In 2002, Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion Movement, invited an unknown artist named Amena Brown to perform her spoken-word poetry at a vision-casting event called One Day Link. The conference was simulcast to over 20,000 people. At the time, Brown had been turned down by graduate schools and faced disappointment. “I did my poem [at the event] and knew that God was trying to say to me, ‘This is why you didn’t get into grad school, and my plans for your life are different than your plans for
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Newt Gingrich on Friday said that many white people do not understand what it’s like to be black in America. “[Black America] is more dangerous in that you’re substantially more likely to be in a situation where police don’t respect you,” Gingrich said in a Facebook live conversation with Van Jones. “I think sometimes for whites it’s difficult to appreciate how real that is.” Gingrich, a probable running mate for Donald Trump, also said “if you are a normal white Americ
A shopper carries a bag from H&M on Aug. 13, 2014, in San Francisco.
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Clothing retail store H&M has apologised for a social media statement that suggested its use of white models portrayed a more ‘positive image’ of the brand.
The retailer, which has recently landed in South Africa, was criticised on Twitter yesterday for the lack of black models in its global marketing campaign when it provided a puzzling response to the matter.
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There are 39 comments on the WCKX-FM Columbus story from Monday Oct 12, titled Hillary Clinton: 'Racism Is America's Original Sin'. In it, WCKX-FM Columbus reports that:
After the meeting, which according to our sources, was productive, Clinton took up a challenge issued by a Twitter user to speak openly about race and racism, not just behind closed doors with Black "radicals." Racism is America's original sin.
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Cast member Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson attends the premiere of the motion picture thriller “San Andreas” at TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on May 26, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Fellow wrestler and entertainer Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says he’s “disappointed” in Hulk Hogan after an interview resurfaced in which he used racist language, but that “we’ve all talked trash.”
While speaking at a Television Critics Association panel this week, Johnson explained he h
A black child’s birthday party in Georgia was interrupted by a group of men driving pickup trucks with Confederate flags who were allegedly armed and threatening violence.
Video of the incident showed at least seven trucks with both Confederate and American flags driving past the outraged party-goers in Douglasville on Saturday.
A woman who posted a second video says that one of the white truck drivers, who she alleged were armed, said he would ‘kill y’all [N-words]’.
‘This is a child’s birt
To gain the meaning of a situation, especially a tragic one, humanity will undoubtedly create a narrative. We have to. We have to do this in order to reconcile in our minds what all the chaos means. We are, by nature, social scientists who believe that when tragic things happen, there is an antagonist and protagonist and a storyline to be told.
The question is which narrative will be told? Who will be the protagonist and [the] antagonist? Through what paradigm will it be seen? We have pretty
Google apologized on Tuesday after a Washington Post reader discovered that typing “n****r house” in the global view of Google Maps returned results for the White House. If users search for “n****r king” in the Washington, D.C. view, Google Maps zooms in on the same location in what appears a racial slur directed at President Barack Obama.
The company issued a statement on Tuesday, apologizing for any offense the results may have caused, saying the company is “working to fix this issue quick
Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.
“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.
Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t
Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.
“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.
Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t
Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.
“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.
Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t
Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.
“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.
Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t
Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.
“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.
Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t
Larry King (left) recently interviewed Bishop T.D. Jakes (right) for his show, “Larry King Now.”
Bishop T.D. Jakes recently joined Larry King for a spirited discussion on race, religion and politics on Larry King Now.
King asked Jakes what he saw to be instinct and why a religious person would advocate following it.
“The people who really shattered the glass ceiling were people who did it from their gut,” Jakes said. “That they did it instinctively, they broke the rules, took the risk and we
