For many Black children born in the 1980s, Ben Carson is a hero. He is, as BuzzFeed’s Joel Anderson describes in a well-done profile about…

Krista and Jami Contreras are a married lesbian couple with an adorable baby girl. Six days after she was born, back in October, they had…

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Talk about Dear White People. MTV just announced a casting call for white people between the ages of 16-24 that have experienced discrimination and racism from…

Woody Allen disagrees with assumptions that he’s racist because he doesn’t tend to cast black actors in his films. Back in April, there were rumors…

News has been all a buzz recently with legislation (Senate Bill 1062) in the state of Arizona that supports the divisive right to refuse service. Governor Jan Brewer stated that the proposed law was “unnecessary” and could result in “unintended  and negative consequences”. Read more.

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A Black student returned to the Grand Valley State University campus this past Monday only to find something quite threatening on their dormitory room message…

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The Old Towne Inn is a historic restaurant in Prince George’s County, MD. In the centuries of slavery, The Old Town Inn was only a…

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Patricia Banks was the first black woman to sue the commercial flight industry for discrimination. While Ruth Carol Taylor was the first attendant hired in…

An exec at Oprah’s OWN is suing the network claiming she was up for a new job but it was given to another employee because she became pregnant.  You can read all about it here.

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According to the AP,  A former employee is alleging workers were routinely subjected to racial discrimination at a California car dealership partially owned by former Denver Broncos star John Elway. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36085