On May 25th, an African American man, named George Floyd, in Minnesota became the latest in a long list of African Americans to be killed by American law enforcement. In a nearly nine minute video, Officer Derek Chauvin can be seen kneeling on the neck of Floyd, who repeats “please, I can’t breathe”. At a particularly […]
Category: Race
ADL South Central Statement on the Killing of George Floyd
June 2, 2020Dear Friends We find ourselves in a moment where the pain, the outrage, the sadness are pouring out. A moment triggered by the horrific death of George Floyd, the horrific death or Ahmaud Arbery, the horrific death of Breonna Taylor, and many others…where the connector between them was the color of their skin, and the […]
Nyx Captain Says “All Lives Matter,” Issues Apology Amid Criticism
June 1, 2020As Black Lives Matter protests have spread worldwide following the murder of George Floyd, the Mystic Krewe of Nyx, which touts itself as a diverse and inclusive Mardi Gras organization, repeated the same right wing trope of “All Lives Matter.” The photo, which depicts a black and white child embracing, also says “Our souls are […]
Bring the Pain: Common Sense and Black Resistance
June 1, 2020‘Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting […]
Joe Biden and Black folks: An aside in three parts
May 25, 2020Part one: Let’s get this out of the way Donald Trump must go. His administration has proven to be destructive and divisive. He has courted white supremacists and Wall Street and bedded them together in a ménage à trois of greed, guns, and pu**y grabbing. He has made incompetence look like a skilled artform. He […]
White Supremacists Post with Impunity; Opponents Punished by Facebook
May 18, 2020I’ve come to the conclusion that Facebook has become a safe haven for hate speech rather than a safe space for minorities and disenfranchised groups. According to Facebook’s community standards, hate speech is defined as “direct attack on people based on what we call protected characteristics — race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, […]
Puccino’s Sends Out Racist Email, Claims “We Were Hacked”
May 15, 2020On Friday, Metairie-based Puccino’s Coffee sent out a mass email filled with both COVID-19 related conspiracy theories and racist language.
Facebook group in support of Ahmaud’s murderers run by racists, trolls…or both?
May 9, 2020On Thursday, May 7, two men, Gregory and Travis Micmichael, were charged in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory was the father and Travis was the son. Ahmaud was a 25 year old black man who was jogging when Gregory and Travis Micmichael hunted him down in a pickup truck. Arbery runs around the truck […]
The BET Networks in Conjunction with United Way America will Host the Saving Ourselves Benefit Concert on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 7:00 P.M
April 21, 2020The BET Networks in conjunction with United Way America will host the Saving Ourselves Benefit Concert on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. The New Orleans Council on Aging will be one of the Beneficiaries of this event. Seniors attending one of the 14 senior centers the New Orleans Council on Aging manages […]
ADL Survey Finds American Jews Feel More Threatened Than At Any Time in Past Decade
April 21, 2020Half of those polled have experienced antisemitism firsthand; 63 percent of Jews feel “less safe” New York, NY, April 21, 2020 … Nearly two-thirds of American Jews believe that they are less safe today than they were a decade ago, according to a new ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) survey on Jewish encounters with antisemitism in […]
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