Ever been out with your dog and find that White people speak to the animal but not you? Does it make you feel a way? Is the behavior racist?
Take a look at how the demographics of New Orleans have shifted.
Food gentrification is not just happening stateside.
He says Spike doesn't live in Brooklyn, so his issues with gentrification in Brooklyn are quite interesting.
Discerning between racism and capitalism.
(Uptowner) — Maisha Stephens turns off the noisy blow dryer and reaches over her counter to grab her straightening iron. The woman in her styling chair uses that moment to check out her haircut from different angles. She’s shooting for an “Eva Longoria look. Stephens’ new business, Bibi Salon, won’t celebrate its grand opening until tomorrow, […]
(Afro) — Before integration, Black-owned businesses flourished in African-American communities and were considered one of the strongest pillars of African-American culture. But with the benefits of integration also came the declining desire among African Americans to support Black-owned establishments, believing that Whites and other ethnic groups could deliver better products, goods and services. Several generations […]
The Bed-Stuy area is burgeoning thanks to entrepreneurs like Samuels.
An author details the splintering of Black communities in his new book.
(AP) — When the Rev. George Davis learned the government was coming to take his family’s home to make room for a shiny new interstate, he told his loved ones he’d defend 304 Rondo Avenue with a shotgun. But Davis was old, about 80, and his wife Bertha was blind by then. When the police […]