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Why Am I Stepping Off the Sidewalk for White People in 2014?
When I’m walking on a sidewalk and white folks are approaching, do I step aside and hit the grass, or keep moving straight forward and make them move? Usually I’m the one who gives them the path, especially if it is a woman. But either way, I feel like I’m offending my ancestors or something…
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Grio Writer Accuses Howard University Radio Station of Plagiarism
Grio Columnist Makes Plagiarism Accusation; Howard U. Radio Station Apologizes WHUR-FM Removes Disputed Posting A controversy between the Grio, NBCUniversal’s black-oriented website, and WHUR-FM, Howard University’s commercial radio station, was brewing Monday, closely watched on social media. On Tuesday, WHUR General Manager Jim Watkins issued an apology, telling the Grio writer that the station has…
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Al Sharpton: The Next NYPD Police Commissioner?
A fake New York City Police Department ID card showing the Rev. Al Sharpton as the police commissioner has been passed around social media and, reportedly, even among NYPD cops, according to the New York Daily News. According to the Daily News, some cops have been upset by what has been perceived as Sharpton’s influence…
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NABJ Gives ‘Thumbs Down’ Award to NPR and Salutes Al Jazeera for ‘Best Practices’
Al Jazeera America Praised for “Best Practices” The National Association of Black Journalists has given NPR its “Thumbs Down” award for 2014 over its cancellation of the multicultural show “Tell Me More” and NPR’s elimination of 28 positions across its newsroom in an effort to cut costs. The “Best Practices” award went to Al Jazeera…
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Aretha Franklin Had Beef With Johnny Rockets Employee Over D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Aretha Franklin doesn’t tolerate disrespect when it comes to her food, even if it’s from one of her favorite burger joints. Franklin recently visited a Johnny Rockets restaurant in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and proceeded to sit down as she waited for her carryout meal. That was when things went downhill. In an interview with the…
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Let’s Stop Describing Ourselves as ‘Minorities’
It’s already been two years since May 2012, when we learned that for the first time, U.S. babies born to parents who didn’t identify as white outnumbered those born to parents who did. What this means, according to demographers, is that by the year 2030 or thereabout, there will be no majority racial group in…
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Were There Black Pirates?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 89: Did black people engage…
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Is ‘Acting White’ an ‘Overstated’ Idea?
In Last 20 Years, Writer Says, Theory Has Been Debunked “When President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama speak to an audience of African Americans, particularly students, they invariably mention the trope of ‘acting white,’ ” Nia-Malika Henderson wrote Thursday for the Washington Post’s “She the People” blog. “That is the notion that one impediment…
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Is ‘Acting White’ an ‘Overstated’ Idea?
In Last 20 Years, Writer Says, Theory Has Been Debunked “When President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama speak to an audience of African Americans, particularly students, they invariably mention the trope of ‘acting white,’ ” Nia-Malika Henderson wrote Thursday for the Washington Post’s “She the People” blog. “That is the notion that one impediment…
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Was My Great-Grandfather Part of Civil War History?
I have hit a wall while researching my paternal grandfather’s parents. My great-grandparents Joseph and Queen Wiggins were from Milledgeville, Ga., in Baldwin County. They are mentioned in the [Daughters of the American Revolution] chronicles of Anna Maria Green Cook, titled History of Baldwin County, Georgia [pdf]. My great-grandparents were listed under “Faithful Negroes” in…