News
Racial slur hurled at young children by teens at Riverhead football game cannot be tolerated: Great-grandfather demands action by district
The four children — between the ages of five and seven — were called the N-word by a high school student and a middle school student while at the Blue Waves football game Saturday. “I grew up in Aquebogue with this stuff. It was the N-word every day in school — and I’m tired of it,” Robert Brown, 83, told the school board.
News
Walmart reverses corporate policy on locked cases for African-American beauty care products
Corporate policy allowed store managers to decide whether to place products in locked cases. Walmart said about a dozen of its 4,700 U.S. stores had such a policy in place. The Riverhead Walmart was one of them until local resident Patricia Fulford took on the retail giant in January 2019.
Letters
Riverhead clergy: We will not remain silent
To the Editor:
Another unarmed black man has died at the hands of police, and...
Denise Civiletti
Let’s Talk Race: New live talk series on racism from RiverheadLOCAL
Racism lives, in our town and across the country. It’s time we confront the beliefs we hold in our own hearts and start having some serious conversations, however uncomfortable they may be, about how to bring about the change that’s needed to solve the problems we face — together.
Denise Civiletti
Silence is complicity: We must all stand up and speak out against racism
t’s up to all of us to “take a stand” — a stand against hate, a stand against racism, a stand against violence. It’s up to us — you and me — to stem the rising tide of white supremacist, nationalist movements in our midst.
Lawrence Street
The many faces of everyday hate
"I just don’t get the hate. That is the most troubling. If you let it, it will destroy you; but not me." Column by Lawrence Street
Lawrence Street
Growing up black in 1960s Riverhead
Lifelong Riverhead resident and Vietnam veteran Ronnie Smith says he didn't realize until leaving Riverhead how bigoted and racist his hometown really was. New column by Lawrence Street.
Lawrence Street
The aftermath: hate-mongers, the second story
This story is about Barbara Langhorne, a lifelong Riverhead resident, a mother and grandmother, retired after 36 years working at Brookhaven National Lab.
Lawrence Street
The aftermath: A call for unity, the first story
Racism is woven into American society. It's sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle— always destructive. New column by Lawrence Street.
Lawrence Street
Changing our hearts and minds
"We need continuous dialogue about racism from every aspect; dialogues where preconceived notions, stereotypes and prejudices are left at the door." In a new column, Riverhead native Lawrence Street tackles the subject of race and racism.