Comparative Analysis: Shooter’s Zip Code versus Victim’s Zip Code On August 26th, 2023, a deeply troubling incident unfolded. A man, possibly influenced by the conspiracy theory known as “the great replacement,” and although he may have suffered from mental illness, seized upon a growing and hateful ideology that has beenContinue Reading
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Early in the pandemic it was widely reported that African Americans were being severely affected by COVID-19 cases and deaths. In early April, 2020 several news outlets were reporting that 70% of COVID deaths in Louisiana were African American, as were 58% of COVID deaths in Illinois, 40% in Michigan,Continue Reading
Black Demographics, Cities, Crime, News Stories Racially Motivated Shooting in Jacksonville: A Disturbing Clash of Socioeconomic Worlds Continue reading Black Demographics, Black Men, Black Women, Employment, Households, Income, Poverty First Fired: Black Workers Make up 90% of Recent Job Loses Continue reading Black Demographics, Black Men, Black Women, Education, Income,Continue Reading
With the revelation on March 17th that famous actor Eldris Elba tested positive for the Coronavirus or COVID-19, the circulating rumors that Black people cannot contract this alarming disease has hopefully been put to rest. There have also been (at the time of this article) a couple of deaths ofContinue Reading
Where in pre-colonial Africa are African Americans from? A) Senegambia-15% (coast between present day Senegal and Gambia) B) Sierra Leone/Winward Coast-16% (most of present day Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast) C) Gold Coast-13% (most of present day Ghana) D) Bight of Benin-5% (Togo, Benin, and southwestern Nigeria) E) Bight ofContinue Reading
The San Francisco Bay View (National Black Newspaper) released its latest annual “Katrina Pain Index” which tractsĀ statistics to highlight how changes in post-Katrina New Orleans have affected the Black community there. Ā This years report is titled:Ā Katrina Pain Index 2016: Race and class gap widening. Some highlights include: “Some 2,000 BlackContinue Reading
A New York TimesĀ article was written in responseĀ to the recent unrest in Milwaukee. It attempts to shed a light on how a considerable amount of the BlackĀ upper middle classĀ live in poor neighborhoods. According to the article: “In many of Americaās largest metropolitan areas, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles,Continue Reading
A study by the statistics and research arm of the U.S. Education Department that “When a white (or other non-black) teacher and a black teacher evaluate the same black student, the study found, the white teacher is 30 percent less likely to believe that the student will graduate from aContinue Reading
