black community - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:30:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg black community - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Protests in France highlight anti-black state violence https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/08/15/france-protests-highlight-anti-black-state-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=france-protests-highlight-anti-black-state-violence https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/08/15/france-protests-highlight-anti-black-state-violence/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:25:01 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=17827 French citizens and members of the international community are calling attention to numerous police-citizen conflicts and killings by law enforcement.

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]]> https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/08/15/france-protests-highlight-anti-black-state-violence/feed/ 16 17827 Opinion: Deion Sanders’ Departure From Jackson State Will Devastate the Community He Promised To Save  https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/01/09/opinion-deion-sanders-departure-from-jackson-state-will-devastate-the-community-he-promised-to-save/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-deion-sanders-departure-from-jackson-state-will-devastate-the-community-he-promised-to-save Mon, 09 Jan 2023 15:51:03 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=16701 Jackson State head football coach Deion Sanders set social media on fire in October during a postgame interview following his team’s win against Alabama State. Sanders responded to an assertion made by Alabama State head football coach Eddie Robinson that he is not Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) material and does not embody or represent what […]

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]]> 16701 HBCU Alum Seeks to Improve Black Firearm Proficiency and Awareness of Gun Legislation https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/03/28/hbcu-alum-seeks-to-improve-black-firearm-proficiency-and-awareness-of-gun-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hbcu-alum-seeks-to-improve-black-firearm-proficiency-and-awareness-of-gun-legislation Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:46:27 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=15139 Gun violence disproportionately affects Black communities, especially when including transgressions such as fatal police shootings. According to NPR, Black Americans are purchasing firearms at higher rates for self-defense or violence reduction strategies. With the increase of firearms circulating in the Black community, Ahadi Kwame Ture decided to start an organization focused on firearm safety and […]

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]]> 15139 OPINION — Why You Should Get Help: Dispelling Race Stigmas of Therapy https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2017/04/06/opinion-why-you-should-get-help-dispelling-race-stigmas-of-therapy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-why-you-should-get-help-dispelling-race-stigmas-of-therapy Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:13:35 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=9474 By Taiyler Mitchell, Contributing Writer Posted 7:30 PM EST, Thurs., Apr. 6, 2017 Have you ever noticed someone talk about counseling or therapy like it was only for crazy people? Have you ever heard someone say it was a waste of time? According to American Psychological Association’s Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology journal, “A […]

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