by courageousadmin | Jun 24, 2018 | Race
By Gabriela Thorne—June 13, 2018 “You don’t look Latina” and “You’re not Latina” were common phrases I heard growing up. For many, my brown skin and super-curly hair didn’t match up with their image of what a Latina was supposed to look like. It didn’t matter...
by courageousadmin | Jun 24, 2018 | Race
By Elijah Anderson—June 9, 2018 Almost every black person in America has experienced the sting of disrespect on the basis of being black. A large but undetermined number of black people feel acutely disrespected in their everyday lives, discrimination they see as both...
by courageousadmin | Jun 24, 2018 | Race
By Robert Abare—June 7, 2018 Recent instances of people calling the police against black people for going about their daily lives have involved a former Obama White House official moving into his home and a graduate student at Yale University napping in a common room....
by courageousadmin | Jun 24, 2018 | Race
By Alia E. Dastagir—May 28, 2018 On Tuesday, Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores in the U.S. to conduct employee training “to address implicit bias” and “prevent discrimination” after two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia store...
by courageousadmin | Jun 24, 2018 | Race
By Richard J. Reddick—May 15, 2018 It has been a banner year for discrimination. Two recent events on college campuses at Colorado State University and Yale bring issues of hyper-surveillance and white supremacy to the forefront. At Colorado State University, a White...
by courageousadmin | Feb 19, 2018 | Race
By Carvell Wallace—Feb. 12, 2018 The Grand Lake Theater — the kind of old-time movie house with cavernous ceilings and ornate crown moldings — is one place I take my kids to remind us that we belong to Oakland, Calif. Whenever there is a film or community event that...
