Race Relations

Perhaps worried how the African-American community might respond to his bending the rules to seek a third term, Mayor Bloomberg called the Rev. Al Sharpton in advance of his big announcement yesterday, Sharpton told the DN's Kate Lucadamo. “The mayor did call me (Wednesday) to tell me he was...  

Perhaps worried how the African-American community might respond to his bending the rules to seek a third term, Mayor Bloomberg called the Rev. Al Sharpton in advance of his big announcement yesterday , Sharpton told the DN's Kate Lucadamo. “The ...  

South African Mine Workers March Against Racism "The 320,000-strong National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said members from seven of its regions would march to the South African Chamber of Mines to deliver a letter complaining of racism and low levels of affirmative action, known as Black Economic...  

*As the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain prepares to step up personal attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama, a YouTube clip has resurfaced of AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka defending Obama against voters whose only issue with the candidate is his race.  

Whether it's admitted publicly or not, Black America is not fond of Black men, especially sports athletes and celebrities, who choose to marry white women. To be fair, neither is white America, who has had a hatred for O.J. since his murder acquittal 13 years ago.  

Over the past three or so years, there has been a deliberate attempt to manipulate figures in such a manner as to increasingly portray the AIDS epidemic as a "Black" disease. This attempt has centered primarily on African American women and involves on one hand taking HIV/AIDS statistics out of...  

The First African American attorney for Selma Alabama, Chestnut worked with the NAACP and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in securing voting rights and civil rights for African Americans. During his life, he wrote a book titled,"Back in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut Jr." In the book, he...  

Originally published on Feministing Right-wing bloggers and journalists are making noise about Gwen Ifill moderating tonight's debate, because (gasp), she is writing a book about race and American politics. Naturally, this fact combined with her being black makes her blind to her own racism...  

Alaskans of Color Feel Ignored by Palin Thursday night, Gov. Sarah Palin will debate Sen. Joe Biden in the vice presidential debate, but many Alaskans of color argue that her record proves she is a "daughter of privilege, someone out of touch with the concerns of people of color, and a...  

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has consistently portrayed himself as the candidate of all Americans, not a champion of the African-American ...  

On the contrary, the evidence is that Senator Obama is facing what scholars have dubbed “racism without racists.” The racism is difficult to measure, ...  

None of this means that opposition to Obama is proof of unconscious racism, any more than opposition to Hillary Clinton proved sexism or opposition to ...  

The Labour Appeal Court and the Labour Court have come out strongly against racism in the workplace. The reason for such an approach is obvious — the ...  

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thousands of South African mineworkers marched to protest against racism in the mining and construction sectors on Saturday, ...  

ROME (AFP) — Thousands of people demonstrated against racism near Rome's coliseum on Saturday in the wake of a series of violent assaults on immigrants in ...