'Be My Slave' photo shoot causes controversy
theGRIO REPORT - Pakistani designer Aamna Aqeel has spawned the latest race-related controversy in fashion through her 'Be My Slave' photo shoot...
Wet Seal to pay $7.5 million in Philly-area race discrimination case
CLUTCH - Wet Seal has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class action discrimination case that originated when three African-American store workers from Delaware County filed a complaint last year claiming Wet Seal, Inc. fired them because they didn’t fit the store’s image...
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...
Has America historically shut its doors to African immigrants?
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. has historically had a poor track record in welcoming black immigrants regardless of their talents and, it doesn’t seem to be changing...
‘Tea Party’ is over: Ex-activist says racism, hypocrisy killed the movement
OPINION - Sadly, what began as a genuine opportunity to make this country more free has deteriorated to racist name calling, fear of anyone with brown skin, and an irrational focus on Sharia law...
A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
Harrison Ford on n-word in '42': 'It's historically accurate'
VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Harrison Ford talks about the new Jackie Robinson biopic "42," and weighs in on the film's use of the n-word....
White Student Union accused of targeting blacks as aggressors
theGRIO REPORT - One student at Maryland's Towson University has taken extra precautions to create campus security by forming a patrol group. But the organization has been criticized for targeting African-Americans as the main aggressors in acts of crime...
Barbs of racism, anti-Semitism in NY school clash
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — School board meetings descend into shouting matches. Accusations of racism and anti-Semitism fly. Angry parents turn their backs on board members in a symbolic stand of disrespect.
UN joins soccer leaders to rid sport of racism
GENEVA (AP) — The ugly side of the beautiful game was exposed Thursday as the U.N.'s top human rights official joined football officials and players in calling for an end to the "crime" of racism in sport...
