African Americans

Why do police mistake phones for guns? Racial bias in the brain, study finds

This new study suggests that there is a different neurological response in people of all races when they see the same tool associated with the face of a black or white person.

 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers move in on demonstrators in front of LA City Hall during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 8, 2025.
Hampton University.

US Black colleges and universities say they restricted campus activity after threats

 TWO JEWISH students hold up signs which read ‘Bring them home now’ and ‘Let us grieve,’ as they counter pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside Columbia University, in New York City, on the first day of the new semester, last Tuesday.

Crown Heights residents defy radical antisemitic, anti-Chabad rally in New York

Billy Porter (R) and Marisha Wallace (L) promoting the "Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club" show, July 21, 2025.

‘Black people have replaced the Jews,' Billy Porter controversially states promoting ‘Cabaret’ cast


Jewish leaders must thank Donald Trump for fighting antisemitism - opinion

How sickening that former so-called Jewish leaders want Jews to “resist” the protection of Jewish students.

US President Donald Trump sits inside the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, US, May 9, 2025.

Editor's Notes: Where are our allies?

Allyship, if it is genuine, should be mutual and bidirectional.

American Jews and their supporters participate in the March for Israel in Washington, DC, earlier this month.

Evidence of ‘culture clash’ in antisemitism discourse around Jamie Foxx’s ‘Jesus’ post

When should audiences read prejudice into statements? How much does context matter — and which context counts?

 Jamie Foxx attends the premiere of the film "Creed III" in London, Britain February 15, 2023

DNA of enslaved iron workers illuminates African American history

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the researchers examined historical DNA alongside genetic testing company 23andMe's personal ancestry database to identify 41,799 Americans related to the 27 people.

A formerly enslaved resident of Philadelphia.

Israelis need to learn how to treat Arabs, the African-Americans of Israel - Opinion

The Israeli Arabs are where African Americans were in the 1960s.

 A PERSON passes by a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, DC, last January.

Reconstructionist Judaism moves to back reparations for African Americans

Representatives of 47 congregations voted in support of a resolution that endorsed reparations for Black Americans. 11 abstained and none voted against.

 Rabbi Deborah Waxman is president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism.

Kanye West's antisemitism inspired by Louis Farrakhan - opinion

Farrakhan must be treated as a persona non grata in America. For too long, his poisonous presence and rhetoric have been tolerated.

 OBSERVERS OF antisemitism quickly grasped that Kanye West’s (right) antisemitism closely mirrors that of Minister Louis Farrakhan (left), the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam

The Kyrie Irving case isn’t about Blacks vs Jews - opinion

Black leaders have questioned Jewish claims to victimhood — especially when Jews accuse other Black leaders, such as Louis Farrakhan, of antisemitism

 Oct 29, 2022; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) argues a call in the third quarter against the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center.

Jewish community won't 'get pass' on 'anti-blackness,' slavery - US politician

"The Jewish community will not get a pass on their long history of anti-blackness, from their role in slavery to anti-Black American hate, to hatred towards black Jews," said Gregg Marcel Dixon.

 Rapper Kanye West holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. July 19, 2020.

Kanye West claims Planned Parenthood, KKK conspired to 'control Jew population'

Kanye doubled down on unsupported claims that "the people known as the race black really are" Jews in footage cut from his recent Fox News interview.

 Kanye West during the Cincinnati Bengals game against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium

Supreme Court judge nominee speaks about Jewish-Black alliance

Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to Supreme Court judge, spoke about the special circumstances in which her school was founded.

 Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2022.