October 2018 - Page 7 of 7 - Free Press of Jacksonville

Black Mexicans Face Racism Daily in Mexico

October 2, 2018 Staff 0

In 2016, Mexico’s government for the first time ever recognized the 1.38 million citizens of African descent living in the country. They weren’t counted in the national census until 2015. In Mexico’s 2020 national […]

‘White Boy Rick’ Detroit Premiere has Family Drama on Screen — and in the Theater

October 2, 2018 Staff 0

by Julie Hinds (Detroit Free Press) There is plenty of drama and family turmoil in “White Boy Rick,” the new movie about Richard Wershe Jr.’s teenage years in Detroit as an FBI informant and drug […]

Government-sponsored race discrimination has suppressed black homeownership and generational wealth

October 2, 2018 Staff 0

By Hazel Trice Edney WASHINGTON–Despite the fact that the Fair Housing Act was passed by Congress more than 50 years ago, evidence reveals that government-supported racial discrimination in home buying remains rampant across the U.S. […]