Recent blackface incidents unveil America’s ingrained racism
Imani Thaniel, Contributing Writer Americans saw blackface for the first time at a minstrel show in New York in the 1830s. White performers covered their faces […]
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Column: How imagery drives racism
Fadel Allassan, News Editor For the many who doubt the existence of racism in contemporary American society, a glance at the news in the last […]
EXCLUSIVE: VCU and predecessors yearbooks show racist imagery as late as 1989, students held “Slave Sale” fundraiser
Hannah Eason, Contributing Writer Yearbooks from the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia are littered with racist photos, some published as recently […]
Jussie Smollett: Another Victim of Trump’s America
Tagwa Shammet, Contributing Writer [Editor’s note: This story was written and published prior to the surfacing of reports that Jussie Smollett may have paid the two […]
Column: Northam talked reconciliation on race. His refusal to resign is contradictory to that.
Fadel Allassan, News Editor In the exact moment the public was made aware of a yearbook photo appearing to depict Gov. Ralph Northam in blackface […]
