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Twitter Forced the World to Pay Attention to Ferguson. It Won’t Last.
“Social networks are too fickle for activists to depend on for media attention,” writes Jenée Desmond-Harris at Vox.
Rebellious Maryland students bring more Confederate flags to school
Not even a week after a Maryland student was reprimanded for bringing a Confederate flag to school property, two more students have committed the same offense. A photo circling the Internet shows students at Glenelg High School raising the Confederate flag at the school’s football game last Friday.
Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Campaign is a Success
By: Mark Harris This is just in: the Kickstarter campaign for the revitalization of Reading Rainbow was a success. The show, which was hosted on PBS by Levar Burton, was a staple for kids during the 80’s. The show lasted until 2006 and aired for the last time in 2009. Levar Burton and Mark Wolfe […]
The Politics of Ratchetness
We can discuss the etymology of ‘ratchet’ all we want, but long story short, it is one of the few words in the English language that can equally serve as an adjective (“That club is pretty ratchet.”), verb (“We need play some Fat Trel so we can ratchet it up in here.”), and noun (“This […]
Frank Ocean Comes Out and the Courage it Takes to be Revolutionary, Plus a Homophobic Backlash
If I could speak to him directly, I would say “Frank Ocean you have become revolutionary.” Every person that breaks normative ideas of sexuality and gender becomes a revolutionist. These paradigm shifters become life changing for every little boy that grew up wanting to put on a ballerina dress but couldn’t because of the fear […]
The Newer, Cuter, Post-Obama Racism
Affirmative Action is soon to be challenged once again, and I find the debate around it particularly troubling. Not necessarily because of the political implications surrounding the debate, but because it begins to expose just how little people understand the complexities of Race in this country. The conversation around Affirmative Action usually begins to devolve […]
Obama tries to recapture his youth vote
Obama tries to recapture his youth vote Christopher Nelson, The Grio, October 15, 2010 It may be 2010 but President Obama is trying to do what both his predecessors, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, tried to do before him, which is get young voters to “Rock the Vote”. The phrase often used during the early […]
Eddie Long: Rapists and Homosexuals Are Not the Same Thing
Faggot. Homo. Queer. At the dawn of a pastor’s hypocrisy, I hope our leaders in this country (whoever they might be) look beyond the surface of a situation and excavate deeper into truth and understanding. Not only truth about any particular person’s action, but truth and understanding about a group of people and what that group […]
Collateral Damage
I don’t know if Eddie Long is gay; I don’t know if these allegations of sexual abuse are true. I suspect, however, that on some level they are, and that Eddie Long, again on some level, probably enjoys the (sexual) company of men. As a rule, I think just about everybody is a little bit […]
Blacks and Latinos Phoning Across the Digital Divide
Black Youth in the News is an archive of articles written about young black people in major U.S. newspapers. Check out our feature article or browse all of the stories that we have sorted by week. Today’s Feature Article Blacks and Latinos Phoning Across the Digital Divide Jamilah King, Colorlines, July 9, 2010 A new […]