Dimitri Tsafendas was a martyr, not a “madman”; it’s high time for us to give him the recognition that he deserves. It’s nearly 30 years since the end of legalized racial oppression in South Africa — known officially as “apartheid.” …

Rasheem Carter, a young Black man, was found decapitated and dismembered after reporting that his employer wanted him dead. Seven months later, no arrests have been made. “Me and the owner of this company are not seeing eye to eye Mama … But if anything happen to me, he’s responsible for it … I’m too smart Mama, he got these guys wanting to kill me.” The 2022 murder of Rasheem Ryelle Carter, 25, in rural Mississippi, is…

A Workplace Lynching? — On October 5th 2022, it will be four years since American production assistant Terrence Woods allegedly disappeared while filming with the UK company, Raw TV. Woods’ co-workers claimed that he “ran down a cliff,” while on set at Penman mine in a remote part of Idaho, and apparently vanished into…

Staying Woke to the Strategies of the Anti-Woke Movement Those who describe themselves as “anti-woke” tend to couch their distaste for “wokeness” in terms of a general dislike of left-wing causes; but make no mistake, the anti-woke brigade’s primary obsession is an aversion to racial justice. Indeed, the word “woke” originates in Black America; it has and continues to…

Overt Prejudice among Healthcare Workers Illustrates the Need for Legal Reform Over the last 20 years or so, a growing number of research articles and media reports have demonstrated that racial discrimination in healthcare is a serious issue. Indeed, discrimination in the healthcare setting is a significant cause of poor quality care among visible minorities in the US, UK, Canada, and…

20 Years After “Unequal Treatment” Report, Still No Meaningful Changes In 2003, the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) released a ground-breaking report entitled Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The report demonstrated the staggering inequities in both health and mental health services…

Some Black History Month Observations Martin Luther King would have been truly disappointed that nearly 60 years since the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Black Americans continue to be relegated to the status of third-class citizens, marked out for unequal treatment, harassment, and worse. …

Historically Black Colleges are not Necessarily Safe Spaces for Black Students — The prevailing thought in the Black community is that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are safe spaces where Black students get a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime chance to not be a marginalized minority; to experience a discrimination-free higher education; and to be treated as a human-being, as opposed to struggling through…

“How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America” For over two decades, Columbia University professor, John McWhorter, has produced anti-racial justice commentary, which has been eagerly lapped up by his racist fanbase. …