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Gold Star mothers and widows visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris in 1930. (Courtesy National Archives via Journal of American History) For 11 years, Bessie Strawther longed for a chance to visit her son’s grave. Pvt. Henry Strawther, a black American soldier in a segregated...

Two centuries ago, America pioneered a way of thinking that puts human well-being in economic terms. Eli Cook Money and markets have been around for thousands of years. Yet as central as currency has been to so many civilizations, people in societies as different as ancient Greece, imperial...

Mexico's National Action Party Creates Neo-Nazi Organization To 'Protect' Society Against 'Moral Decadence' "Photographs from meetings held by the organization reveal that members attend wearing armbands and Nazi uniforms. Many attendees also emulate Hitler's haircut. Incidentally, the Mexican...

MacArthur grant recipient Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about the institutional and individual choices that continue to keep America separate and unequal The work of the acclaimed New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones lays bare the institutional and individual decisions that continue to...

http://www.theroot.com/apples-diversity-chief-whitesplains-how-12-blue-eyed-bl-1819397226 ""Earlier this week, Young Smith (yes, she is so black, her rap name is also her real name) was on a panel in Bogota, Colombia, talking diversity with Quartz (the website, not the mineral). According to...

I am the woman in the 'racist Dove ad'. I am not a victim | Lola Ogunyemi "If I had even the slightest inclination that I would be portrayed as inferior, or as the “before” in a before and after shot, I would have been the first to say an emphatic “no”. I would have (un)happily walked right off...

(Should this be in Higher Learning or Other Forum? F it... I trust the Locker Room.):ufdup: You've just been given the reigns or elected into a position that allows you an unobstructed opportunity to change policy(s) of your choice. Rules: Mention which Country Mention whether your reform is...

Fifteen percent of white households are worth more than $1 million, double the percentage in 1992. (iStock) The share of white millionaires in the United States has doubled in the past quarter-century, with 1 in 7 white families now worth more than $1 million, according to new Federal Reserve...

Never Forget: The Devil's Punchbowl - 20,000 Freed Slaves Died After Being Forced Into Post Slavery Concentration Camp "As the slaves made their way to freedom, the town of Natchez went from a population of 10,000 to 120,000 people almost overnight. In order to deal with the population influx...

African Americans are the only racial group in U.S. still making less than they did in 2000

African Americans were worse off financially in 2016 than they were in 2000. The median income for an African American household was $39,490 last year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week. It was $41,363 in 2000. (Both figures are in 2016 dollars, so they have been adjusted...

Randy Moss: JJ Watt bringing 'winners' together while 'losers' protest racism

Browns to stand in unity with police, armed forces during national anthem Looks like they know where their bread is buttered after all

President Trump has nominated Dr. Jerome M. Adams, the health commissioner for Indiana and a strong advocate of needle exchanges to avoid the spread of disease, to be the surgeon general of the United States. Dr. Adams, 42, was first appointed to the Indiana post in October 2014 when Vice...

After watching both of these videos and reading the comments - I just want to know why do some of us say "it's wrong to call them [aka racist, neo-nazis, etc] "Cracka Ass *******" and "White Devils." CGod is clearly saying that not all white people are "*******" - and makes the distinction --...

Chinese web merchants are using African children to advertise search engines and camgirls "The Hong Kong Free Press says some vendors insist on their pages that the videos are a form of “charitable activity,” but when asked about how much money goes directly to the children and their...

White folk at work can't help themselves with this kind of shyt. If they are white, you know who they are rooting for :mjpls:. When I say Mayweather will win, its all :bryan::ld::merchant::leostare: And I had a white female coworker be like "Doubt he could beat up Mcgregor like he does his...

Why when we talk about race mixing, people tend to say "black blood is stronger" "They got more black then white" But when you look at Nikkas like Jesse Williams Vin Diesel Jason Kidd Lonzo Ball Etc they all look 80% cac :ohhh: Sometimes I feel like CACs are okay with race mixing because we...

:picard: Rachel Dolezal has nothing on Martina Adam, a German "model" whose always wanted to be a black woman. The cycle is almost complete, all she needs now is some booty shots from being a PAWG to become an official PABG :mjlol:

Growing up I always thought I could tell if someone was just a black person who was just light skinned and if someone was biracial.For example Will Smith is light skinned but he does not look biracial whereas Drake looks straight up biracial. Lately I have been seeing white women with kids who...