Philip Banks III, the top uniformed official in the New York City Police Department, has resigned as chief of department on the eve of a promotion. In a…
The Ebola virus hitting the United States is scary enough, but what about adding in race and how it affects your treatment and potential ability…
The Wonkblog over at the Washington Post has a pretty interesting write-up of new research from the Public Religion Research Institute. In a study of race and friendship, PRRI found that…
Racial tensions have grown in the days since unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was black. Darren…
What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…
LGBT Center’s 26-Year-Old First Black Chair Faces Racial Hostility According to North Carolina’s Charlotte Post, the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte has elected Ranzeno Frazier as…
Black women in Hollywood. This seems to be the most neverending topic in pop culture. With the rising of Lupita Nyong’o's star, several op-eds about…
An Atlanta man has shattered the “Cannonball Run” record by racing from New York to Los Angeles in under 30 hours. Lamborghini Atlanta employee Ed Bolian made it from N.Y. to L.A. in 28 hours and 50 minutes, breaking the previous record of 31 hours and 4 minutes, set in 2006. The 1981 Burt Reynolds […]
It’s a storyline we have down to a science. We flock to the few scripted shows that star talented black actors and actresses. We nearly become die hards when we find out that the show is actually good. When awards season comes around, we cling to hope that our favorite actresses will defy the odds […]
While nursing home admissions is on the rise for Black, Latino and Asian elders, admissions for white elders fell 10 percent causing some to ask is there white flight in nursing homes. See also: Americans ‘Very Concerned’ GOP Budget Will Force Elderly From Nursing Homes A new study published in Health Affairs, a journal on health […]
According to a new study conducted by researchers at Tufts University, Stanford University and the University of California, whether we perceive someone as black or white depends on the clothes they are wearing. Participants of the experiment were asked to categorize computerized images of people with varying skin tones and clothing. The results show participants […]
Critics praised last week’s 62nd Annual Emmy Awards for finally bringing some life to the generally stiff ceremony.
