Racial Issues

Report: Black, Hispanic Missouri Drivers Face Disproportionate Number of Police Searches

Police search African American and Hispanic Missouri drivers at a notably higher rate than white drivers -- despite the fact that these minority groups are actually less likely to have contraband on them. These are the findings of an annual vehicle-stops report that Attorney General Chris Koster r ... More >>

All Politics Is Racial: The tiny north-county hamlet of Vinita Park puts a new spin on the old adage

St. Louis Activist Percy Green Compares Lacy Clay to Samuel L. Jackson in Django Unchained

The St. Louis mayor's race is over -- but controversial commentary on the battle between Francis Slay and Lewis Reed apparently is not. Activist Percy Green sent around an op-ed he wrote to his e-mail list this week with his analysis of the primary race between the long-time incumbent and challeng ... More >>

Brad Paisley's "Accidental Racist": Why This Song Sucks

Monday, Brad Paisley, a white man, joined hands with LL Cool J, a black man, and attempted to end racism with a song called "Accidental Racist" (below), wherein Paisley addressed the debilitating dread of being an affluent white male in America and LL panthered around in the background, high-fiving ... More >>

Kevin Slaten's Racial Rant Got His Show Canceled. He Had a Point, Though

So the general manager of the sports radio station KFNS (590 AM) was quoted in the Post-Dispatch this morning explaining that host Kevin Slaten's racial rant on black voters last week "led to" the cancellation of his show. Surprised? This is the same radio host, mind you, who once told an RFT staff ... More >>

Neighborhoods Across U.S. Are Growing More Diverse, But St. Louis Is Lagging

The Manhattan Institute, a conservative research foundation, released a large study this week claiming that the nation's all-black "ghettos" are dissolving and that American neighborhoods have never been so racially integrated since 1910. Using census data, the authors of the report, titled "The En ... More >>

This Is A Real YouTube Genre: "Riding Turtles With Rap Music"

Here's the great and terrible thing about YouTube: If you have an intensely specific desire to see something, like, say, animals riding very slow turtles with an overdubbed hip hop soundtrack, YouTube's seedy underbelly has probably already turned it into a genre of videos with its own playlist. H ... More >>

City of Haterz? Readers talk Ashton, Demi and St. Louis' black culture

Bethel Providence Church Unites Black and White Congregations

Courtesy of Bethel Providence Christian Church​Bethel Providence Christian Church is a traditional brick building crowned by a steeple and fronted by a large cross. The interior of the chapel is equally traditional: Two tight rows of glossy wooden pews lead to a functional pulpit and altar, su ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Is "brown pride" the same as "white pride"?

Comment of the Day: Is It Okay For Blacks to Have Race-Based Agenda?

Today's comment comes in a response to a post about how four black Missouri legislators lined up with Republicans to override Governor Jay Nixon's veto of the state's new congressional districts. In voting with the Republicans, the four Democratic defectors ensured that the districts of Missouri's t ... More >>

Sing for Your Life

Sing For Your Life

Comment of the Day: Blame Societal Ills, Not MetroLink

Today's comment comes in response to a post about a Post-Dispatch article today that reported how some business owners and patrons in the Loop blame MetroLink for the influx of teenagers causing trouble in the district. When Riverfront Times reported a similar story three years ago, the Post-Dispatc ... More >>

Kevin Jackson wrote the book on how to win (white) friends and influence (black) people

Ask a Mexican: But one of my best friends is Mexican: Does disclaimer make racial slights OK?

Ask a Mexican: Special Mexican Independence Day Edition

Ask a Mexican: The Mexican explains why some Mexicans are Minutemen, douches

Amongst Us

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes Arizona policy, thanks to state Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: Remembering Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964

In the summer of 1964, hundreds of young northerners descended upon Mississippi to register black voters and teach in "Freedom Schools." Among them were Charles McLaurin, Chris Hexter and Tracy Sugarman, who were all based in the town of Ruleville in Sunflower County. McLaurin was the project direct ... More >>

Last Night: Watermelon Man at Schlafly Bottleworks

Creolthello

Imus, Revisited

Our Negro Leaguer weighs in again on the radio jock's fall from grace.

Tuskegee Airman Lewis Lynch: An appreciation.

The lasting legacy of a native son.

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of May 18, 2006

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of October 12, 2005

Ask a Negro Leaguer

Week of August 17, 2005

Race Rock

Local bands get together to help victims of racially motivated violence

Hot to Trot

The Globetrotters bring their incredible hoops skills to the Savvis

Farr Out Campaign

A loose-lipped former train conductor is looking to get his long-shot congressional bid on track

Blowing a Fuse

A black-owned St. Louis advertising firm is stirring the political pot

The Kings of Kingshighway

The Roberts brothers fight to bring back life to north St. Louis

Happy Kwanzaa, Earl!

A former St. Louis school board member laughs off a racist diatribe

Who's Afraid of Anthony Shahid?

He's a hero to some, a pain to others. Either way, he makes people very nervous.

Ugly on the Inside

Behind the cosmetics counter, things weren't quite as lovely

Dixie Chicken

Racial appeals of last week's primary are reminders of St. Louis' Southern streak

North Side Pitch

Jennifer Joyce crosses the racial divide to walk the streets and talk about crime

Payback Time

As the debate over reparations heats up, James Hirsch offers a preview of what's to come

The Longest Day

The Fairgrounds Park race riot of 1949 has been forgotten, just as racism in St. Louis continues to be denied

Peeling the Onion

Onion Horton says he's everything a white man wants a black man to be

Aisles of Miles

The Missouri History Museum pays tribute to East St. Louis legend Miles Davis

The Fire Down Below

For more than three decades, Eric Vickers has been lighting brushfires, crusading against the racism he sees around him. Now, the civil-rights lawyer and activist finds himself burned.

Injustice for All

The city's image problems cut across race lines when it comes to crime

White Fright

The race for mayor is, once again, all about race

Letters

Week of December 13, 2000

The Negro Problem

Spike Lee's new racial satire starts out strong but ends up wasting ammunition

UniverSoul Man

Cal DuPree's efforts to assemble a "black circus" resulted in an amazing display of color

Anti-Community Policing

St. Louis County cops earn the distrust of African-Americans

The Rainmaker

Public-relations pro Jeff Rainford helped end a 27-year drought in the St. Louis school- desegregation case, but he's still bothered by the bucket of cold water Mayor Clarence Harmon threw on the victory celebration

Black and Blue

An anthology of African-American writing on St. Louis paints a bleak portrait of the city