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Black History Month: Amazing scientists who helped change the world  • New book takes historical look at how Black Americans envisioned utopia • Study highlights pervasiveness of inflammation in American diet   • Appeals court puts the final nail in student effort to hold religious school accountable for ... • Black History Month: Amazing scientists who helped change the world Dr Charles Richard Drew was an African-American surgeon, who was born in 1904 in Washington DC. He became one of the most important scientists of ... View article... New book takes historical look at how Black Americans envisioned utopia Detroit author Aaron Roberston joined the show to share his reflections on the diverse array of Black utopian visions throughout American history. View article... Study highlights pervasiveness of inflammation in American diet  “Overall, 57% of U.S. adults have a pro-inflammatory diet and that number was highe...

Sexist, Homophobic Representatives of “The Black Church” Just Want to Make Black America ... - An open letter from 25 black clergy illustrating “ black church concerns” has been making the rounds on multiple ... managed to properly contextualize the letter's blatant hostility toward both black women and the LGBT community.

Why asking black people about "black-on-black crime" misses the point  -  Black people aren't uniquely predisposed to commit crimes against each other — crime is often racially segregated, based on a number of factors, ...

The New Black : Film looks at marriage issue in Black community  - " People were blaming Black folks in California, which is crazy because Black ... "I thought the focus would be on looking at white LGBT groups and what they  ...

Historically Black Colleges Need to Help LGBT Students  - Historically, black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have not been welcoming environments for LGBTQ students, largely because of deeply entrenched anti-LGBTQ values among black people that emanate from black church teachings and traditions. These traditions have established an unwelcoming paradigm on HBCU campuses that is not true to God's word. But, as bastions of black knowledge and innovation, HBCUs have an

Tyler James Williams: Media Portrayals Of Black Men Feed Black Homophobia  - In the film, Williams plays Lionel Higgins, a gay , black university student ... take on the "Dear White People " role, he said some black audiences were ...

Did Baltimore Fuel Critics With Recent Black -on- Black Crime?  - The phrase “black-on-black crime” gives attention to the fear surrounding the African - American race . Somehow, African-Americans are highlighted ...

Analyzing Black Lives Matter Without Black People Involved - The idea ' black lives matter' is an ethical demand calling for an end to the erasure of black lives and presence by systems of racist power anchored in ...

Black , Gay & Condemned: Why the Black Community Needs to Accept Homosexuality  - How come I've never been around anyone who was Black and gay , and out and free as these ... I have known of and know openly gay Black people.

Study Shows Black Cops Just as Likely to Kill Black Suspects as White Cops - bias toward black men by police is nothing new, and it is not limited to ... that the disproportionate killing of black suspects is racially innocuous.

Black LGBT Faith Leaders on Why Black Lives Matter  - Many black LGBT church members joined in Black Lives Matter Sunday ... “I am grateful to know the number of people across the country who really ...

Capitulating to Black Racism -  President Trump has a surprising solution to black violence and the enormous gap between white people and black people in America: Same-old, same-old.  The scene of this epic capitulation was the Oval Office, where this week a posse of black executives from black colleges were happy that the same guy they have vilified for two years seems oddly eager to let bygones be bygones.  Every person in that room knew Trump had only two choices:

How pioneering psychiatrist William Grier, dead at 89, predicted Black Lives Matter with ' Black Rage'  - The authors of ' Black Rage' have joined the present fashionable cult of literate black and white flagellants who now believe that America's racial  ...

The Theme of “ African - American Issues” Day at Trump Tower Is “but What About Black on Black ... - What do these individuals have in common, besides being black celebrities? They have all ... Specifically to black people , stop focusing on racism .

"The New Black " to explore intersection between Black , faith, and ...  - The New Black follows six African - American faith leaders to explore how Black, faith, and LGBT communities intersected in Maryland's campaign for marriage  ...

Black clergy, LGBT community discuss 'The New Black ' documentary  - A conversation between black clergy and the LGBT community in ... The film, titled "The New Black ," drew about 25 people to an auditorium at the ...

Gay Black Men Do Better In The Job Market Than White Gays, Black Straight Men, Study Reveals  - While the economic disadvantages suffered by LGBT people are well ... of Princeton University reveals that black gay men do better than straight black  ...

Are Black British actors better performers than Black Americans in race films? - Black British actors are commonly found in popular Black American films about race . Both earning over $50 million at the box office, 12 Years a Slave ...

Gutfeld: Why liberals ignore 'black on black' violence That's alarming but -- -- the fact that 6300 blacks are killed each year and not by whites or Hispanics or the newly minted white Hispanic . That -- 1% of black homicides committed by black offenders so why does -- Zimmerman Trout get all the ink but ...

America's Unspoken Education Issue: Black Kids Need Black Teachers  - Hiring more white teachers is not the best way to improve education for students, particularly students of color.” This recent commentary by a black ...