by courageousadmin | May 1, 2020 | Race
By Kurtis Alexander—April 17, 2020 The racial disparities that have plagued the cruel and uneven toll of the coronavirus across parts of the nation appear to be emerging in California. The state’s black residents are dying from COVID-19 at nearly twice the rate of...
by courageousadmin | Apr 27, 2020 | Race
By Ibram X. Kendi—April 14, 2020 I grew up in the Christian Church, the second son of two ministers. I’m not one for making biblical references about my life, but I can’t say the same about my father. Two weeks ago, Dad likened me to John the Baptist, a voice crying...
by courageousadmin | Apr 27, 2020 | Race
By Verenice Gutierrez, PhD—April 14, 2020 I am an aunt to mostly boys of color, four so far. I am a godmother to two boys of color. My partner is a man of color who was pathologized and living that reality until I helped him create a new one. In my district, we have...
by courageousadmin | Apr 17, 2020 | Race
By Bill Hutchinson—April 12, 2020 An African American doctor, who has been battling the coronavirus pandemic in his hospital and on the streets of Miami, was detained and handcuffed in front of his own home by a police sergeant as he loaded up his van with supplies he...
by courageousadmin | Apr 17, 2020 | Race
By Associated Press and Lauren Edmonds—April 11, 2020 African officials confronted China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and the U.S. says African-Americans have been targeted too. As China prepares for a...
by courageousadmin | Apr 17, 2020 | Race
April 11, 2020 Dr. Fredrick Echols, Director of the St. Louis Department of Health, has confirmed that as of April 8th, all 12 COVID-19 deaths in the city of St. Louis, Missouri were African Americans. This is the first major city in the United States to report such a...
