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What’s in a Name? Man Changes Name From ‘José’ to ‘Joe,’ Gains Job Interviews
In my previous career in human resources, I came across a variety of ethnic names, from Hispanic names like Juan and Miguel to names, like my own, that some people consider to be “black” names. You know: the Keishas, Ayeshas, Tanieshas and Tishas. I didn’t push those résumés to the side because of their ethnic…
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USC’s Black Twitter Study Draws Criticism
Let’s discuss the phenomenon that is Black Twitter. Yes, I’ve capitalized the “b” in black, because it deserves the distinction as a proper noun, especially since there’s currently a study on it being conducted by the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California. According to the study, here’s what the researchers are doing:…
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CeeLo Green: People Who Have Really Been Raped Remember
On Friday, CeeLo Green pleaded no contest to a felony count of providing Ecstasy to a woman in 2012. The unnamed woman accused the former The Voice judge of spiking her drink after they met at a sushi restaurant. The woman stated that the next thing she remembered was awakening in a bedroom naked, with Green…
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New York Times Receives Backlash for Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’
On the day of Michael Brown’s funeral, the New York Times picked the most inappropriate time to lambaste the slain teenager. In the piece chronicling Brown’s last weeks of life, before he was killed by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, New York Times writer John Eligon stated that Brown was “no angel” partly because of…
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Journalist’s Illustrations Document the Last Words of Unarmed Black Men
Over the last several weeks, we’ve witnessed the killings of young, black and unarmed men by police officers. It seems as though just being black and breathing is a good-enough reason to send a barrage of bullets through a man’s body. If we look back at these recent deaths, it’s clear that hunting season is…
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Actor Orlando Jones Creates a ‘Bullet Bucket Challenge’
Over the last couple of weeks the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge,” to raise awareness of Lou Gehrig’s disease, has raised more than $15 million in donations. Everyone from celebrities to random grandmothers has taken part in the challenge by drenching themselves with buckets of ice water, all in the name of awareness about the degenerative…
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Donations Are Pouring in for Officer Darren Wilson as His ‘Fans’ Look for ‘Justice’
The world we live in is amazing. By “amazing,” I mean I’m constantly shaking my head at the audacity of some people. Take, for example, this GoFundMe page set up for Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. As of this post, the page has received more than $19,000 in…
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#NMOS14: Tonight, Nationwide Vigils Will Honor Victims of Police Brutality
Thursday at 7 p.m. EDT, a national moment of silence, organized by @FeministaJones, will take place across the United States. People will come together to peacefully protest the excessive police brutality that has taken the lives of black people across the country. In true social media fashion #NMOS14 started out as a simple conversation between…
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#ThingsITellMyBlackSon Make You Realize Raising Black Boys Isn’t an Easy Thing to Do
A few hours before I learned of the killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Mo., police, I dropped my 15-year-old son off at the airport to visit his paternal family in Houston for the rest of the summer. I made sure to tell my son to call me once he got to his layover, which…
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#IfTheyGunnedMeDown Shows How Black People Are Portrayed in Mainstream Media
The vicious slaying of Mike Brown by Ferguson, Mo., police has once again shown that the narrative the media paints surrounding black people in America more often than not includes depicting us as violent thugs with gang and drug affiliations. It’s safe to say that Brown has become a victim of what I like to refer…
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