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Black Excellist: 25 Black Business Spotlight - Oct. 2020

Black Excellist: 25 Black Business Spotlight

When 'Black' and 'Christian' Collide

Trillia Newbell, Vermon Pierre, and John Onwuchekwa discuss what it means to be both black and a Christian.

Why Christianity is perceived as the white man's religion | Olivia Pierce

Unconscious bias and lack of racial diversity in visual representation causes damage in schools, communities, workplaces and places of worship across the globe. It creates a divide between those who see themselves as empowered, and those who don’t. What steps can we take to begin to address this issue? A junior at Edina High School, Olivia Pierce likes to write music, run track, read, and paint. Bold without fear on stage, she is also an actor and sees a future for herself as a pediatrician. As a Christian, Olivia tries to live out her faith actively every day and show God’s love to others through her actions. As a civil rights activist, Olivia is working to ensure that all people can have their voices heard and respected. .

Is Christianity For Black People?

Christianity has been a prominent part of many Black people's lives, around the world; a foundation for many. But given the alleged introduction of the religion to us, we wanted to know if its doing more bad than good.

How US schools punish Black kids | 2020 Election

When it comes to who gets punished and removed from American classrooms, the US doesn’t treat all students equally. Black students get suspended and expelled far more frequently than their white classmates, and often for the same or similar offenses. And the weeks of school that Black kids miss each year can kick off a chain reaction that changes a child’s future. But the US education system gives the American president a tremendous amount of power over public schools. Whoever holds the Presidency decides how schools handle things like testing, class size, and discipline. During the Obama administration, the US Department of Education started to take the country’s school discipline problem seriously. They investigated the schools with significant racial gaps in punishment rates, and issued guidance on how to replace outdated policies with more effective ones. Then Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s education secretary, abandoned those efforts. Trump's administration stopped releasing discipline data, changed the standard of what constitutes racist outcomes, and scaled back efforts to fix or even acknowledge racial disparities in how we punish kids. In this video we explain the origins of this crisis, and how the 2020 election could change things.
 

How are the Children? Black Education in the Wake of COVID - Virtual 2020 ALC

National foundation program officers and education organization leaders discuss the major issues facing Black students against the backdrop of COVID and Black Lives Matter Black and share what their organizations and partners are doing to advance educational equity and justice in Black communities.

Fatal police shooting of Black teen in Illinois sparks protests

The mayor of Waukegan, Illinois, is calling for calm after a deadly police shooting of a Black teenager.

Dr. Claud Anderson Discusses America's Race Based Society, PowerNomics + More

Dr. Claud Anderson Discusses America's Race Based Society

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