Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Separate and unequal: Racial segregation persists in America A social club in South Carolina recently refusing membership to a respected emergency-room doctor on the basis of his race is shocking, but not surprising. This is an American problem, a malaise found even in most unexpected quarters — including America’s top universities. The 49-year-old medic, Dr. W. Melvin Brown III., was the only one among 13 others who was denied membership in the Charleston Rifle Club. He was the only black nominee and would have been the first black member of the club that brings together people from different social classes — from celebrities and lawyers to police officers and factory workers.   The voting process at the club was color-coded. One report reveals that a lucky white marble dropped in your box meant a yes vote, a black one stood for no. Six or more black marbles earned you an outright rejection. Dr. Brown received 11 black marbles. Dr. Brow...

John “Kyle” Johnson wasn’t initially planning on entering the Poke Poke restaurant in downtown Chicago, but walked inside when someone waved to him through the window. When the black 18-year-old entered the Wabash Avenue restaurant on Jan. 2 with two of his friends, however, he was met with a much less welcoming surprise. “I’ll kick your a--,” the restaurant’s manager, Matthew Fezzey, yelled toward him, according to Johnson. “This is my place of business."

Classroom apartheid: Black and white children sit separately on their first ever day at school in South Africa, leaving black parents 'pi**** off' B l a c k a n d w h i t e c h i l d r e n a t S o u t h A f r i c a n p r i m a r y s c h o o l s e e n s i t t i n g s e p a r a t e l y P u p i l s a g e d f o u r a n d f i v e w e r e o n d i f f e r e n t t a b l e s i n c l a s s p i c t u r e b y t e a c h e r   P h o t o o f k i d s a t L a e r s k o o l S c h w e i z e r - R e n e k e s h a r e d w i t h p a r e n t s o n W h a t s A p p S c h o o l h a s b e e n c r i t i c i s e d o n s o c i a l m e d i a a f t e r i m a g e w e n t v i r a l i n S o u t h A f r i c a lack and white primary school children in S o u t h A f r i c a  have been seen sitting at separate tables, in a classroom picture that has sparked anger among parents.  The photo, taken by a teacher, shows a group of 18 white pupi...

A manager at Poke Poke restaurant in Chicago has been suspended for allegedly attacking a customer based on race.   (Facebook/ Ja’mal D Green) By   Michael Brice-Saddler January 8 at 7:35 PM John “Kyle” Johnson wasn’t initially planning on entering the Poke Poke restaurant in downtown Chicago, but walked inside when someone waved to him through the window. When the black 18-year-old entered the Wabash Avenue restaurant on Jan. 2 with two of his friends, however, he was met with a much less welcoming surprise. “I’ll kick your a--,” the restaurant’s manager, Matthew Fezzey, yelled toward him, according to Johnson. “This is my place of business." Moments later, Fezzey swung a chair at him, Johnson said, hitting his arm with such force that the teen suffered injuries. Johnson then called the police and began filming the encounter. “I was super shocked, I was scared, thinking: ‘Is this is really happening right now?’ Johnson told The Washington Post on Tuesday...

NFL and NFLPA say Eric Reid was not targeted for drug tests The NFL and NFLPA say they've concluded that Eric Reid was not unfairly targeted for excessive drug testing. (Mike McCarn/Associated Press) (Mike Mccarn/AP) By Mark Maske January 9 at 11:14 AM The NFL and the NFL Players Association say they’ve concluded that Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid was not unfairly targeted for excessive drug testing, based on a report that the league and union ordered from the independent administrator of their collectively bargained drug program. “There is no evidence of targeting or any other impropriety with respect to his selection for testing,” the NFL and NFLPA said in a joint written statement issued Wednesday. Reid had said he was being selected too often for what is, under the terms of the policy, random testing. Reid has suggested that the number of times he was tested might be related to his protests during the national anthem. “The report also demonstrates that Mr. R...

‘I Love My Skin!’ Why Black Parents Are Turning to Afrocentric Schools While New York City schools are deeply segregated, some black families are choosing an alternative to integration. Thomas Lewis, a martial arts instructor, teaches a lesson at Little Sun People. The school has a new theme each month; in November, students studied human bodies with the help of a black pediatrician. The New York Times “I love myself!” the group of mostly black children shouted in unison. “I love my hair, I love my skin!” When it was time to settle down, their teacher raised her fist in a black power salute. The students did the same, and the room hushed. As children filed out of the cramped school auditorium on their way to class, they walked by posters of Colin Kaepernick and Harriet Tubman. It was a typical morning at Ember Charter School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, an Afrocentric school that sits in a squat building on a quiet block in a neighborhood long known as a center of black pol...