White People

Labor Secretary Tells Black Press America Must Be Intentional About Employment Equity

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 28, 2021

The administration wants to level the playing field, which would allow those in communities of color to obtain good-paying jobs, ascend to the middle class, and be rewarded when it comes time for promotions and other opportunities to advance. “I think we are seeing 500,000 jobs per month added to the economy on average over the last three months, and we saw some positive signs in the hospitality industry this month,” explained U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

National News Political

House of Representatives Passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

Stacy M Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMarch 11, 2021

“For too long, we have endured the pain of watching or seeing the deaths of people of color, particularly Black men and women, at the hands of rogue police officers who operate with impunity and take it upon themselves to be the arbiters of life and death,” Congresswoman Maxine Waters declared. “The trauma that our communities feel is only made worse by the ways in which we are forced to reckon with the reality that Black people are over 3.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white people, and Black teenagers are 21 times more likely to be killed by police than white teenagers.”

Julianne Malveaux

Adding Fuel to the Fire of Our Pandemics

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire ContributorSeptember 24, 2020

Forty-five fanned the flames of fear and uncertainty about COVID-19 with false comments about the virus. First, he said it was going to go away, and that it was no more severe than the flu. Then he suggested a drug, hydroxychloroquine, that has proven to be ineffective. Then he “jokingly” suggested Lysol or bleach to cure the virus.

Entertainment TV

Let’s Talk About Race

Kimberlee Buck, Contributing WriterAugust 14, 2015

MTV documentary White People discussing what it means to be young, white and privileged

Entertainment TV

Let’s Talk About Race: MTV documentary White People discussing what it means to be young, white and privileged

Kimberlee Buck, Contributing WriterAugust 12, 2015

Filmmaker, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and executive director Jose Antonio Vargas is traveling across the country in a new MTV documentary series White People that allows cameras to look into the lives of various White people and getting them to talk about the one issue that can be unsettling, race.