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Race Archive

Archives for May 2018

Business & Finance
Starbucks won’t end racism in a day. But its racial bias training could still have value.Starbucks won’t end racism in a day. But its racial bias training could still have value.
Business & Finance

The coffee company is holding its national racial bias training today. Here’s what to expect.

By P.R. Lockhart
Culture
NFL’s new policy: players who kneel during the national anthem may face a fineNFL’s new policy: players who kneel during the national anthem may face a fine
Culture

Players are now required to “stand and show respect” during the anthem.

By P.R. Lockhart
Politics
Starbucks says everyone’s a customer after Philadelphia bias incidentStarbucks says everyone’s a customer after Philadelphia bias incident
Politics

Starbucks employees called the police on two black men in April for doing nothing. The coffee company’s changing its policies in hopes to avoid a similar incident in the future.

By Emily Stewart
Criminal Justice
It’s not just school shootings; children across the US are dying from gun violenceIt’s not just school shootings; children across the US are dying from gun violence
Criminal Justice

Black children are 10 times more likely than their white peers to be fatally shot by a gun.

By P.R. Lockhart
Race
A white lawyer threatened to call ICE on Spanish-speaking restaurant workers. Twitter is tearing him apart.A white lawyer threatened to call ICE on Spanish-speaking restaurant workers. Twitter is tearing him apart.
Race

People are taking consequences into their own hands.

By P.R. Lockhart
Criminal Justice
A white woman called the cops on a black real estate investor. Police defended him.A white woman called the cops on a black real estate investor. Police defended him.
Criminal Justice

In a twist on recent racial profiling incidents, police officers told the woman they weren’t needed.

By P.R. Lockhart
Politics
Black people in NYC are 8 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whitesBlack people in NYC are 8 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites
Politics

The NYPD said more 911 calls were behind racial disparities in marijuana arrests. It doesn’t explain the difference.

By P.R. Lockhart
Criminal Justice
White people keep calling the cops on black people for no reason. That’s dangerous.White people keep calling the cops on black people for no reason. That’s dangerous.
Criminal Justice

Calling 911 means different things to white and black people.

By P.R. Lockhart
Culture
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Kanye West wants the “freedom to be proud and ignorant”Ta-Nehisi Coates: Kanye West wants the “freedom to be proud and ignorant”
Culture

The Atlantic writer says West is distancing himself from blackness — and the community that fueled his rise.

By P.R. Lockhart
Technology
The digital revolution is leaving black people behindThe digital revolution is leaving black people behind
Technology

A new report says Silicon Valley’s lack of diversity is hurting black America.

By P.R. Lockhart