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Unity Drops 'Journalists of Color'
The board of Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc. voted Monday to drop “Journalists of Color” from its name, saying members of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association “would not or would seriously consider not attending” its August convention “if ‘journalists of color’ remained as part of the name.” The vote was 11 to 4…
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Soledad O'Brien: 'Named After a Prison'?
Fox Chief Roger Ailes Takes Swipe at Soledad O’Brien Roger E. Ailes, chairman of Fox News, referred to anchor Soledad O’Brien of rival network CNN as “that girl that’s named after a prison” after a lecture Thursday before journalism students at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Chapel Hill, Melody Guyton Butts reported…
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Gabourey Talks Black Hair With Kelly Ripa
When Gabourey Sidibe stopped by Live! With Kelly to talk about her role on Showtime’s The Big C earlier this week, Ripa asked about the upcoming season of the show and mentioned that Sidibe’s character, Andrea, will be returning to her roots after a trip to Africa. She expressed her love for African-inspired clothing and…
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Are Most Black Kids Biased Against White Children?
In an op-ed for NewsOne, Dr. Boyce Watkins analyzes a CNN study about children’s racial attitudes and urges a deeper look. According to the study, while most black 6-year-olds had positive attitudes toward other races — more positive than white children of the same age — by age 13, most had developed a subconscious bias…
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Mike Wallace Even Made Black History
“CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the 60 Minutes’ pit-bull reporter whose probing, brazen style made his name synonymous with the tough interview – a style he practically invented for television more than half a century ago – died last night, CBS News reported on Sunday. “He was 93 and passed peacefully surrounded by family members…
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Nicki Minaj: More Hype Than Happening?
You would have to live under a rock not to know that Nicki Minaj’s second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, dropped this week. You may have seen the television ads for Reloaded that proclaim Minaj to be the greatest female rapper in history. You might have heard Minaj discussing on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club,…
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Why Are There No Black US Senators?
Yes, an African American is serving as commander in chief. But looking for a black U.S. senator? Good luck with that. As CNN reports, the lack of diversity in the Senate is growing more alarming by the day. Out of 100 senators, two are Latino and two are of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, but…
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'Like It Is' Chronicled the Black Experience
Long-Running “Like It Is” Chronicled Black Experience Gil Noble, the legendary chronicler of the African diaspora in New York, the nation and the world as host of the long-running WABC-TV show “Like It is,” died Thursday. He was recovering from a stroke he suffered last year. Dave J. Davis, general manager of WABC-TV, told “Journal-isms” that Noble…
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Tablet Computers Called Newspapers' Future
Will Devices Attract Blacks, Hispanics as Smartphones Do? The tablet computer — the most popular of which is Apple Inc.’s iPad — represents the future of the newspaper business, members of the American Society of News Editors were told on Monday. “This is the primary revenue generator in the digital generation,” said Roger Fidler, whose…
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Where's the Mother? Where's the Justice?
The gruesome gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas, that made national headlines last March is back in the news again, reigniting debates about the role of sexism in sex crimes against girls and women. You may recall the case in which 18 black men between the ages of 14 and 27 were arrested…