Category Archives: Institutional Racism

Open Thread | Take Your Blood Pressure Meds Before Reading This

Posted on April 15, 2026 by rikyrah

Absolutely foul and disgusting human beings! Pure, unadulterated RACISM! Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man By JACK BROOK and SARA CLINE Updated 4:25 PM CDT, April 9, 2026 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | For Those Black People Delusional Enough To Support Trump and Want to Know the Difference Between A Harris and Trump Administrations

Posted on October 7, 2024 by rikyrah

Look no further. rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) posted at 1:53 AM on Fri, Sep 27, 2024: ANY Black man or woman considering voting for Donald Trump should listen to ALL of this. This is the results of a Biden-Harris Dept. of Justice … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 Elections, Breaking News, Civil Rights, Elections, Institutional Racism, Justice, Open Thread, Politics, US Department of Justice | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Open Thread | Still Don’t Think The Courts Matter?

Posted on June 5, 2024 by rikyrah

The 2016 Election will haunt us FOR DECADES. When we told you that The Courts were at stake. Some of you arrogantly took to purse your lips that you ‘ couldn’t be scared into voting for Hillary by using the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Elections, 2024 Elections, Affirmative Action, African Americans, Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, Breaking News, Civil Rights, Democracy, Economics, Elections, Federal Judges, Federal Judiciary, GOP, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, President Joe Biden, Supreme Court | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Open Thread | IF You Need to Understand Black Disdain for the Republican Party….

Posted on March 14, 2024 by rikyrah

Look no further. chris evans (@notcapnamerica) posted at 8:56 AM on Fri, Mar 08, 2024: And as an addendum, here are a list of policies or initiatives Republicans are pushing around the country that disproportionately hurt Black people that Democrats … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 Elections, African Americans, Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, Breaking News, Elections, Gerrymandering, GOP, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 38 Comments

Open Thread | They Continue To Want To Police Our Bodies

Posted on October 16, 2023 by rikyrah

That legacy of slavery has not left this country. The fight over Black Hair never seems to end. So, for those who purse their lips to say that ‘it’s just hair’. It’s NEVER just hair. There is no other group … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Autonomy, Breaking News, Culture, Current Events, Education, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, racial hate, Racial Oppression, Racial Profiling | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Open Thread | These Racists Never Stop

Posted on August 23, 2023 by rikyrah

UH HUH UH HUH The unmitigated gall. A conservative activist, Edward Blum, who was involved in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject affirmative action in college admissions, has filed a lawsuit against Fearless Fund, a Black venture capital firm … Continue reading →

Posted in African Americans, Black Excellence, Black History, Breaking News, Current Events, Economics, Economy, Empowerment, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Open Thread | I Love It When Receipts Are Brought….Florida Educational Standards…American Chattel Slavery vs The Holocaust

Posted on August 8, 2023 by rikyrah

Nikole Hannah Jones brought IT and RECEIPTS. There's been much gaslighting & moderate justifying of the new Florida social studies standards, people stating the "clarifications" were designed to show Black resilience, or were just "facts." So, I thought I'd compare … Continue reading →

Posted in American Chattel Slavery, Black Excellence, Black History, Book Banning, Breaking News, Current Events, Education, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, racial hate, Racial Oppression, racial terror, Racism, Slave Auctions, Slave Breeding in America, Slavery, Systematic Racism, The Holocaust | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 42 Comments

Open Thread | The Part of AMERICAN HISTORY That Some Want Erased

Posted on July 10, 2023 by rikyrah

I read these two tweets and just went UH HUH UH HUH – Black slaves worked for free for 270+ years– Black slaves were worth 2x more than railroads, which was arguably the most valuable asset– Black slaves were agricultural … Continue reading →

Posted in African Americans, Black Codes, Black Excellence, Black History, Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, Breaking News, Democracy, Elections, Heritage, History, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights | Tagged , , , , , | 27 Comments

Open Thread | How The Affirmative Action Case Might Effect HBCU’s

Posted on July 3, 2023 by rikyrah

One of the issues that came up after the Supreme Court’s horrible Affirmative Action, was how this would affect HBCU’s. Historically Black Colleges and Universities were developed post-Civil War to educate the newly freed Black populace. The question was what … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Black Excellence, Black History, Breaking News, College Admissions, Current Events, Economics, Education, History, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Supreme Court | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Open Thread | Let Us Be Honest About Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Posted on June 13, 2023 by rikyrah

😒😒🙄🙄 lol yeah, no. What's more likely is that legacy admissions, athletes, children of staff and faculty, and dean's list recipients got in over him. Also high grades and test scores guarantee nothing, most admission committees use that to screen … Continue reading →

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