I Have a Watermelon Birthmark, but I Hate the Fruit
Man’s mother eats lots of watermelon while pregnant, man is born with watermelon-shaped birthmark, man grows up to hate the fruit. This is Theodore Johnson’s story, and although he’s aware of the historical significance of the red and green fruit, he writes on the Huffington Post that he’s tired of the weight blacks allow the [...]
Small Businesses Embody the Spirit That Makes America Great
Yesterday, I had the privilege of speaking at the inaugural 10,000 Small Businesses — Tory Burch Foundation early-stage businesses graduation in New York. Eighteen women from around New York graduated from a comprehensive program focused on building their small businesses, which included a curriculum developed by Babson College and implemented by LaGuardia Community [...]
Gabby Douglas Donates to Black-History Museum
Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas will go down in African-American history as the first black woman in her sport to win the all-around gold. Now, thanks to her donation to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, mementos from her 2012 London Olympic Games triumph will go with her, the Huffington Post reports. [...]
Politician Introduces Bill to Replace Columbus Day with Native American Day
Roger Hernandez, a Democratic state senator out of California, is seeking to make his state the first in the nation to get rid of Columbus Day. Hernandez has introduced the Native American Day Bill, called AB55, which is set to get rid of Columbus Day to honor the people who were most affected by it. [...]
Wal-Mart Employees Allegedly Kill Shoplifter in Parking Lot
A man suspected of shoplifting at a local Lithonia, Georgia Wal-Mart was unresponsive when police arrived, and was later pronounced dead. Police say the alleged shoplifter exited the Wal-Mart store with two DVDs at around 1:30am Sunday. He was then detained by two Wal-Mart associates and one security guard. When police arrived, two of the [...]
Shocker: Presidential Debate Commission Says All White Moderators Will Represent Country Just Fine
The Commission on Presidential Debates satisfied one minority group while marginalizing another. Although it chose CNN’s Candy Crowley to become the first woman to moderate a presidential debate in 20 years, CPD did not choose any African American or Latino moderators. The last black moderator of a presidential debate was Carole Simpson in 1992, although PBS’ [...]
NAACP: White-Washed Media Never Selects Black Moderators For Presidential Debates
We may have a black President, but there won’t be any black journalists grilling President Obama or Mitt Romney when the debates roll around. In an op-ed, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous made his disappointment with the panel of all white moderators known. “The lack of diversity among this year’s debate moderators is representative of the [...]
Israel Interior Minister: Israel “Belongs to the White Man”
KultureKritic.com Staff Writer In an interview with Israeli newspaper Maariv on Sunday, Interior Minister Eli Yishai stated that “Muslims that arrive here do not even believe that this country belongs to us, to the white man.” The “Muslims” the Interior Minister was referencing are the 700 South Sudanese refugees currently living in Israel, according to [...]
Lessons: Boston and the Human Spirit
At the Huffington Post, Binta Niambi Brown shares excerpts from her correspondence to friends this week that reveal reasons to rejoice in humanity’s endurance. Some have said this week that we are forever changed — that Boston will never be the same again. Others have countered that saying, we will recover, that we are [...]
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