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Racial Gap in Attention to Trayvon Story
“For African Americans, No Other Story Comes Close” “The growing controversy over the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida was the public’s top story last week, though African Americans express far greater interest in news about the killing than do whites,” the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reported on…
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Ex-Anchor Defends George Zimmerman
An African American former television anchor and reporter is emerging as one of the most vocal defenders of George Zimmerman, the white Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and sparked a national uproar. “Speaking on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ Joe Oliver said George Zimmerman is not a racist and has virtually…
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Crazy Talk: 'Black and Bleu' Rihanna Sandwich
The Huffington Post reports that a Georgia restaurant that was criticized this weekend for suggesting that a “Caribbean Black and Bleu” sandwich was inspired by Chris Brown’s 2009 assault against Rihanna has taken it off the menu. And it suddenly no longer thinks that domestic violence jokes about the two singers are funny. From the…
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ESPN: Hoodies OK on Twitter
Read more of The Root’s Trayvon Martin coverage here. “We Have Decided to Allow This Particular Expression of Human Sympathy” Update: ESPN Sunday reversed its decision not to allow employees who tweet to post photos of themselves wearing hoodies in solidarity with Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old Florida youth killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. “It’s…
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Friends Recall a Giant of Civil Rights Law
On March 22 the world lost one of its most revered and effective legal warriors in the battle for civil rights: John A. Payton, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. President Barack Obama said in a statement, “The legal community has lost a legend, and while we mourn John’s passing,…
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More Representation for LGBT People of Color
According to the most recent census, there are more than 100 million Americans who identify as black (or African American), Latino (or of Hispanic heritage) or Asian, accounting for approximately 30 percent of the United States population. Yet, a look at many daily metro newspapers, a survey of the most popular blogs or a quick…
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Why Tavis Is Taking Up for Poor Women
Last year Tavis Smiley and Cornel West declared a “war on poverty” that involved an 18-city bus tour designed put the issue higher on America’s agenda, and plenty of criticism for those in power — including the president. Now, during Women’s History Month, Smiley plans to convene an all-female panel of thought leaders, opinion makers…
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5 Black Films We'd Watch Anytime
Ask Twitter on any given day to define a #classicblackmovie and you’ll find a wide range of opinions, from Mahogany and Claudine to The Best Man and The Wood to even, um, Belly and I Got the Hook Up. One thing’s for sure: Ask any black film junkie to rattle off a few of his…
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How Can We Help Kids Define Healthy Sexuality?
ColorLines blogger Akiba Solomon challenges adults to do more to help children develop healthy attitudes toward sex at a time when the media are inundated with exploitative images of girls, and manhood is identified with promiscuity and sexual aggression. I had one of my first major lessons about gender and power dynamics in third grade…
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NABJ and Unity End Year Solidly in Black
Other Journalism Groups Report Modest Surpluses, Red Ink Two years after the journalism associations hit a financial rough patch caused by the recession and cutbacks in the news industry, the National Association of Black Journalists and Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc. emerged from 2011 solidly in the black, leaders of those groups said on Wednesday.…