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When the Status Quo Is Not Good Enough
(The Root) — When it comes to educating black children in the U.S., business as usual is not good enough. Earlier this year, the Department of Education released the Civil Rights Data Collection (pdf) report. The study suggests that opportunity gaps that exist between black and white children across the country center around three key…
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There's a Black Sign Language?
Researchers studying American Sign Language know that, just as what linguists call African-American English, or Ebonics, differs from “standard” English, black sign language users have their own unique patterns. (Think: a system under which “bad” means “really good,” and the sign for “word” translates to “that’s the truth” — plus, bigger and more expressive motions). …
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Voter-ID Laws Hurt Young People, Too
Cord Jefferson writes at BET News that we shouldn’t turn a blind eye toward suppression efforts aimed at younger voters. The study, titled “Turning Back the Clock on Voting Rights: The Impact of New Photo Identification Requirements on Young People of Color” [PDF], co-authored by University of Chicago political science professor Cathy Cohen, is an…
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U.S. Asks Google to Block Video
Company Restricts Access Abroad but Not at Home “Google [Inc.] rejected a request by the White House on Friday to reconsider its decision to keep online a controversial YouTube movie clip that has ignited anti-American protests in the Middle East,” Gerry Shih reported for Reuters from San Francisco on Friday. “The Internet company said it…
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No Mrs. O: Washington Post's DNC Mishap
Neighbors Buttonholed Staffers Over Missing Coverage “My favorite caller of the week was an erudite, sharp-witted woman who said she had been a Post subscriber since 1962,” Ombudsman Patrick B. Pexton wrote Sunday to readers of the Washington Post print edition. “After going through her entire paper on Wednesday morning, she said, ‘I couldn’t believe…
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What Did the DNC and RNC Have in Common?
(The Root) — Witnesses to this week’s DNC or last week’s RNC conventions could easily come to the same conclusion: African-American issues were about as invisible as the imaginary President Obama in Clint Eastwood’s staged chair. During the Republican National Convention’s truncated three-day conference, there was Obama-bashing galore, with frequent mentions that the unemployment rate…
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Black Women Fight Weight and Win
(The Root) — With hard work, determination, friendship and sometimes faith, a group of black women have mounted a successful, national battle against obesity that’s helping women in communities all over the country. Surprised? That’s expected. Recent media coverage of obesity among black women provides a near-constant diet of stereotypes and hopelessness, while giving sisters…
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What Americans Get Wrong About Rape, Abuse and Legitimacy
Jamilah Lemieux writes at Ebony that Republican Missouri Rep. and Senate hopeful Todd Akin is not the only one who has trouble with victim shaming. She says that our cultures (American and black) don’t trust women. GOP Senatorial candidate Todd Akin shocked people across the world with his comments about “legitimate rape” this past Sunday.…
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Todd Akin Lays Bare Pro-Life Problems
Last weekend, Rep. Todd Akin created a firestorm with his “legitimate rape” comment and theory of how a woman’s body can block unwanted fluids. Colorlines columnist Akiba Solomon thanks Akin for his publicized ignorant statements about human biology, which revealed the confusion behind the anti-abortion movement and the war on women. Frankly, I’m relieved that…