Category: Videos

  • Piers Morgan shot down after trying to justify comments about ‘racist’ Muhammad Ali during GMB The Daily Mirror London, England 2016-06-06 The host previously tweeted that Ali was responsible for a number of ‘inflammatory’ and ‘racist’ comments Piers Morgan was shot down as he discussed Muhammad Ali during Good Morning Britain. Over the weekend the…

  • “Slow Jam the News” with President Obama The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon NBC 2016-09-06 Jimmy Fallon and President Obama slow jam the news, discussing Obama’s legacy, accomplishments and thoughts on the 2016 election.

  • This web series asks black women around the world to explain what beauty means to them Fusion 2016-06-02 Tahirah Hairston Courtesy of Un-Ruly They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but that’s not the impression you’d get from flipping through a fashion magazine. The images we see in mainstream media every day…

  • Race, revolution and interracial relations: Revisiting rapper Emicida’s video ‘Boa Esperança’, the most courageous video of 2015 Black Women of Brazil 2016-04-25 Note from BW of Brazil: Get ready! Today’s piece is one of those long articles in which you must read every word in order to get the full significance. The rapper known as…

  • Sweden: People didn’t turn on refugees; system maxed out Cable News Network (CNN) Amanpour 2016-05-08 Christiane Amanpour speaks with Alice Bah Kuhnke, Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy, about the crushing refugee crisis in Europe.

  • Day of Absence 2016: Carolyn Prouty – Race-Based Medicine: What It Is And Why It’s a Problem The Evergreen State College Productions Olympia, Washington 2016-04-06 Carolyn Prouty There is no biological basis for race; it is a socially constructed concept. Nonetheless, the structural nature of racism in society manifests itself in different health outcomes for…

  • Remarks by the President at Howard University Commencement Ceremony The White House Washington, D.C. 2016-05-07 Office of the Press Secretary Howard University Washington, D.C. 11:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Hello, Howard! (Applause.) H-U! AUDIENCE: You know! THE PRESIDENT: H-U! AUDIENCE: You know! THE PRESIDENT: (Laughter.) Thank you so much, everybody. Please, please, have…

  • Obama Gets All In His Blackness At Howard Code Switch National Public Radio 2016-05-10 Leah Donnella “Be confident in your heritage. Be confident in your blackness,” President Barack Obama told graduates and their families at Howard University’s 2016 Commencement Ceremony. It was one of many moments in a speech that honored the achievements of black…

  • Racial Passing in American Life The Hill Center Washington, D.C. 2016-05-10 Lisa Page, Director of Creative Writing at The George Washington University, and co-editor of the forthcoming anthology, #Passing, moderates a discussion with Dr. Allyson Hobbs. Hobbs is an assistant professor of American history at Stanford University. She is the author of A Chosen Exile:…

  • The Calumet Roundtable: A Discussion with Samantha Joyce The Calumet Roundtable 2016-04-07 Lee Artz, Host and Professor of Communication Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana Samantha Joyce, Professor of Mass Communication Indiana University, South Bend In this episode of “The Calumet Roundtable,” host Dr. Lee Artz, Professor of Communication at Purdue University Calumet, and guest Dr.…