The problem with a great many police is that they simply do not believe that Black people have constitutional rights.  Courts and juries too...

Justice is supposed to be blind. If the so-called justice system is not blind then it's of no use.  This is a truism if you happen to be...

I don't know if these sorts of incidents are actually happening more frequently or if we are just hearing about them more often but th...

I've written before about how one of the most persistent elements of American anti-Black racism is the idea that some whites have that...

You may have heard about the Black men arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks while they were waiting to have a business meeting with a poss...

I've written previously about how racial stereotypes and assumptions can be hurtful or irritating and harmful to your career or health...

On July 6th, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, local police stopped a car driven by school cook Philando Castile. Castile was a black man. Also ...

As you may have heard former tennis star James Blake was wrongly detained by the NYPD when he was mistaken for a suspect in an identity thef...

I never had an official version of "the talk" which some black parents allegedly give to their children, especially their boys, so...

To the police I'm sayin f*** you punk  Reading my rights and s***, it's all junk Pulling out a silly club, so you stand With a fake ...

It is often instructive to look back at the history of white supremacy in this country and see how non-whites had to deal with openly racist...

Imagine that you (or a man you love) were wrongly accused of raping someone. You're arrested, fingerprinted and thrown into jail to aw...

 "We're watching you" One of the nice things about being a blogger or frequent blog commenter is that you get the opportuni...

It's never a good thing to be accused of or questioned about something that you had nothing to do with. When the people doing the accusi...

Imperialism's most dangerous aspect is its seductive nature. This can be just as sexy to self-identified progressives or liberals as it ...