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  • Does Black History Month Represent All Blacks?

    Writing in Time magazine, Christina Greer wonders where foreign-born black Americans fit into the annual February celebration. The origins of this month began in 1926 when historian Carter G. Woodson (and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History) announced the second week of February to be “Negro History Week.”… At the time, less…

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  • Confessions of a Black Woman Who Loves HBO's 'Girls'

    Fordham University professor Christina Greer explains in a piece at Time why she as a black woman is a fan of HBO’s Girls, which has come under fire for representing only white New York. I am not ashamed to admit it: I am a black woman who loves the show Girls, HBO’s dramedy about the uncomfortable and…

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