November 2013
November 6th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The death of Atlanta Teen, Kendrick Johnson, is now being investigated since the emergence of video footage clearly showing other students where in the gym at the time of his death. Georgia officials had previously ruled an Atlanta High School teen took his own life in a hidden and desolate part of the room by suffocating himself in a rolled up mattress.
The body of Kendrick Johnson was found...
November 5th, 2013
Written by Christine Armar... in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Reducing the school-to-prison pipeline for minority students is becoming a major concern across the country, especially in those states where there is growing evidence that detentions, expulsions and arrests are issues more to children of color for lesser offenses.
One of the nation's largest school districts, law enforcement and the NAACP have reached a deal aimed at arresting fewer students for...
November 5th, 2013
Written by Steve Megargee in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Bernard King says he dealt with racism off the basketball court that included clashes with police while starring for the Univerify of Tennessee in the 1970s.
In an ESPN "30 for 30" documentary airing Tuesday, King said that former Volunteers coach Ray Mears warned him that he'd heard some local officers would "do anything to get him."
King, the first former Tennessee player inducted into the...
November 5th, 2013
Written by Nataliya Vasily... in All About Family with 0 Comments
Several thousand Russian nationalists rallied Monday in Moscow, venting against the migrants they accuse of pushing up the crime rate and taking their jobs. The protest took place on Unity Day, a national holiday established in 2005 to replace commemorations of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Many demonstrators carried Russian imperial flags. One group displayed a banner reading "Young People Against...
November 5th, 2013
Written by David Bauder in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
A lack of black women as regulars has become an issue for the long-running and popular "Saturday Night Live" show. Kerry Washington's recent appearance as host of "Saturday Night Live" gives that television institution something it hasn't seen much lately: a black woman onstage trying to make people laugh.
The show's diversity has become an issue, pushed to the forefront by comments from the two...