Tennessee black caucus threatens legal action over redistricting


This is the part that jumps out, I think: "Hardaway also fretted about GOP plans to put Reps. Tommie Brown, D-Chattanooga, and Joanne Favors, D-Chattanooga, into the same district ( Read more... )

A look at how Native children are being taken from their homes under questionable circumstances and being placed in foster care with white "guardians" in a scheme that makes money for state governments.

Incentives and Cultural Bias Fuel Foster Care on NPR.

President of Ohio University's STARS (Students Teaching About Racism in Society), aka Tumblr's Saucy-Sarah, caused my Tumblr to explode with awesome earlier today when she began showing the posters for STARS' "We're a culture, not a costume"/"This is not who I am. This is not okay." poster series which will be appearing around the Ohio University' ( Read more... )

Link to story.

Teresa Culpepper, from Atlanta, went to the police to report the theft of her car, and was arrested for aggravated assault committed by a different woman named Teresa (not even the same last name). She was held for 53 days because her family could not afford her $12k bail.

"All she has is the same first name. The only descriptions ( Read more... )

This week at Occupy PhiladelphiaTwo black women are called N*****s and told that every white man should own a slave by volunteers. They complain to security and are asked to leave. Crime: Being Black In Public ( Read more... )

Child Slaves Made Your Halloween Candy-- Now Stop Buying It

"What concerns me even more is that we, as consumers, are not demanding that this be stopped. Some continue to buy chocolate even after learning about these human rights abuses. I’ve heard excuses from people in my own life, and they echo the rationalizations I’ve made myself in the past ( Read more... )

"The Value of a Safe Space: One WOC's Experiene with Harassment at Occupy Wall Street" from a compilation blog of people of color critiques, "In Front and Center: Critical Voices from the 99%".

"Is Occupy Wall Street an inclusive movement? I’ve discussed this in-depth with so many of my friends, colleagues and comrades over the past weeks. It seemed ( Read more... )

Representing the Native Presence in the "Occupy Wall Street" Narrative I have yet to feel connected to the Occupy Wall Street movement, or even the Occupy Boston movement happening here in my backyard. I consider myself an activist, an at-times radical, and I clearly feel passionately about advocating for voices unheard and on the margins. But, ( Read more... )

Last week, there was a lot of talk about white people feeling entitled to use racial slurs, trying to redefine racial slurs and not wholly comprehending the history of these words-- or the fact that they are used frequently, constantly, today, in the way that their history reflects.

Today:

At the University of Alabama this week, for the second ( Read more... )

Sasha Houston Brown wrote this letter after visiting the Urban Outfitters in my city. She's, of course, completely correct -- Urban Outfitters has long been known for being super racist (along with an entire host of other deeply offensive issues they've had over the years).

I didn't know that using Native American tribal names for marketing ( Read more... )