culture
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When Are Kids Ready to Handle Life's Heavier Issues?
Shawn Taylor writes at Ebony.com that he is prepared to explain to his 6-year-old daughter about the social ills she will confront during her lifetime, arguing that he has taken a firm stance against teaching her from a deficit model. “When di pickney dem growed.” This was my grandmother’s (rest her soul) response to being…
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3 Black Oscar Candidates?
Heavyweight Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival revealed an impressive slate of releases starring black actors, including Idris Elba, Forest Whitaker and Michael B. Jordan, according to New York magazine. Could Weinstein push all three men into the history-making best actor category? We haven’t had more than one black nominee for Best…
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Watch This: First Lady Speaks of Hunger for Education
First lady Michelle Obama delivered an impassioned commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md., on Friday, encouraging more than 600 graduates to honor the school’s tradition and pass along their commitment to education to future generations, the Associated Press reports. Additionally, during her 15-minute address, she touched on the university’s founding in…
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Watch This: Glenn Beck: NAACP Is a 'Joke'
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck issued a scathing rebuke of the NAACP based on the comment of former chairman Julian Bond, who said that he believed the controversial actions of the Internal Revenue Service were “completely legitimate,” according to a report at the Huffington Post. “They are a joke, and an affront to everything that…
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Morehouse to Graduate Father and Son on Sunday
The Huffington Post is reporting a heartwarming story about a father and son who are slated to graduate from Morehouse College on Sunday, after spending three years together on campus. The younger Joyner and his father, Dorian Joyner Sr., will both be graduating from Morehouse College this Sunday after spending three years together on campus.…
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Philly Ex-Offender Job Fair Nixed After Too Many Show
More than 3,000 job seekers overwhelmed the Municipal Services Building in Center City in Philadelphia for a job fair Friday morning intended for ex-offenders, forcing officials to shut it down with a promise to reschedule, ABC News reports. The 3rd Annual Ex-Offenders Job Fair, sponsored by the City of Philadelphia, was set for today between…
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A Birmingham Prom 50 Years in the Making
(The Root) — Ethel and Eugene Arms have three children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Now, after 49 years of marriage, the Birmingham, Ala., couple have something they’ve waited on for 50 years: prom memories. The Ullman High School sweethearts didn’t go to the prom in 1963, because for students who attended black high schools…
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How Foreclosure Undermined Black and Brown Wealth
Colorlines‘ Imara Jones hopes that someone is paying attention to a recent report on how to fix the policy mess’s impact on communities of color. Despite recent headlines trumpeting a return of America’s real estate market to its boom-time highs, a report released today by the Alliance for a Just Society shows how little of…
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Where's the Apology for Susan Rice?
Emails released this week vindicate the former secretary of state hopeful. MSNBC‘s Morgan Whitaker, producer at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s PoliticsNation, asks where the Republicans are who accused her of incompetence and worse. Last fall Republicans launched a series of scathing attacks on Susan Rice as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations became the…
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Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters
(The Root) — It’s tough being a black female athlete in America, especially if you’re crushing the competition in a predominantly white sport like tennis where fans have called you “nigger” midgame. In Venus and Serena, the new documentary that hit select theaters recently, director and producer Michelle Major and her team dug into the…