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NABJ Rejects Free Air Travel to Morocco
Board Decides Against Trip Because of Ethical Issues The board of directors of the National Association of Black Journalists decided Friday to turn down $25,000 in free travel from the state airline of Morocco after the trade association of black-newspaper publishers was criticized for accepting an expense-paid visit to the North African country last week.…
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Free Moroccan Trip for Black Press: A Political Maneuver About the Western Sahara
Members of the black press who took an expenses-paid trip to Morocco last week were pawns in a politically motivated move by the Moroccan government in its dispute with the Morocco-occupied Western Sahara, a representative of the occupied region asserted to Journal-isms on Wednesday. The occupied residents, known as Saharawis, have called themselves “the last…
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NAACP Report: Diversity at Banks as Bad as at SNL
Although more people of color than ever are graduating with degrees in accounting and finance, equal opportunity in the banking industry is far from a dream realized, a new report by the NAACP (pdf) has found. The report, which was released on Tuesday, shows that the nation’s five largest banks (Bank of America, Citibank, JP…
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Black Americans: Morocco Wants to Connect With You
A 14-person delegation from the National Newspaper Publishers Association, representing the nation’s black press, returned Sunday from a week-long government-sponsored trip to Morocco as the North African country reaches out to African Americans. “This is part of series of no-strings attached government-sponsored trips by African American organizations to Morocco to give them a first-hand look…
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Cash-Strapped HBCUs Seek a Lifeline
When Grambling State University’s football team forfeited a game against Jackson State University last year, players thought they were locked in a singular battle with the administration. They presented administrators with a list of things they were fed up with, including a two-and-a-half-hour bus ride to play against their competitors. Further, they complained about dilapidated…
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What It Means That Scandal Is Sizzling Hot Among Black Women
Passion, Angst and Pride That a Black Woman Is the Star “Scandal,” the ABC-TV drama that became a must-discuss item among African Americans in social media, was the most popular prime-time television show among black viewers in 2013, according to Nielsen data compiled for Journal-isms. Surprisingly, the Nielsen data showed that all of the 25…
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Dennis Rodman and North Korea: A Love Story
I guess it’s better to be a fool with “friends” than a fool alone. That’s the first thing that came to mind when I heard that NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman was bringing a cadre of “All Stars” to North Korea to play an exhibition game. I believed this even more after Rodman’s sometimes…
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Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin, Champion of Rights for Poor Women of Color, Dies
Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin, a champion for both the civil rights movement and women’s rights, has died of cancer in Sarasota, Fla. where he lived in retirement, the Boston Globe reports. Dr. Edelin became a nationwide figure after he was convicted of manslaughter in Boston in 1975 after he performed an abortion. He would later…
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2013: Top 10 Race-Related Stories in the Media Industry
1. Growing Intolerance of Intolerance, Insensitivity How many race-related gaffes can you remember from 2013? The year ended with a flap over remarks by the patriarch of the A&E series “Duck Dynasty” and a retracted tweet from comedian Steve Martin, but the journalism world experienced bursts of controversial speech all year. ESPN was the locus…
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A War on the Poor Erupted in 2013
America has always been a tough country if you’re starting from zero. Sure, we praise and salute rags-to-riches stories because they make us feel better about the gross inequities in our society, but the reality is much bleaker. Systemic poverty is real. One job loss or serious health scare can take you from being solidly…