The white people of Ferguson are scared of Halloween. So scared that they cancelled it, and then rescheduled it, and then confined its alternative to a certain part of town. They say they’re worried “about opening their doors…as well as for [their] children’s safety.” “We [...]
In 1900, W. E. B. Du Bois declared that “the problem of the 20th century” would be “the problem of the color line.” His prediction is just as true for our 21st century. Black men and women in contemporary America are judged not by the [...]
By Paul Thomas, Furman University | Originally Published at the The Conversation. October 24, 2014 | Adrian Peterson has been indicted for injury to a child. Arvee5.0, CC BY US sports continue to struggle with the controversies surrounding Ray Rice’s domestic violence case, and the arrest of [...]
By Paul Thomas, Ed.D | Originally Published at TruthOut. October 22, 2014 | Image by Camille at Flickr Over the past two seasons, the National Football League (NFL) has sparked public debate and even outrage over several social issues related to violence: bullying, domestic violence and child [...]
We tell our children to "get an education." "School gives you the tools you will need to build a better future." "Attend." But what no one says aloud is there are restrictions. You are on a schedule. Earn a diploma, by all means, but only if you [...]
When riots broke out after citizens of Ferguson took to the streets to protest the murder of Mike Brown by a police officer, the media was littered with imagery and stories of violent and savage Black people destroying the city. To a large extent, those [...]
By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at The Frisky. October 15, 2014 In case you are unaware, there is something called “The Whiteness Project.” Per the website, the project, from documentary director Whitney Dow, is “a multiplatform investigation into how Americans who identify as ‘white’ experience their [...]
By Ryan Gabrielson, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Eric Sagara | Originally Published at ProPublica. October 10, 2014 11:07 AM | Hannah Birch and David Sleight ProPublica A ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black males. Young black males in recent years were [...]
When We Ignore or Excuse Street Harassment, Could That Be a Crime?Complicity? Duplicity? What Do We See? We see people defend their own kind. It happens all the time – out on the streets, in classrooms, in cyberspace, in facebook posts, blogs, and tweets. Our locker rooms [...]
