A Mexican at Morehouse

If there is one subject close to the heart of African Americans, it’s racism. Black folk are quick to sense and point out racism, rightly or wrongly. We are rightly hard on white folks for the events of the past and the things that occur today. But what about us? Are we accepting of [...]

The Secret Racist Coup of Wilmington, N.C.

The North Carolina Office of Archives & History has issued a report on a coup staged by whites in Wilmington, N.C. in 1898. Brent Staples wrote the following in the New York Times on Sunday on the report.
The uprising was engineered by white supremacists who unseated a government that had been elected by an [...]

The Case for Selective Abortion

Yahoo reports that roughly 10 million female foetuses were aborted in India over a twenty year period.“Around 10 million female foetuses may have been aborted in India over the past two decades because of ultrasound sex screening and a traditional preference for boys, according to a study published online in The Lancet.
Researchers [...]