This commercial for Proctor and Gable give a look into the realities and fears of Black families in the United States.
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Article: Graphs Show How Early Minorities are Eliminated on the Bachelor
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Carol’s Daughter – a brand that specializes in products for black women – has been bought over by multi-million dollar cosmetic giant L’Oreal. What does this mean for the kinds of products that it is famous for?
63 Black Harvard Students Share Their Experiences In A Powerful Photo Project
“The “I, Too, Am Harvard” photo campaign explores the diverse experience that black students at Harvard have to face.”
This happens everywhere, but these students share their experiences and their messages to others:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/21-black-harvard-students-share-their-experiences-through-a
Biracial, and also black By Martha S. Jones, CNN
“Passing for white and straight: How my looks hide my identity” by Koa Beck/Salon
This personal reflection reveals the nature of race and sexual orientation in the United States, and the related reality of privilege.
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/09/passing_for_white_and_straight_how_my_looks_hide_my_identity/
One Easy Thing All White People Could Do That Would Make The World A Better Place
Two sisters — one looks white, the other black. Here’s what happened when they went to the store. Spoiler alert: they weren’t treated the same way.
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A Majority of Black Americans Feel They’re Treated Unfairly by Just About Every Major Civic Institution by EMILY BADGER, The Atlantic Cities
“With the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s“I Have a Dream” speech approaching next week, Pewreleased today a new survey on public perception of the progress blacks have made in America since then. The top-level finding is unsurprising: African-Americans are much more pessimistic than whites are in rating the extent to which they still face inequality and unfairness in American society. And they’re significantly more likely to say that a lot of work still needs to be done.”
Related articles
- Statistics: Majority of Blacks Feel They’re Treated Unfairly by Nearly Every Major Civic Institution (blackchristiannews.com)
- African Americans Feel Mistreated by Almost Every Major Civic Institution (theatlanticwire.com)
- King’s Dream Remains an Elusive Goal; Many Americans See Racial Disparities (amren.com)
- From Pew ResearcH: ‘I HAVE A DREAM’, 50 YEARS LATER (drhiphop85.com)
Race in the US – LeVar Burton explains his ritual to prevent being shot by police
LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow) and Tim Wise describe how different their experiences have been in interactions with police based on race.
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- LeVar Burton explains his ritual to prevent being shot by police (rawstory.com)
- Reading Rainbow Host LeVar Burton’s New Lesson: How Not to Get Shot by the Cops (colorlines.com)
- LeVar Burton explains his ritual to prevent being shot by police (realnewsnow.com)
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