New Black Woman

Renee at Womanist Musings has a great piece up about the blatantly racist reporting done by the mainstream media during their coverage of the Boston Marathon attacks. These biased speculations and analyses are the norm as most mainstream media outlets and their reporters are stacked with mostly cis, white heterosexual men who have no problems [...]

Apparently, Blink 182′s Travis Barker, hates the police. The musician’s rep told TMZ he was profiled in October by the Los Angeles Police Department for his eccentric appearance. Now, a video of his rant appeared on the Huffington Post and Barker expanded on his comments: I think they stereotype a lot. I f–king hate the [...]

The world’s most popular tech company has gotten itself into hot water over what one could call a case of ethnic profiling. Apple is standing by its decision to not sell an iPhone to a customer who was speaking Farsi, the dominant language in the Persian country of Iran. An Alpharetta woman and one of [...]

Who knew Twitter would be the go-to social media app where folks can express their racist views unabashed. A Jefferson Parish, La., school psychologist Mark Traina, who went on a racist rant about so-called “young black thugs.” Traina made the tweets in January, but recently came to light when the Southern Poverty Law Center filed [...]

The man who shot unarmed Trayvon Martin is speaking out on the “life altering event” that’s resulted in national outcry and demands for an arrest. George Zimmerman, on his website, is also soliciting funds for his legal defense. From the USA Today: On Sunday February 26th, I was involved in a life altering event which [...]