OPINION: My kids like talking, so you have been warned. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Straight up, it wasn’t my idea. In fact, I was fervently against the idea. I quite passionately told my wife that I didn’t think it was a…
Source: The State / Getty Almost a year after South Carolina legislators tried to pass a bill that would permit gun owners to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, ten people were shot at a local mall and two others were injured. According to local news reports, the shooting happened at Columbiana Centre Mall,…
A group of Charlotte police is under investigation for pointing a gun at and handcuffing a schoolteacher in front of her house in a case of mistaken identity. The city’s Citizens Review Board unanimously voted to hear the woman’s complaint after she reported the incident to officials. The Charlotte Observer reports the incident began when…
Black children are often disciplined harder at school and other places. A majority of Black Americans say being Black is central to how they think about themselves and shape their identities, even as many have diverse experiences and come from various backgrounds, according to a new report by Pew Research Center. About three-quarters of Black…
John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson are now members of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson already had their place in Alabama football history. Now, the Crimson Tide’s first Black players also share a prominent spot outside Bryant-Denny stadium. The university unveiled a plaque honoring Jackson and Mitchell Saturday in a…
Shaquille O’ Neal has been a fan favorite on social media over the years for his numerous viral videos. One of the clips included the 50-year-old playing basketball with his adult daughters. On April 11, O’ Neal decided to take on a TikTok dance challenge that incorporated leg movements. In the recording, the former basketball…
Activist and athlete Colin Kaepernick is ensuring Black and Brown youth see themselves reflected in the literature they consume. According to People, he recently released a children’s book titled I Color Myself Different. Colin Kaepernick Shares First Look at His Kids’ Book Inspired by a ‘Revelatory’ Childhood Moment https://t.co/I8LIl5txDW — People (@people) April 5, 2022…
The city unconstitutionally inflated property taxes between 2010-16, displacing thousands of Black families. An estimated 10,000 Detroit residents, the majority of them Black, were displaced from their homes between 2010 and 2016 as a result of the city’s illegal inflation of property taxes by at least $600 million. Residents have yet to be compensated. Now,…
The DeKalb County School Board will consider a resolution “to modernize Druid Hills High School,” according to the meeting agenda. The short documentary video opens with a high school student explaining how human waste flows up from the ground and floods an area where he and his friends eat lunch. In the eight-minute video with background music…
The fear that Black motorists feel is rooted in generations of adversarial relations with police. The video seems clear: Patrick Lyoya disobeyed an officer during a traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled with the officer over his Taser before the officer fatally shot him in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For a number of Black men and women,…
