Teens Don’t Fit Our Stereotypes Anymore
Kevin Drum brings our attention to a post at Vox about teenagers, crime and lifestyle. Teenage…
Flipping the Script on Race and Genetics
Thankfully, Arthur Allen at The New York Times isn’t buying what a new high profile book…
Ta-Nehisi Coates makes “The Case for Reparations”
In case you’ve been living under a virtual rock today, The Atlantic has published (and made…
Changing and Challenging the Media’s Distorted Lens
On average, African Americans watch more television than other demographic groups, yet portrayals of African Americans…
The GOP’s Confused (and Confusing) “Outreach”
Buzzfeed’s Mckay Coppins has an interesting, complicated look at the Republican Party’s conflicted attempts to woo…
March: Book One Wins Robert F. Kennedy Award
The first volume of Congressman and civil rights movement hero John Lewis’s memoir has won the…
What Made “Tell Me More” Special
As part of an attempt to end its budget deficit, NPR has canceled “Tell Me More”…
The Limits of “Respectability Politics”
As a quick google search will tell you, there is more than a little pushback out…
Fighting Stereotypes on the Minnesota Stage
Minnesota Public Radio’s Marianne Combs has a fascinating story about the Minneapolis theatre scene, and how…
For the First Time, The New York Times’ Executive Editor is a Black Man
Dean Bacquet, the Managing Editor of the New York Times, has been named its Executive Editor….
“The Muslim Scare Story Generator” in the Guardian
Over at the Guardian, Nesrine Malik responds to the rise of racialized scare stories about Muslims…
Arthur Ashe
sonsandbrothers: On this day in 1963, 22 year old Arthur Ashe becomes the first African American to…