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Clip of the Day

February 6, 2012 at 2:22pm

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Topics: Black Men, Black Youth, institutional racism, police brutality, Poverty, racism, Violence

VIDEO: NYPD Kicked Down Door Without Warrant Before Shooting Ramarley Graham

Surveillance footage taken minutes before unarmed 18 year-old Ramarley Graham was killed has been released, showing NYPD kicking down door without a warrant before the shooting. Will these cops face any kinds of repercussions for their actions? Sound off below!

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Featured Article

February 3, 2012 at 2:23pm

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Topics: ethnic studies, institutional racism, Latino youth, Public Education, racism

Arizona Students Organize Their Own Ethnic Studies Courses

In opposition to a city-wide ban on the teaching of Mexican-American Studies courses in high schools, a group of Tucson, AZ Chicano students have organized their own weekly ethnic studies courses.

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Featured Article

January 27, 2012 at 11:56am

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Topics: Black Youth, Chicago, Hate Crime, racism, Violence

White Teens Attack Black Student, Place Noose Around His Neck

Three white Chicago teenagers have been arrested and charged with committing a hate crime, unlawful restraint and battery after placing a noose around a 17 year-old Black classmate’s neck, and threatening him with a knife. Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!

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Featured Article

January 27, 2012 at 11:13am

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Topics: GOP, KKK, Neocolonialism, racism, tea party, White supremacy

STUDY: Racists, Right-Wingers Have LOW IQs

According to researchers at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, children with low intelligence are more likely to be prejudiced and racist as adults, and will thus gravitate towards socially conservative ideologies, which reinforce their prejudices. In other words, racists and right wingers tend to have low IQs. They’re dumb. Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!

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Featured Article

January 26, 2012 at 1:52pm

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Topics: Anti-Black Racist Structures, black histoy, Eeducation, History, institutional racism, racism, school

Tennessee Tea Partiers Want to REMOVE Slavery, Genocide from Text Books!

Earlier this month, the Tennessee Tea Party presented a proposal to state legislatures that would literally rewrite history, airbrushing or removing all together topics such as slavery and genocide from school text books! The experiences of minority groups througout American history are already way too hard to come by in classrooms across the country; now they want to get rid of them altogether?!

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Clip of the Day

January 19, 2012 at 12:45pm

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Topics: black women, internet, racism, reverse racism

‘Shit White Girls Say…To Black Girls” Creator Speaks Out, Releases Part 2

“Shit White Girls Say—To Black Girls” creator Franchesca Ramsey has returned with a sequel to her highly controversial contribution to the relentless “Shit People Say” meme. And it is absolutely hilarious. Check it out, as well as her appearance on Anderson Cooper’s talk show, at BlackYouthProject.com / @BlackYouthProj

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Featured Article

January 18, 2012 at 10:53am

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Topics: Anti-Black Racist Structures, institutional racism, Poverty, racism, Unemployment

REPORT: Black Unemployment MUCH HIGHER Than National Average

A new report by UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education finds that throughout 2011 unemployment amongst African Americans hovered between 15 and 16 percent, while falling below 9 percent for the rest of the population. Why has the Black unemployment rate remained so high?

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Clip of the Day

January 12, 2012 at 10:35am

By Dallas
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Topics: Anti-Black Racist Structures, Black Boys, education, institutional racism, public schools, racism

STUDY: Black Boys Receive Less Attention, Harsher Punishments, and Lower Grades In School

According to a recent study conducted by the Yale University Child Study Center, Black boys recieve less attention, harsher punishments, and lower grades in school than their White counterparts. This trend persists from kindergarten all the way through college, regardless of socioeconomic status. What can we do to fight these trends?

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Clip of the Day

January 11, 2012 at 10:23am

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Topics: Black woman, police brutality, racism

VIDEO: Police Officer Punches Special Needs Woman in the Face!

In Bellflower, California, an unarmed, special needs woman was asked by police officers to exit a city bus. When she refused, the male officer punched her in the face. And the entire incident was caught on tape! Check out the footage at BlackYouthProject.com. How can this kind of force ever be justified on an unarmed, special needs woman?

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Getting Past Youth Terrorism

So I’m sick and tired of conversations about the state of Black youth ending with the same played-out solutions—restoring strong family values. Now don’t get me wrong, of course family is important, but we are mistaken if we think that broken homes are the main factors fueling gang violence. If we should blame anything it should [...]

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