White Privilege

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September 19, 2015

Black student hangs Jim Crow-like restroom signs to protest 'white privilege'

An art student at University at Buffalo admitted to hanging "whites only" and "blacks only" signs outside the restrooms at…
July 22, 2015

White tears, #AllLivesMatter are attempts to steer spotlight off black suffering

OPINION - Although I don't believe the removal of the confederate flag from South Carolina's Statehouse was a thorough rebuffing…
July 19, 2015

MTV's Satirical 'White Squad' ads are more fact than fiction

theGrio REPORT - MTV Decoded has released a brilliant satire called "White Squad," a fake company designed to allow minorities…
July 12, 2015

Have a hard time explaining 'white privilege' to people? This video nails it

theGrio REPORT - How do you explain privilege to people who have the luxury of taking it for granted?
July 11, 2015

Michael Brown art exhibit opens in Chicago, some say it's distasteful

theGrio REPORT - In Chicago, a new art exhibit has opened that has lots of people raising eyebrows.
July 10, 2015

MTV to air documentary 'White People' shaming white privilege

theGRIO REPORT - MTV is airing a controversial documentary about white privilege that network executives say will take a look…
June 16, 2015

Rachel Dolezal admits she has 'privilege' as a black woman with 'lighter skin'

theGrio REPORT - After being the topic of heated debate for the better part of the week, Rachel Dolezal has…
June 15, 2015

Rachel Dolezal's black woman ruse: It was all about social capital

OPINION - My conclusion: Rachel Dolezal’s social capital goes even further as a light-skinned, blue-eyed black girl even than a…
May 12, 2015

Professor's tweets under fire, but why are folks offended?

OPINION - Saida Grundy’s position as an associate professor at Boston University (a position that she hasn’t even started yet)…
April 16, 2015

White privilege? Cops let underage drinker go after she beats them in 'Rock, Paper Scissors'

An underage drinker in Texas was understandably relieved when she got out of a citation, but it was the way
April 12, 2015

White family violently attacks cops during questioning

theGrio REPORT - On Friday, Arizona investigators released dramatic video of a Walmart parking lot brawl that left a police…
January 25, 2015

Arizona State University's "Problem With Whiteness" course on race causes backlash

theGrio REPORT - Eighteen students at Arizona State University are enrolled in a new, controversial English class called “U.S. Race…
December 4, 2014

Internet explodes with #CrimingWhileWhite hashtag

theGRIO REPORT - As racial tensions rise around the country after neither officer involved in the deaths of Michael Brown…
October 14, 2014

The Whiteness Project: White people talk about being white

theGRIO REPORT - Filmmaker Whitney Dow launched a new PBS project, entitled "The Whiteness Project: Inside the White Caucasian Box,"…
July 17, 2014

Woman launches online fundraiser to gain 'white privilege'

theGRIO REPORT - One young black woman has launched an online fundraising campaign to raise the money she feels she's…
November 21, 2013

B.o.B.: 'I could say that I blew up Bruno Mars'

theGRIO VIDEO - B.o.B , the 25-year-old Atlanta-based hip-hop artist, drops his new album 'Underground Luxury' next month...
October 31, 2013

Halloween: An excuse for white privilege to go on parade

OPINION - Realistically, the folks who will read this article are black people who already know that blackface is not…
July 22, 2013

‘We Are Not Trayvon Martin’ Tumblr springs up as space for whites to share sympathy with Martin supporters

ANALYSIS - 'We Are Not Trayvon Martin' is one of the rare circumstances in which someone had the good intent…
January 17, 2013

‘White Privilege’ lesson in Wisconsin high school draws national attention

theGRIO REPORT - National attention has been drawn to a Wisconsin high school's 'American Diversity' course...