I was out and about in NYC over the weekend running errands, and on my way home I spotted the above image at the 23rd Street F subway stop. I wasn’t sure what I was looking at because no one would be dumb enough to let slide an ad that looks like blackface in 2013 NYC, right?
Merrill Lynch to pay $160 mn for discrimination: report (via AFP)
Brokerage Merrill Lynch and its parent Bank of America will pay $160 million to settle charges it discriminated against African-American employees, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The amount would settle an eight-year-old lawsuit by 700 black…
Laura Mvula hit our radar last week after Kola Boof posted the video below on Twitter. The video was posted a few days after Dark Girls, Bill Duke’s documentary about colorism in America, aired on Oprah’s Network, OWN. The discussion on the black internets was intense with criticism as well as praise. I however, did not see the film because I do not have cable.
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The George Zimmerman trial is nearly wrapped up but pundits who want to know what its like to be his victim can do so via an Android game called Angry Trayvon. The game is published by Trade Digital, Inc. and so far, over 5000 smartphone users have downloaded it.
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Is this Bloomberg Businessweek magazine cover really racist? Lots and lots of people, mostly journalists, on the Internet seem to think so. I can understand why given the history of race and representation of African Americans and Latinos in media in the US. The illustrarion was made by a Latino man.
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Black men and white women have a horrible history of violence in America dating from chattel slavery to today. Terrance O. Rankins and Eric Glover, 22, above and friends for five years, now join the roster of that violence. The men were murdered by four white teenagers who used their corpses to fulfill necrophia fantasies in Illinois.
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This week has been stellar for blackface, the age old and often hilarious practice by whites who darken their faces in order to be simultaneously funny and black cuz, you know, all it takes to be a black person in the 21st Century is some paint and a wig.(Sarcasm)
The subject of race and sneakerheads will be tackled in 2013, just peep the synopsis and trailer of Jessica dela Merced’s Hypebeasts below:
“The most coveted new sneaker goes on sale at 8am and sneakerheads across the country are camping out overnight to get them. RONNY, a young Filipino-American and die-hard sneakerhead, has been dreaming of these shoes for months, but his quest to get in line is hindered when a fast food cashier’s racist joke offends his sister JUSTINE.
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Meteorologist Rhonda Lee works in Shreveport, Louisiana, had been for 11 months until she was fired for breaking an unwritten rule: she dared to defend her right to wear her hair short and natural on TV while doing her job. Yes, Black women in America are still going through it in 2012, what with their erasure from history via media; as well as negative attitudes regarding their hair.
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Black Hooded Sweatshirt
Black Sweatpants
Red Hooded Sweatshirt,
White T-Shirt
Yankees Caps
Jeans
Any Type of Graphic T-Shirt
Sneakers
Work boots
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