Minority Students Wear KKK Costumes To School
A Florida high school is looking at disciplining three students who allegedly wore Ku Klux Klan costumes to class.
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A Florida high school is looking at disciplining three students who allegedly wore Ku Klux Klan costumes to class.
Much of July has been a time of unrest over the fatal shootings of black men by police.
Former NBA superstar Charles Barkley said black people have "got to do better" in response to last week's shootings of black men by police and the sniper attack that left five officers dead in Dallas.
The city of Fort Lauderdale is requesting the U.S. Department of Justice review it's handling of an internal affairs case involving four former police officers accused of racist behavior.
About 60 people marched through Doral on Sunday as part of a protest to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
It appears that the NBA is moving closer and closer to removing the Sterling family from its exclusive club. Shelly Sterling, who is now the lone trustee of the Sterling Family Trust that owns the Los Angeles Clippers, announced late Thursday night that she had signed an agreement to sell the franchise to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
The KKK flag, infuriating some neighbors as it flapped in the wind outside of a West Boca Raton home, was taken down Wednesday night.
A Palm Beach County man appears to be recruiting for the Ku Klux Klan with a KKK flag, noose and "Members Wanted" sign prominently displayed in the front yard of his trailer home.
As part of its celebration of Black History Month at CBSMiami.com. Miami Herald photographer Carl Juste is in the spotlight. Juste has pulled together some of the most talented artists in the world to tell the story of what it means to be African American. As CBS4's David Sutta explains, the exhibit uses photographs, paintings, even sculpture to illustrate how that identity has changed over the years.
Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin will not be rejoining the team anytime soon and will remain in Los Angeles, his hometown, where he is currently receiving counseling and waiting for the NFL investigation to finish, according to CBSSports.com.
Unfortunately, political poll after political poll reveals that the presidential election of 2012 has much to do – in fact, more to do – with the race of the presidential candidate than most anything else.
Romney supporters, including his son Tagg, have moved away from dog whistle politics and are now engaging in outright disrespectful and racist campaigning.
While it is reported that 94% or more of African-Americans support President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the upcoming national presidential election, the rarely-spoken question is: Are many African-Americans only voting for Obama because he's black?
While there's nothing wrong with an African-American president speaking in a black dialect, there is something terribly wrong with him speaking in a black accent and cadence when undoubtedly inciting racism to a predominantly African-American audience.
The media keeps suggesting that the racism regarding candidates has to do with whites not wanting to vote for a black man, even though Barack Obama won a presidential election with a great amount of white support in 2008. What the media isn't talking about is the NBC-Wall Street survey results which say that there are basically no black supporters for the Caucasian candidate, Mitt Romney, in 2012.
In 2008 it seemed we had entered a new era of post-racial politics, but the dog whistle politics of the Grand Old Party has again raised its ugly head. In fact, since Obama's election the Tea Party Republicans efforts to race bait have only increased.
As the investigation continues into the death of a Miami teen shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, the victim's family is speaking out about the senseless tragedy.
This week the Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a rally demanding justice for the family of a black teen who was shot and killed by a white neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated Sanford community.
Florida has a reputation of being a welcoming, tourist destination. But according to the Anti-Defamation League, there's a dark side of the Sunshine State full of hate groups.
