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Shades of Diversity in the Comic World
At New York Comic Con, black fans were out in full force. Unlike stereotypical depictions of comic book conventions showing nerdy, older white men stuffed into kid-sized costumes, the show floors of Comic Con looked a lot like the streets of New York City — just with a few more superheroes around. Nerds of color…
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White Supremacists Hijack MLK's Google Ranking
Latoya Peterson is a hip-hop feminist, anti-racist activist and deputy editor of Fusion’s Voices section, opining on pop culture, news, video games and everything that makes life worth living.
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Is Nonviolence Always the Right Response?
Racialicious editor Latoya Peterson contemplates Dr. Martin Luther King’s message of nonviolence when confronted with violence. There are no easy answers, she decides. Going to the MLK memorial dedications gave me quite a bit to think about. I struggled, a lot, with Dr. King’s messages of non violence growing up, and I am working on…
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London Fallout: The Post-Riot World
Racialicious editor Latoya Peterson gathers salient voices from post-riot London. Some are uncertain about the imminent threat of major violence. Casey Rain, of the Birmingham Riots 2011 Tumblr, has not received any major updates since August 10th. He notes: Sky News, BBC News and other media have been painfully slow on updates, and many of you…
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Voices From the London Riots
Racialicious editor Latoya Peterson gathers poignant commentary on the London riots: We can dispense with some mistakes, though. It is wrong to say that the riots are apolitical. The trouble began on Saturday night when protesters gathered at Tottenham police station to demand that the police explain the circumstances in which a local man, Mark…
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Intellectual Property: Owning What's Yours
What would you do if you were the next Jean-Michel Basquiat, selling your original art — silk-screened T-shirts — out of the trunk of your car? What if your child created a software program for fun that could be worth billions of dollars? What if you were a musician whose latest release played in clubs…
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The Price of Choosing Jails Over Schools
As federal, state and local governments across the nation slash their budgets to close looming shortfalls, there is one clear winner in the budget battles: correctional systems, which cost the nation nearly $70 billion annually. During the last two decades, funding for prisons eclipsed spending for higher education sixfold. The NAACP is looking to reverse…
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The Lululemon Killings: When Bad Things Happen to White People?
Read the latest news from The Root about the Lululemon slaying. On the night of Friday, March 11, Jayna Murray and Brittany Norwood both entered a well-trafficked Lululemon Athletica clothing store in the tony suburb of Bethesda, Md., where they both worked. They’d returned there after hours because Norwood had left her wallet. The following…
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E-Racism: SXSW Panel Examines Prejudice in Online Gaming
An iconic 1993 cartoon published in the New Yorker summarized the appeal of the emerging online space: “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” The sketch captured the idea that real-world constraints would fall away, and participation in the new digital era was open to all, even the family pet. Nearly 18 years after…
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The Black Digerati Convene at South by Southwest
For the past 25 years, the South by Southwest festival and conference in Austin, Texas, has been a beacon for music aficionados who are in search of the latest and greatest in indie music. Starting in 1994, film and multimedia tracks were added to enhance the conference, providing a unique view on indie film and…
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