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Menial Tasks, Slurs and Swastikas: Many Black Workers at Tesla Say They Faced Racism | The New York Times African-American workers have reported threats, humiliation and barriers to promotion at the plant. The automaker says there is no pattern of bias.

December 11, 2018

African-American workers have reported threats, humiliation and barriers to promotion at the plant. The automaker says there is no pattern of bias.

Mickalene Thomas, Romare Bearden, Posing Modernity, The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, Mickalene Thomas, African American Art, Black Art, Racism, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Deconstructing Race in Western Painting | Hyperallergic The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.

December 10, 2018December 11, 2018

The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.

Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools Racism, Ron Emmanuel, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willough Avenue

What led Chicago to shutter dozens of majority-black schools? Racism | The Guardian After Rahm Emanuel announced a wave of school closures in 2013, Chicagoans took to the streets in protest. But before we can understand whether the closings are racist, we must understand what racism is

December 7, 2018

After Rahm Emanuel announced a wave of school closures in 2013, Chicagoans took to the streets in protest. But before we can understand whether the closings are racist, we must understand what racism is.

United Kingdom, UK, UK Racism, Black Brits, UK Black Brits, UK Racism, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue

Revealed: the stark evidence of everyday racial bias in Britain | The Guardian Poll commissioned to launch series on unconscious bias shows gulf in negative experiences by ethnicity

December 4, 2018

Poll commissioned to launch series on unconscious bias shows gulf in negative experiences by ethnicity

Racism, Tim Scott, Judge Thomas Farr, Black Republican, African American Republican, Black Vote, African American Vote, Black Conservatives, African American Conservatives, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Senator Tim Scott Sinks Thomas Farr’s Judicial Nomination Amid Racial Controversy | The New York Times The Republican Party, Mr. Scott told reporters, is “not doing a very good job of avoiding the obvious potholes on race in America.”

December 3, 2018

The Republican Party, Mr. Scott told reporters, is “not doing a very good job of avoiding the obvious potholes on race in America.”

Race, Racism, Race Relations, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, African American News, Willoughby Avenue

The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism | The Atlantic If my black child has to learn that society will hate him, he should hear about it from someone who unconditionally loves him.

November 28, 2018

If my black child has to learn that society will hate him, he should hear about it from someone who unconditionally loves him.

African American Lives, Black Lives, Black Lives Matter, BLM, African American Communities, Vickie Lee Jones, Maurice E. Stallard, Dominiic Rozier, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Man who challenged Kroger shooting suspect says ‘I cherish every day’ | Courier Journal "Nowhere is safe, so that now just leaves me with always keeping my head on a swivel,"

November 5, 2018

“Nowhere is safe, so that now just leaves me with always keeping my head on a swivel,”

African American History, Black History, Southern Racism, Birmingham Dynamite Hill, Dynamite Hill, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Remembering Birmingham’s ‘Dynamite Hill’ Neighborhood | NPR Long before the Civil Rights marches of 1963 thrust Birmingham, Ala. into the national spotlight, black families along one residential street were steadily chipping away at Jim Crow segregation laws — and paying a price for it.

November 1, 2018

Long before the Civil Rights marches of 1963 thrust Birmingham, Ala. into the national spotlight, black families along one residential street were steadily chipping away at Jim Crow segregation laws — and paying a price for it.