Tag: Racism
What Is Weathering? Is It An Argument For Reparations In Realtime?
May 1, 2019 May 1, 2019 Elsie LawLeave a comment
The January 2019 edition of National Geographic states that "weathering" is "a concept developed by University of Michigan professor of public health Arline Geronimus that suggests the health of African Americans deteriorates earlier than that of whites because of the cumulative effects of racism and bias."
Categories: Information, SociologyTags: America, Health, Racism
Yusuf Hawkins: Never Forget
March 22, 2019 March 22, 2019 Elsie LawLeave a comment
Tuesday would have been Yusuf Kirriem Hawkins 46th birthday.
The Brooklynite was viciously murdered in his own hometown almost 30 years ago when a quest to purchase a used car led him to a predominately white part of Brooklyn.
16-year old Yusuf Hawkins and three friends ventured into Bensonhurst on a summer's night in 1989 to purchase a 1982 Pontiac. They were instead met with a racist mob who ambushed them. The mob of approximately 30 white men were armed with weapons, including a firearm and baseball bats. They shouted racial epithets at the black youths and violently attacked them.
Yusuf Hawkins was shot twice in his chest and killed.
Lynch mobs hunting black people has been propagandized as being a practice of an ancient past.
However, every generation has a story of such occurrences happening during their lifetime. These happenings leave indelible imprints on those who have watched them unfold directly or collaterally. We must never forget!!
RIP Yusuf Hawkins and so many others.
Categories: Black HistoryTags: Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn, Brooklyn New York, Never Forget, Racism, RIP, Yusuf Hawkins
Starbucks' Bottomline Unbothered After Racist Philadelphia Debacle
April 29, 2018 April 29, 2018 Elsie LawLeave a comment
"For that period that the protest and the incident occurred in Philadelphia, now certainly those stores were impacted for a brief period. But it's still early days, and we don't have all of the information on demographics. But certainly if I look nationally, and I look at regions across the United States, there's not been a measurable impact that we can attribute to Philadelphia. But certainly in the City of Philadelphia, during that period, there was some impact." Kevin Johnson Starbucks CEO
Is this statement coming from a CEO who is trying to save face, and/or were the economic repercussions not impactful enough?
Black People what are we going to do?
SIDEBAR: How many franchises has Starbucks licensed to Black entrepreneurs? Keep in mind that this is a franchise that makes approximately $36.6 million per day.
Categories: EcomonicsTags: Economics, Racism
National Geographic: Driving While Black
March 30, 2018 Elsie LawLeave a comment
Categories: Police BrutalityTags: National Geographic, Police Terrorism, Racism
Jim Brown Discusses Slavery, Racism Today, and White Supremacy
Categories: Black History, Sociology, The People, The Tricks & The TrapsTags: Jim Brown, Racism
Gil Noble On Growing Up In Harlem & Racism Past And Present
April 5, 2017 Elsie LawLeave a comment
Categories: Black History, InformationTags: Gil Noble, Harlem, Racism
White Supremacy Thoroughly Explained
July 1, 2016 Elsie LawLeave a comment
Categories: The People, The Tricks & The TrapsTags: Neely Fuller Jr., Racism
Joe's Crab Shack's Decor Makes Fun Of Lynching
Categories: Read In Between The LinesTags: Racism
The Racist Origins Of The Ice Cream Truck Song
May 18, 2015 Elsie LawLeave a comment
The musical tune that plays from most local ice cream trucks is actually the melody of a 1916 song released by Columbia Records entitled, "Ni**er Love A Watermelon HA! HA! HA!"
Categories: HistoryTags: History, Racism
South African Apartheid vs. American Racism (Throwback Post: 2/28/08)
June 5, 2014 Elsie LawLeave a comment
Wikipedia defines apartheid as: "A system of legalized racial segregation enforced by the National Party (NP) South African government between 1948 and 1994. It arose from a longer history of settler rule and Dutch and British colonialism." America's social ideals have also not been exempt from the effects of colonialism. Hence, the prevalence of racism throughout American History. Although we can optimistically hope that the irrationality of racial hatred has been diagnosed and is being cured, recent shocking events on the continents of Africa and America sadly shows otherwise.
Yesterday, a video which was recorded at the University of Free State in South Africa surfaced. In this disturbing video, several White students from the university allegedly forced five Black elderly university employees to perform humiliating acts; this included forcing the Black elders to eat food that was urinated on. The supposed motivation for this criminal abuse was a protest by the White students to oppose the university's integrating Black and White students in residential dorms.
In response to the horrendous video, Black students and university employees have handed over a list of demands to university administrators. According to the BBC website: "The university says it has begun procedures to suspend the students allegedly implicated in the video, and says the alleged victims have received psychological support." This is a weak response to such an inhumane act.
On the homefront, the Megan Williams case is slowly winding its way through the American court system. This case involves a 20 year old African American woman who was kidnapped in the Summer of 2007, tortured, raped, and forced to eat animal feces- while being called racial slurs. While sexual abuse victims usually exercise their right to remain anonymous, Ms. Williams and her family decided to reveal her identity in order to put a human face on this unconscionable crime. However, the lack of media attention involving this situation begs to ask where the concern is on the journalistic front. There is also a question of fairness in the arena of justice. Megan Williams' family feels slighted that the prosecutor is not demanding harsher penalties.We'll see what happens as the repercussions from these two heinous events evolve. The manner in which these two events are resolved will be telling about how far we have advanced when it comes to racial ethics.
Categories: Throwback PostTags: Africa, America, Apartheid, Racism