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The Blackest White Folks We Know 2.0
Some of these white men and women stand with us in solidarity, and the others do when it’s convenient. Either way, this list is full of black allies and black imitators, as well as those who relish the title but are also really happy to go to sleep at night knowing that it’s not actually…
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Why Black Women Can Never Be Drama-Free on Reality TV
Writing for Clutch magazine, Danielle C. Belton argues that the new Bravo reality series Married to Medicine is the same old Atlanta reality series with a different name. The only thing different about “Married to Medicine” is that the women seem painfully aware of how black women are portrayed on reality shows, yet they all…
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Why Is CNN's 'Face' Invariably White?
The day before Roland Martin disclosed that his contract as a CNN commentator wasn’t being renewed, CNN President Jeff Zucker excitedly proclaimed his new hire Jake Tapper “the face of the new CNN.” “I can tell you from the position that I was in, the prospect of Jake Tapper being the face of the new…
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What's Missed When Athletes Are Black and Sportswriters Are White?
In a piece for Ebony magazine this week, Jessica Danielle makes the case that the absence of significant racial diversity in sportswriting is limiting perspective in a major way. A few of the statistics driving her argument: In 2012, 90.9 percent of sports editors at the major newspapers and online publications that belong to Associated…
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Where Was Solidarity With Black Freelancers?
Freelance journalist Nate Thayer prompted a debate last week when he publicly declined an opportunity to write for the Atlantic magazine for free. But in the arguments over the benefits of getting paid only with exposure, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote on Wednesday, one element has been missing: race. “Two things helped me break through,” Coates wrote…
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Why You're Not Married, but Why That Doesn't Matter
Clutch magazine‘s Danielle C. Belton explains why lifelong commitment seems so tough to find these days — and why it’s not for everyone. … You can have the perfect (or imperfect) love for you at 25, but then later find the person you want to grow old with when you’re 47. You can marry or…
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HBCUs' Gripe With the Obama Administration
New financial aid policies that make it harder for parents with lackluster credit to borrow money from the federal government for their children’s college expenses are reportedly hitting students at HBCUs the hardest. And according to Johnny C. Taylor, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, legal action to force the Obama administration…
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Facebook COO: Are Women in Their Own Way?
Black Snob‘s Danielle C. Belton weighs in on the smoldering debate surrounding Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s comments about women holding themselves back at work, arguing that the conversation is more nuanced and should really revolve around promoting better family leave for all workers. On 60 Minutes this Sunday there was an eye-opening interview with…
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How Did Harriet Tubman Become a Legend?
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. (The Root) — Amazing Fact About the Negro…
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Essence Editor Says She Was Fired
Exit Followed Clashes Over Time Inc. View of Black Women Constance C.R. White has disclosed that her departure as editor-in-chief of Essence magazine was involuntary and the result of repeated clashes with Martha Nelson, the editor-in-chief of Time Inc. who White says sought to limit the way black women were portrayed. “I went in there…