Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Race'
When Dark Skin Becomes 'Fashionable'
by Celeste Liddle, Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist, Australia - Tanning is bizarre. Fake tanning is bizarre. Forking over your hard-earned to be hit with a spray gun is bizarre. And it all makes zero sense to me at all...
In “Black and Cuba”, A New Approach to Discussing Race
by Rebecca Hanser, IPS, Italy - Robin J. Hayes has always been one to break boundaries. Most recently, she is doing so with her latest documentary film, “Black and Cuba”, which explores how African-Americans and Afro-Cubans can learn from each...
Integrating Ole Miss: A Transformative, Deadly Riot
by Debbie Elliott, NPR, USA - Ole Miss is commemorating the 50th anniversary of integration on campus Monday with a tribute to Meredith and a series of panel discussions. But the man who made that history doesn't like the idea...
A Black Mom-in-Chief Is Revolutionary
by Tami Winfrey Harris, Clutch Magazine, USA - What white feminists get wrong about Michelle Obama....
Who’s Working to Build a Better Future in Los Angeles? Start Here
by Mónica Novoa, Colorlines, USA - In the past few weeks there has been rich analysis and storytelling around the 20th anniversary of LA’s civil unrest. I talked to leaders at three organizations that have been central to important gains...
A Place of Rage: Two Black Feminist Documentaries
by Lola Okolosie, The F-Word, UK - Both documentaries prompt us to continue the difficult work of interrogating how racism, class, gender and sexuality interweave with one another to oppress many....
The Colour Of Beauty
by Dainty Smith, Gender Links, South Africa - Truth be told, there is a subliminal pop culture message that yes, black is beautiful, just so long as the blackness in question is not darker than a brown paper bag....
Stephen Lawrence Verdict Delivers Justice after 18-Year Wait
by Sandra Laville and Vikram Dodd, Guardian, UK - The mother of Stephen Lawrence accused the police of putting her through 18 years of grief and uncertainty after witnessing the conviction of two of her son's killers for his racist...
U.S. Plays Politics and God by Executing Human Beings
by Dr. Paula J. Caplan, Science Isn't Golden, USA - We must declare that the United States does not believe in playing God by deciding who lives and who dies....
The Long, Murderous Arm of the Law Has Killed Troy Davis
by Kai Wright & Jamilah King, Colorlines, USA - Let us not mince words: The state of Georgia just murdered Troy Davis....
Being Black and Green: African-Americans & the Environment
by Zoe Sullivan, Making Contact, USA - Communities across the country have embraced locally-grown food, fuel-efficient cars and other forms of environmentalism. While African-Americans haven’t been on widely credited, they are amongst the vanguard creating positive change....
31 Million U.S. Kids Live in Poverty Today As Racial Inequality Deepens
by Julianne Hing, ColorLines, USA - The foreclosure crisis, which had a disproportionate impact on communities of color, stole much of whatever wealth black and Latino families had been able to accumulate throughout the 1990s....
Raquel Nelson and the Aggressive Prosecutions of Black Mothers
by Julianne Hing, Colorlines, USA - “We prosecute people for very low level crimes when there is no actual reason to,” Chettiar said of Nelson’s case. “We put people in prison for public safety, or from a punitive perspective or...
How to Waste Money and Lives: the American Prison System
by Celia Chazelle, Michael Moore, USA - Today, with some 2.3 million in prison or jail, the US has more people and a higher percentage of its population locked up than any other country....
"Colour Me African"
by Nmachi Jidenma, Next, Nigeria - African stereotypes appear to have refused to leave Western consciousness - stereotypes about tribal Africans that still appear to be the default muse for attempts at paying homage to the continent....
Hollywood’s Whiteout
by Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, New York Times, USA - The films nominated for best-picture Oscars this year are like most films released in the United States in 2010: very white....
For-Profit Schools See “Subprime-Opportunity”
by Julianne Hing, Color Lines, USA - The arc of the for-profit schools industry, and the disproportionate impact its had on the poor and people of color, mirrors another financial debacle that the country should be in no rush to...
Giving Thanks for Racial Justice Victories
by Tammy Johnson, Color Lines, USA - I’m focusing my Turkey Day energies instead on giving thanks to the people who, despite these tough political and economic times, have put the move back into the movement in 2010....
Nikki Haley: A New Face for Old Politics in South Carolina
by Sarah Jaffe, The Nation, USA - While Haley's political position may fit squarely into the conservative Republican camp, the fact that she's Indian-American allows South Carolina conservatives and the Tea Party crowd to purport racial diversity in their ranks....
Revenge of the Furious in South Africa
by Gillian Slovo, Gulf News, UAE - The death of Terre' Blanche is a sorry end to a deluded life. What it decidedly isn't is the spark for a race war in South Africa...
In Multiracial America, the Census Puts us in a Box
by Susan Straight, The Washington Post, USA - I'll fill out my form. I will check a lot of boxes, but they will be only as accurate as family tales and mystery allow....
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