You might not know it, but the banjo came from Afr... ...nd Converse were even more full-throated in their racism . Citing the banjo’s use in blackface minstr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/10/04/Strummin-on-the-Old-Banjo-How-an-African-Instrument-Got-a-Racist-Reinvention/Hawaii became a US territory in 1898. The federal... ...garcane workers rebelled, whipping the underlying racism of the white ruling class into a kind of paranoia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/05/02/The-Bizarre-1909-Scheme-to-Make-Hawaii-More-White/Microsoft launched an artificial intelligence chat... ...y still remain. It's important to note that Tay's racism is not a product of Microsoft or of Tay itself. T... ...rsation. Tay doesn't even know it exists, or what racism is. The reason it spouted garbage is that racist...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/25/Microsoft-Deletes-Chatbot-Over-Offensive-Tweets/Photographer and University of Central Arkansas ph... ...orities. She says, “I want it to be about racism in all its forms. I want people to at least start...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/05/Photographers-Series-Features-Interracial-Couples-and-the-Rude-Things-Said-to-Them/(Photo: Tribune News Service)In the Jim Crow era, racial segregation shamefully extended into many of America’s public libraries. Pearl Thompson experienced this herself in 1942. She went to the public library of R...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/08/After-Being-Rejected-73-Years-Ago-92-Year-Old-Black-Woman-Finally-Gets-Her-Library-Card/(Photo: AP)On January 31, 1954, black civil rights protesters occupied a whites-only lunch counter at a McCrory's five-and-dime store in Rock Hill, South Carolina. These men, who came to be known as the "Friendship Nine,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/02/01/54-Years-Later-Civil-Rights-Protesters-Cleared-of-Convictions-for-Their-Protests/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqtS3hSwq3o] (Video Link)“Why are you black?” If you’re a black person visiting China, you may get asked this question. This fascinating video by TMD Shanghai shares the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/27/If-You-Are-Eating-Chocolate-How-Do-You-Know-When-to-Stop-Being-Black-in-China/Vi Hart partnered with game designer Nicky Case to create Parable of the Polygons, a game that illustrates how human nature (and math) makes diversification difficult, whether it’s a neighborhood, school, work plac...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/09/Parable-of-the-Polygons/(Photo: Sven Torfinn/New York Times)Nairobi is a r... ...rsquo;s awesome.”Like any other motivation, racism
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/19/Luxury-Dining-in-Kenya-Macaroni-and-Cheese-Served-by-a-White-Waiter/[http://youtu.be/DsdSTY6Y-rs] (YouTube link)Ken Ta... ...ttle talk show -in Japanese with subtitles- about racism in Japan. You think you are in for a serious disc... ...s experience and whether it’s an example of racism against white people in Japan. But then the whole...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/06/02/Is-Japan-Racist/