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Oh, man. Leave it to Stephen Colbert to remind us that in spite of how terrified we all are at the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, the current political situation is still pretty hilarious. A...
Former North Carolina NAACP president, H.K Edgerton wants us to know that we've got this Confederate?flag issue all wrong. You see, for years many Americans have associated the?Confederate flag with racism. Edgerton finds this misconception to...
We live in interesting times. We may not stop too often to consider it, but as we speak we are at the mercy of a global pandemic the likes of which the world has not seen...
Jesse Lee Peterson (image courtesy BOND's Facebook)
Jim Crow was one of the biggest black eyes in American history. The images that come to mind of that era are segregated schools, separate entrances for blacks and whites, being forced to the back...
Wednesday, September 7, Moise Morancy tweeted out a hashtag: #itdoesntmatter. Along with this hashtag, Morancy included four photos of himself. No words, no explanation, but the images speak perfectly to the issue of racism in the United...
George Zimmerman, murderer and domestic violence perpetrator, decided to simply embrace his status as the most disgusting human being alive in an interview where he stressed the failings of the parents of his child victim, Trayvon...
There are very few things more innocent and more headache-inducing than a 10-year-old girl's birthday party. In Memphis, Tennessee a little girl wrote her classmate a cute note apologizing because she could not attend her...
Just when I was ready to give Donald Trump some props for visiting the African-American History Museum, I looked at a transcript of his remarks and realized that, as usual, he managed to make it...
Yes, there are still some people who currently hold office that voted NO on making Dr. Martin Luther King Day a national holiday. We need to expose these people. Have they been asked, publicly, what...
The NRA and their minions who say they support the right of every American to own a gun apparently have a major problem with African-Americans joining their ranks. If you want proof, look no further than...
So over the holidays hanging out with friends and family, I expected to have the usual ribald conversations with my loved ones about pop culture and their political leanings. I'm an easy target to them...
seahawks
Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman has managed to ruffle some feathers this week, although this time it's not conservatives that are throwing heat at the star NFL cornerback. The story starts with a fake response to a...
  The hosts of Fox and Friends decided to have a segment where we could watch them truly reveal their racism. The worst part is that this is literally all about a black Captain America. The new...
Rapper Kendrick Lamar recently visited the White House after receiving an invite from President Obama. Lamar's latest video highlights his Pay It Forward  mentor program, which showcases his visit to the Oval Office.  Kind of a...
obama press conference
On Thursday, President Obama held a press conference addressing the tragic shooting that took place in Charleston, South Carolina. At the press conference, he expressed his frustration at how many press conferences he has had to...
This is HUGE! Students at the University of Missouri have had the President of the entire four school system, Tim Wolfe, removed. This comes amid claims of the President ignoring racist incidents taking place on campus...
// // How awesome is it that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) included a black woman in photos on his website? This proves that he knows black people! Right? Well, maybe....but he doesn't know that...
During his interview with Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes over the weekend, President Obama was asked a question: “Do you think if you ran again, could run again, and did run again, you would be elected?” To...
nazi
Recently, researchers from the United States and Switzerland studied surveys conducted in 1996 and 2006. In the surveys respondents were asked about a wide range of issues, including their opinions of Jews. The polls, known as...
bad faith
A few years ago, I  was watching a special on HBO featuring a story about the African country Uganda. Some of you may already know about Uganda's deplorable attitude towards the LGBT community and some...