Racism In Oakland

Oakland Has Long Had Policies To Give Business Contracts To African Americans; Forgot Black Business Development

Today, in 2021, There’s a well-intentioned, and brand new effort in Oakland to steer City of Oakland spending toward black business. Wow. Makes you think that was never done before, right? Well, in my history in Oakland, which goes back to April 8th of 1974, it has been done. The real problem is one that […]

Do Oakland Police Have Racist Boogaloo Boys As Cops? Some Think So After This Officer Photo

Do Oakland Police Have Racist Boogaloo Boys As Cops? Some Think So After This Officer Photo The Boogaloo Boys are a group described as in Refinery 29 as “mostly white, heavily armed men who claim they have a “libertarian” bent, and have shown up to protests against police violence in recent weeks armed to the […]

Noose Again: Video Reports Racist Attacks Against Black Longshoremen At The Port Of Oakland

Racist Attacks Against Black Longshoremen at the Port of Oakland ONN – Noose Again: Video Reports Racist Attacks Against Black Longshoremen At The Port Of Oakland Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an experimental Zennie62Media , Inc. mobile media […]

Oakland Black Couple Racism Toward Latina At Grocery Store Parking Lot Gets Tongue Lashing

Oakland Black Couple Racism Toward Latina At Grocery Store Parking Lot Gets Tongue Lashing ONN – Oakland Black Couple Racism Toward Latina At Grocery Store Parking Lot Gets Tongue Lashing A post in a Facebook Group and by a Latina Oaklander features an African American couple in a shouting match with the woman in what […]

Oakland, California Has Not Hired A Black Chief Of Police Since 2011. Why?

Oakland, California Has Not Hired A Black Chief Of Police Since 2011. Why? ONN – Oakland, California Has Not Hired A Black Chief Of Police Since 2011, Why? This week, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf hired Susan Manheimer, the newly retired San Mateo Chief of Police, to become the Interim Chief of Police in Oakland. While […]

Oakland’s Andrew Barnard Markets “Death To Racism” T-Shirts

Oakland News Now – Oakland’s Andrew Barnard introduces “Death To Racism” T-Shirts at Peet’s Coffee in Downtown Oakland. I met Andrew via Oakland City Council District Four Candidate Kenzie Smith. And that was a chance encounter at the new Peet’s Coffee at 1615 Broadway in the Flatiron Building in Downtown Oakland. Andrew explains that the […]

Bay Area Proud Boys Member Calls Zennie Abraham To Explain The Proud Boys, Says No Make Westing Meeting

The Proud Boys, a group that, as I wrote here at Oakland News Now is “seen as a racist, alt-right group that was founded in 2016 by Gavin McInnes, the Vice Media co-founder. The group has rapidly formed a reputation for violent protest, and have a nickname “The Right Wing Brawlers,” walking into bars and […]

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Statement On Murder Of Nia Wilson At MacArthur BART Station

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s office issued this press release in the wake of the senseless killing of Nia Wilson and the slashing of her sister at MacArthur BART Station, Sunday. Office of Mayor Schaaf Statement from Mayor Schaaf Regarding Homicide at MacArthur BART Station Oakland, CA (July 23, 2018) – Mayor Libby Schaaf issued the […]

Oakland Aspire Charter School Proponents Use Image Of So-Called Poor Black Kids For Politics

The battle over the proposed Aspire School, a charter school that, if the developers get their way, would be built on City of Oakland property located on the northwest side of Derby Avenue between East 15th Street and International Boulevard (thus called “the Derby Property), continued to the July 10th Oakland City Council Meeting, but […]

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