Official Information About COVID-19 Is Reaching Fewer Black People on Facebook
According to data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project, there are major disparities in who is shown public health information about the pandemic.
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We need democracy, not billionaire philanthropy
Bill Gates and other billionaires "often use philanthropy to increase their own wealth while providing only marginal benefits to society, often increasing inequality around them — all while patting themselves on the back."
Read MoreHow COVID-19 exposed China’s anti-Black racism
Draconian containment measures introduced by Chinese authorities as the COVID-19 pandemic spread in early 2020 exposed Chinese society's underlying anti-Black African racism, sexism, toxic masculinity, and conservative nationalism.
Read MoreHow Black people in the 19th century used photography as a tool for social change
As photography technologies became widely available in the 19th century, Black Americans used the art of photography to empower themselves, facilitate social change, counteract racist caricatures, and "demonstrate dignity in the Black experience."
Read MoreAmanda Gorman: Award-winning 22-year-old African American poet and activist stole the Biden-Harris inauguration show with the reading of her soul-stirring poem “The Hill We Climb”
Amanda Gorman, an award-winning African American poet and activist, became the youngest presidential inauguration poet in U.S. history when she delivered her soul-stirring poem "The Hill We Climb," at the historical inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala D. Harris in Washington D.C. on Jan. 20, 2021.
Read MoreGlobal white supremacy cult: How the South African radical Right bolsters US extremism
South African white supremacists have long bolstered global white victimhood, anti-Black racism, far right extremism and QAnon conspiracy theories. They participated in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the United States Capitol by pro-Trump white nationalists, far-right extremists, white supremacists and QAnon adherents.
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