationwide rights to abortion last week has highlighted the importance of access to birth control, which already proves difficult for many women of color due to discrimination, stigma and systemic barriers in the health care system. While the decision does not directly impact access […]
A search group comprised of Till's family members found the warrant charging Carolyn Bryant Donham of kidnapping.
Simeon Wright, the cousin of Emmett Till at the 50th Anniversary of the march on Washington and Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream Speech, August 24, 2013 – Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. (Shutterstock) By Murjani Rawls, The Root A search group comprised of Emmett Till Legacy Foundation members found an unserved warrant charging Carolyn […]
LOS ANGELES – MAY 30, 2020: Participant With Sign Saying Stop Police Brutality At the Protest March Against Police Violence Over Death Of George Floyd. (Shutterstock) By Akron Beacon Journal The hail of more than 90 bullets fired by police at Jayland Walker early Monday sounds like “a whole brick of fireworks going off” in […]