American Airlines has some explaining to do after kicking off a Black Couple and their 7 week old Baby from a flight traveling from Charlotte to Philadelphia. In the video you can see the mother holding the infant while trying to explain to the flight attendant the nature of events that occurred. She does so calmly even as her voice trembles from what she’s currently experiencing. A male flight...
Discrimination
Question, would you rather be physically incarcerated or mentally incarcerated? That’s a question that you’re questioning, what type of question is that? I pose that question because as someone who’s currently incarcerated, we’re viewed by a large population of the public as castaways that are no good for society. Some of it is partly true, and some of it is ignorance from not knowing or misinformation of how a...
What does August 29, 2005, vs. August 29, 2021, have in common? Sadly, a lot. Exactly 16 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in the state of Louisiana residents are dealing with Hurricane Ida. 16 years later we have made minimal progress in the fight to dismantle/improve the damaging effects of structural and environmental racism. To note, about 60% of the population in New Orleans is...
By Frenshea Love, BWNC Black women have never entered the world without crossing an intersection. Race, class, gender, sexuality- Black women have always had to navigate social barriers like a deadly highway. These social barriers zooming toward us all at once. And Vice President Kamala Harris crossed them all. So, this moment is bittersweet because Looking at Kamala reminds me of all the debris that cluttered that already dangerous...
