Yahoo News – White supremacists discussed plans to weaponize coronavirus via “saliva,” a “spray bottle” or “laced items,” according to a weekly intelligence brief distributed by a federal law enforcement division on Feb. 17. https://yhoo.it/2ygLYVL THE GOOD NEWS FIRST: Janai Nelson on Twitter: “Today, March 20, 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund turns 80 yearsContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy, Week #118: White supremacists discussed using coronavirus as a bioweapon”
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At Long Last – The Remembering 1619 Video is Released
On August 20th, 2019, in the pre-Covid-19 world, many of us saw an amazing and transformative performance created by Faye Carol, Joanna Haigood, Marcus Shelby, Cheo Tyehimba-Taylor, David Goldberg, Kim Euell, Steven Anthony Jones, and Joe Warner. The performance took us from Mother Africa in the 1600s to the present day. In the intervening sevenContinueContinue reading “At Long Last – The Remembering 1619 Video is Released”
Supreme Court Creates Higher Standard for Racial Discrimination Claims
This week the U.S. Supreme Court voted unanimously to require a higher standard of proof for bringing racial discrimination claims under United States Code Section 1981. In Comcast v. National Association of African American-Owned Media News, a Black-Owned Media Company founded by Byron Allen sued Comcast for placing burdens on them during the contract formationContinueContinue reading “Supreme Court Creates Higher Standard for Racial Discrimination Claims”