Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder, Robert Johnson has stated that tearing down statues across America and canceling TV shows achieves ‘nothing’ in the fight for racial equality. Calls have been mounting to take down statues and symbols of racist and Confederate figures amid protests demanding an end to systemic racism in the wake …
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After weeks of protests against racism and policy brutality prompted by the death of George Floyd, a black man killed on May 25 in police custody in Minneapolis, US President Donald Trump, on Tuesday signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices while maintaining “law and order.” Trump, flanked by Police chiefs opened his remarks by expressing sympathy to the families of victims of police violence, pledging to fight for justice and promising them their …
British rapper, Stormzy and his company have pledged £10 million over the next 10 years to organisations fighting for racial equality and social justice in the UK. The 26-year-old grime rapper, who took part in a recent Black Lives Matter rally in London, released a statement through his #Merky company on Thursday. It said: ‘The uncomfortable truth that our country continuously fails to recognise and admit, is that black people in the UK have been at a constant …
Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand on Friday announced a $100 million donation to help the ongoing fight against racial injustice. In a joint statement released by his manager Estee Portnoy, the basketball legend said that over the next 10 years, he and his brand will donate $100 million to “organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education.” “Jordan Brand is more than one man. It has always been a family,” the statement begins. “We …
Amid the George Floyd protests going on in the US, Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) has said the US government should pay up to 14 trillion dollars as reparations to black people for slavery. Johnson, 74, in an interview with CNBC said that the U.S. government should make $14 trillion available for reparations as the money would help to reduce the ‘systemic racial inequality’ that stems from the country’s history of slavery. ‘Now …
Mark Zuckerberg has reacted to the deaths of a number of African Americans resulting from police brutality and he disclosed the efforts he’s making to use his platform to combat racial injustice. The Facebook founder mourned the murder of, not just George Floyd, but also Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. He condemned police brutality saying it “reminds us how far our country has to go to give every person the freedom to live with dignity and peace.” …