Category Archives: racial hate

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 | 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 | When You See the Hate, Call It Out

Posted on December 19, 2022 by rikyrah

This ugliness. This Anti-Semitism. Don’t tell me that the New York Times didn’t know. Don’t allow them to gaslight us, pretending that it was done on accident. THIS👏🏾WAS👏🏾NO👏🏾ACCIDENT👏🏾 For those of you who still don’t get it, why people are … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Current Events, discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crime, Open Thread, Politics, Racial Bias, racial hate, racial terror | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Open Thread | Let Us Check In With 46

Posted on June 2, 2021 by rikyrah

President Biden went to Oklahoma on Tuesday. He spoke on the massacre in Tulsa.   President Biden in Tulsa: "Just because history is silent, it doesn't mean that it did not take place. And while darkness can hide much, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Black History, Economics, Economy, injustice, Open Thread, Politics, President Joe Biden, racial hate, Racial Oppression, racial terror, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Thursday Open Thread | 12 Black Elected Officials In Charlotte Receive Trump Inspired Racist Letters

Posted on August 15, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

At least 12 local elected officials, including black county commissioners, Charlotte City Council members who are people of color, and the black chair of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board, received similar letters in recent days, according to representatives of those bodies. … Continue reading →

Posted in African Americans, Current Events, News, Open Thread, Politics, racial hate, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , | 63 Comments

Friday Open Thread | Man Who Shot 3 Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies After Sentencing

Posted on March 1, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

How in the hell did it take this long to convict and sentenced him for a hate crime? Go on to your own place, racist bigot. Roland Bourgeois Jr. died just days after being sentenced to 10 years in prison … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, News, Open Thread, Politics, racial hate, racial terror | Tagged , , , , , | 63 Comments

Tuesday Open Thread | Steve King stripped from committee assignments over white nationalism comment

Posted on January 15, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

House Republican leaders removed Representative Steve King of Iowa from the Judiciary and Agriculture Committees on Monday night as the party officials scrambled to appear tough on racism and contain damage from comments Mr. King made to The New York … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, News, Open Thread, Politics, racial hate, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 89 Comments

60 Minutes: Oprah goes inside Memorial to Victims of Lynching

Posted on April 9, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

There is a reckoning taking place in America over how we remember our history. Much of the focus has been on whether or not to take down monuments that celebrate the Confederacy. But this story is about a new monument … Continue reading →

Posted in Black History, Crimes Against Humanity, Current Events, Lynching, Murder, News, Open Thread, racial hate, racial terror, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , | 49 Comments

Tragedy in Wrightsville Arkansas: 21 Black Boys Burned Alive

Posted on March 18, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

On March 5th 1959, 69 teenaged Negro Boys were padlocked inside the Wrightsville Negro Boys Industrial School Dormitory and the building mysteriously caught fire. 48 boys were able to force mesh metal screens off  windows and escape, 21 were burned … Continue reading →

Posted in Black History, Black Lives Matter, Crimes Against Humanity, News, Open Thread, racial hate, racial terror, Racism, Terrorism, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Monday Open Thread

Posted on February 12, 2018 by rikyrah

Happy Monday, Everyone! ICYMI

Posted in African Americans, Black Voters, Current Events, Hate Groups, Media, News, Open Thread, Politics, racial hate, Racism | Tagged , , , | 78 Comments