Amid rising reports of discrimination from the Asian American community, Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan today launched a discrimination helpline.
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Posted inFeatured, News
Early data shows African Americans are contracting, dying of COVID-19 at an alarming rate
Black people are being infected and dying of COVID-19 at higher rates. Here’s what Milwaukee is doing about it — and why governments need to start releasing data on the race of COVID-19 patients.
Posted inFeatured, News
Black woman-owned company Honey Pot soars after backlash from Target ad
Honey Pot, a Black woman-owned company showcased in a Target commercial has come under fire.
Posted inBlack History Month, Featured, Sports
U of M Gopher football sports some ugly racial history – Part 2
This story looks back at a time when racism was even more flagrant, leading to the death of an Iowa State Black student-athlete Jack Trice.
Posted inBlack History Month, Opinion
Mammy and how racist stereotypes impact Black women
Niceness can be a form of manipulation, creating a racial dynamic where people of color are required to maintain White comfort to survive.
Posted inMLK Legacy Section, Opinion
Not as much as we would like has changed since the murder of MLK
The U.S. is a very different place than it was in 1968. Or is it?
Posted inSports
Cultural conditioning still relegating Blacks to also-rans
Yes, cultural conditioning is alive and well in the NFL. It’s called the Rooney Rule.
Posted inOpinion
Crime, race and opportunity in the first week of 2020
The very first week of the year in the Twin Cities brought much to talk about and reflect on.
Posted inOpinion
400 years later race still marks the spot
The year 2019 was like most years for those who are considered Black living in the United States; life was a series of avoiding pitfalls, while watching one’s budget, being cautious around cops and being careful not to say the wrong thing while at work.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
The cold hard truth: college football can’t escape it
College football all this fall has been celebrating 150 years but the romanticized, celebratory recollections hide the racial myths about Blacks.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Worst, yet again: racial disparities remain a Black mark for Twin Cities
Once again, In every measurable area, Blacks fared worse than Whites in the Twin Cities metro area.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Trust level plunges after Kroll embraces Trump
A deeper look at the reaction of Minneapolis Police Lt. Bob Kroll’s embrace of President Trump.
Posted inOpinion
Volume on xenophobia and racism on blast
Pres. Trump’s statement illustrates how perceptions of birthright, citizenship, ownership, and racial entitlement have upped the volume of xenophobia and racism.
Posted inOpinion
Studies expose destructive housing inequities
Here in Minnesota, the data suggest housing costs are continuing to rise unabated, which again disproportionately affect communities of color.
Posted inOpinion
Trump’s attempt to erase Harriet Tubman
The attempted erasure of Tubman represents yet another move in the Trump playbook to disconnect racial reality from White fantasy.
Posted inEducation
Highland Park Middle School teacher placed on leave after using ‘racist’ language to describe Black students
A Highland Park High School teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced on social media showing the teacher using “racist and foul” language at the school.
Posted inOpinion
From ‘40 acres and a mule’ to the 2020 election, a brief history of reparation promises
Reparations has emerged as a hot topic among Democratic candidates hoping to replace Trump in 2020. But until now, the issue has only rarely received national attention.
Posted inOpinion
WORD ON THE STREET: Are Black Americans due reparations?
With reparations being such a hot-button topic, the MSR was inspired to hit the streets to find out what our communities think.
Posted inOpinion
Shameful legacies, ongoing neglect
In most American cities throughout the 20th century, people of color, African Americans in particular, were relegated to separate and structurally unequal communities often by means of the practices briefly referenced above.
Posted inOpinion
Resilience is not one of the R’s at North High
If words count, then the Star Tribune headline, ‘At North High lessons include reading, writing and resilience,’ and its accompanying article sent more than a few messages in one.