Why we still need affirmative action
OPINION - It's 2013 and we've yet to truly overcome. Maybe it's not the best policy. But it is much better than nothing...
ACLU study: Pot arrests more likely for blacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana far more often than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same...
Does America need a 'white Obama'?
OPINION - Will it take a white president to see Obama’s dreams for America come to fruition? All evidence now points to yes...
Teacher accused of molestation claims she doesn't touch black kids
theGRIO REPORT - A teacher accused of sexually molesting a first grader has claimed in her defense that because she’s racist she wouldn’t feel comfortable touching a black child...
Obama, black America and the racial backlash
OPINION - Many, including whites and blacks, are pointing to Obama’s ethnicity as a deciding or at least informing factor—albeit for different reasons. Ironically, both groups point to racial prejudice as the culprit...
AP poll: US majority harbor prejudice against blacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks...
White man rejects grocery bagging by 'negroidal'
theGRIO REPORT - A white Texas man claims that allowing a black man, or in his words a "negroidal", to bag his groceries is a violation of his religious and civil rights...
Wayne Brady to Bill Maher: Who you callin' a Tom?
OPINION - To be sure, making over-the-top statements is Bill Maher’s shtick. But sometimes it reminds you of the white guy with black friends who slips and says the “n-word,” much to the dismay of that white guy’s former black friends...
Is the church to blame for homophobia?
theGRIO REPORT - For years now, black churches have carried a reputation of being misogynistic and homophobic institutions...
Can babies be racist? New study suggests bias
A new study from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst purports to have discovered new evidence of how early racial bias and prejudice can begin...
