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Black Men in Brazil for Women? These Tired Conversations Have to Stop
Writing at Clutch magazine, Zettler Clay says that when it comes to male-female relationships, it’s a dangerous game to take one narrative and apply it as the default. Recently, a documentary made its way into my Gmail inbox. Frustrated: Black American Men in Brazil expounds on a piece published a few years ago in Essence about Black…
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'60 Minutes' to Lose Black Reporter to ABC
ABC News is finalizing a deal to hire Byron Pitts of CBS, a contributor to “60 Minutes” and chief national correspondent for the “CBS Evening News, ” according to reliable news reports published Friday. “Pitts will serve as both chief national correspondent and anchor at ABC News, and will appear across the network’s programming. ABC…
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French Mag Issues Blackface Apology
The French magazine that published a photo of a darkened 16-year-old white girl under the title “African Queen” apologized Wednesday “to anyone who may have been offended.” But the magazine’s management offered a different explanation of what the photo represented than did the photographer, and the controversy again shone a light on the lack of…
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CNN's New Journalism Hires Are All White
CNN President Jeff Zucker met Monday in Atlanta with leaders of the National Association of Black Journalists in the wake of Zucker’s failure to include journalists of color among his first few appointments and the elimination of his “Starting Point” morning show hosted by Soledad O’Brien. NABJ President Gregory H. Lee Jr. said he wanted…
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The Onion's Apology Was a Mistake, and I'd Say That If Quvenzhané Were My Daughter
Elisabeth Epps explains in a piece for her personal blog why she didn’t share in the outrage when the satirical publication used profanity to slam a young black actress. … Then — unlike the onslaught of misogynistic mockery — out of nowhere, came this baseless, asinine, universally offensive barb slung circuitously at an adorable…
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Why the Onion's Crappy Apology Is Worthless
(The Root) — When I watched Quvenzhané Wallis telling the story of a little girl called Hushpuppy and her adventures living in a poor Bayou area in Beasts of the Southern Wild, I was enchanted by how well she articulated her life and the world around her. I had so much hope that she might…
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The Onion Apologizes for Wallis Tweet
(The Root) — On Monday, CEO Steve Hannah posted a rare apology on behalf of the staff members who called 9-year-old best actress nominee Quvenzhané Wallis the c-word in a tweet from its official Twitter account during the broadcast of the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday. “It was crude and offensive — not to mention…
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Jet's Aged Fantasia Cover: A Bad Choice?
Magazine Stands Behind 10-Year-Old Cover Shot Relying on public relations photos for your cover shots can be messy, as Jet magazine is finding out. Jet editor-in-chief Mitzi Miller on Friday issued a defense of the magazine’s use of a 10-year-old photo of cover subject Fantasia. “JET magazine is honored to have Fantasia grace the cover…
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On Jesse Jackson Jr. and Being Bipolar
(The Root) — It’s important to remember that for Jesse Jackson Jr., it didn’t have to be this way. There were choices made and choices that would have to be lived with, and there was no chance for continued procrastination. And he’d seen both the right and wrong paths, demonstrated in his passionate, charming but…
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Can JC Watts Help GOP Win Black Voters?
(The Root) — Still reeling from its losses in the 2012 election, the Republican Party has begun doing some serious soul-searching. Increasingly that search has led party leaders on a quest to re-evaluate what the party stands for, who it speaks for and, lately, whether or not it needs a little more soul in it.…