Police commissioner Robert Copeland, 82, resigned from his post as head of the Wolfeboro police commission Monday following his town's demand that he step down for making racial remarks toward the the nation's president.
Ethnicity and ethics are intertwined, particularly in a society where race affects socioeconomic status, education, careers, housing discrimination, health care, technology, class wealth and experiences of racism — both covert and overt.
60 years after the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision that segregation by race is unconstitutional, segregation is still widespread in public schools across the nation.
After a review into the allegations that three Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity members from the University of Mississippi tied a noose around the neck of a campus statute of James Meredith, an iconic civil rights activist, the fraternity decided Thursday to shut down the Ole Miss chapter.
Survivors return home, and many veterans find themselves in a community that has no understanding of what was personally given during combat. And, heroes who don't return... their loss is quite obvious... yet, they remain un-thanked for what they've given, simply because of their race.
Ian Haney López, author of Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class, shows us how politicians use racist coded language to influence white voters.
The passing and subsequent vetoing of Senate Bill 1062, which would have legalized discrimination towards gays, shows Arizona's resistance to a nation becoming increasingly intolerant towards intolerance.
During her recent appearance on "Oprah: Where Are They Now," the 90s hit sitcom "Sister Sister" teen star Tamara Mowry tearfully opens up about horrific racism that she has experienced because of her interracial marriage.
Specific interactions that can be interpreted as small acts of non-physical aggression, in regards to race, culture, or gender are called microaggressions. These brief and routine acts of ignorance are intentional and unintentional hostile or derogatory racial slights, and subtle insults against minorities, which can be further undermined when addressing someone's gender, sexual orientation or ability.
On Friday, Nov. 8, a man was shot and killed while driving his car in a Rialto neighborhood in Southern California. According to Police Captain Randy DeAnda, the fatal shooting was the result of an ongoing dispute that was fueled by racial slurs.
Unable to prove her heritage, Jakiyah McKoy loses her title as Little Miss Hispanic Delaware, though some say that it was stripped away because she is too black.
