racism

The Problem with So-Called 'Antiracism'

The Problem with So-Called 'Antiracism'

In a recent piece in The Atlantic, Tyler Austin Harper, a black professor from Bates College, argued that so-called “anti-racism” has gone too far.

3 Killed in Racially Motivated Shooting in Jacksonville, Florida

3 Killed in Racially Motivated Shooting in Jacksonville, Florida

Three Black patrons of a Dollar General store in the New Town neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, were gunned down Saturday afternoon by a mask-dawning White man holding a gun emblazoned with a swastika.

New Jersey Man Charged after Throwing Smoke Bombs during Church's Anti-Racism Concert

New Jersey Man Charged after Throwing Smoke Bombs during Church's Anti-Racism Concert

The event was hosted by Trinity Episcopal Parish of Asbury Park, NJ. There, 28-year-old Nicholas G. Mucci allegedly attacked attendees at an anti-racism concert hosted by the church. Mucci also vandalized church property. 

Is Math Racist?

Is Math Racist?

Few subjects seem less political than math. There is little room for subjective judgment because its truths are universal. No matter what you look like or where you’re from or how you feel about it, two plus two will always equal four, and the area of a circle will always be π r². Math is so objective, in fact, some scientists have theorized that prime numbers could offer the basis of communication with supposed intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos.

However, even if aliens know that math has no racial or gender bias, some educators on Earth seem to think otherwise. Even amid plummeting math scores in the latest Nation’s Report Card data, a growing chorus of progressive voices insists that racism and sexism are the biggest problems we face in how to teach math.

Pastor, Executive Sues Planned Parenthood of Greater New York for Discrimination

Pastor, Executive Sues Planned Parenthood of Greater New York for Discrimination

A Black man on Planned Parenthood of Greater New York’s executive leadership team has filed a civil rights lawsuit accusing the organization of discrimination.

Federal Judge Sentences Father, Son to Life in Prison, Neighbor to 35 Years for Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

Federal Judge Sentences Father, Son to Life in Prison, Neighbor to 35 Years for Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

According to the Justice Department, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced Travis McMichael, 36, to life in prison plus 10 years, Travis's father Gregory McMichael, 66, to life in prison plus seven years and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, 52, to 35 years in prison for the murder of Arbery on February 25, 2020.

The Disparity Antiracists Don't Talk About

The Disparity Antiracists Don't Talk About

Disparities can have multiple factors. In the case of the high number of abortions of black babies, as we’ve shared on Breakpoint before, almost 80% of Planned Parenthood’s clinics, according to a 2012 study, were near majority black or Hispanic neighborhoods. Pro-abortion advocates argue that the racial disparity for abortion is more about poverty. Perhaps, for example, the mother couldn’t afford to care for another baby. According to Jason Riley in the Wall Street Journal, however, this argument fails to explain why the abortion numbers among Hispanics who are impoverished are not comparable.

Lean on God When You Are Tempted to Give Up on the World

Lean on God When You Are Tempted to Give Up on the World

This week, we’ve been exploring my assertion that it is always too soon to give up on God. No matter how dark the night, Jesus is still the “light of the world” (John 8:12). He will forgive every sin we confess to him (1 John 1:9) and transform any life entrusted to his grace (2 Corinthians 5:17). Here’s my problem: rather than give up on God, I’m tempted to give up on the world

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