Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Duke University VP Gets Campus Baristas Fired for Playing a Young Dolph Song Two baristas at a campus coffeeshop were fired at the request of Duke University officials yesterday for playing rap music. According to North Carolina’s alternative weekly  Indy Week , Vice President of Student Affairs Larry Moneta walked into the campus location of  Joe Van Gogh  on Friday and was offended when he heard Young Dolph ’s “Get Paid” over the speakers.

MEET THE YOUNG ARTIST, KAREEM WARIS OLAMILEKAN, WHO IS PAINTING HIS WAY TO GREATNESS : African is unquestionably one of the richest continents in natural resources and more. The beauty of the continent is definitely

Cynthia Nixon ignites outrage for saying marijuana could be ‘form of reparations’ in black neighborhoods Cynthia Nixon took heat Monday from black leaders over her comments that creating a legalized pot industry in New York could serve as a form of reparations in black communities.

Nordstrom Rack wrongly accuses 3 black men of theft, apologizes BRENTWOOD, Mo.   -- The president of Nordstrom Rack was to fly to St. Louis to personally apologize to three black teens falsely accused of theft at the chain's Brentwood Square store, reports CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV-TV .  Mekhi Lee, Dirone Taylor and Eric Rogers II were shopping for prom clothes when they started noticing several of the employees watching them and following them around the store.

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Trauma From Slavery Can Actually Be Passed Down Through Your Genes On face value, it's easy for a non-black person to wonder why African Americans, over a century removed from slavery, can still harbor such strong feelings just from watching a TV show. And, to be fair, I think we even wonder that about ourselves sometimes. It's a question that has been tackled by some of our greatest and most eloquent writers, but apparently it’s also addressed by a component of our society that many of us never expected: science.

White supremacists' favorite myths about black crime rates take another hit from BJS study Vast majority of most crimes are committed by a person of the same race as the victim, Bureau of Justice Statistics reports.