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Why is Hollywood So Afraid of Black Women? [Reader Forum]
by Channing Kennedy on January 30 2012, 9:00AM
Colorlines.com readers discuss The Help’s place as a good vehicle for black actresses and a bad vehicle for accurate history.
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Congress Postpones SOPA and PIPA Until ‘Wider Agreement’
by Jorge Rivas on January 20 2012, 1:30PM
Two days after massive internet protests, lawmakers on Friday indefinitely postponed anti-piracy legislation SOPA and PIPA.
What Is SOPA? Here Are 5 Things You Need to Know
by Jorge Rivas, Jamilah King on January 18 2012, 8:39AM
Thousands of websites are going dark today in protest of a new bill that’s being debated in Congress.
Awkward Black Girl’s Issa Rae Explains Season Finale Delay, 30-minute Episode on the Way
by Jorge Rivas on January 13 2012, 10:53AM
The long awaited 30-minute season finale episode of ‘Awkward Black Girl’ was suppose to premiere last night but it’s had some setbacks. It’s been promised a few times in the past 12-hours but this time director Issa Rae says it’s for real.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Media, /NOW Blog
The FCC Is Trying to Close the Digital Divide—Sort Of
by Jamilah King on January 13 2012, 9:41AM
The FCC is launching a new pilot program this year to make broadband more affordable. Quiet as it’s kept, this isn’t the commission’s first effort, but civil rights groups say it can’t be anywhere near the last.
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How ‘Sh*t White Girls Say to Black Girls’ Blew Up the Internet
by Jamilah King on January 6 2012, 9:35AM
Franchesca Ramsey has turned the year’s first online meme into social commentary. But are efforts like hers enough to create meaningful discussions about racial justice? She thinks so.
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Melissa Harris-Perry Finally Gets Her Own Program on MSNBC
by Jorge Rivas on January 5 2012, 2:10PM
The political science professor will get her own weekend show.
If You Were A White Forbes Columnist Commenting On Black Kids… [Reader Forum]
by Channing Kennedy on January 2 2012, 9:36AM
Readers come up with excellent responses to Forbes writer Gene Marks’ much-mocked “If I Were A Poor Black Kid…”
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‘Yo, Is This Racist?’ Andrew Ti’s Tumblr Has Your (Hilarious) Answer
by Channing Kennedy on January 2 2012, 9:36AM
Andrew Ti has no qualifications to answer the internet’s race questions, besides common sense and a string of curse words. And maybe that’s enough.
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CNN’s Don Lemon: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Perfect, I Want to Be Real’
by Jamilah King on December 22 2011, 11:51AM
Creative Loafing Atlanta catches up with one of today’s most outspoken mainstream journalists.
AT&T Drops Bid to Buy T-Mobile: Here’s Why You Should Be Happy
by Jamilah King on December 19 2011, 5:25PM
The implications are huge for mobile users of color, many of whom are stuck on the wrong side of a new digital divide.
Fans of Oldest Black Bookstore Fight Amazon With Google Tool
by Jamilah King on December 19 2011, 12:00PM
Worried about last minute holiday shopping? Supporters of Marcus Books have developed a new tool to help folks get off their computers and shop in person.
5 Signs You’re Acting Like a White Guy (Or, How To Not Be Gene Marks)
by W. Kamau Bell on December 19 2011, 9:07AM
You need not be white or a guy to act a fool in public, says stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell. So here are some warning signals that you might be “getting all Gene Marksy up in here.”
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‘If I Were A Poor Black Kid’ Dude Responds to Baratunde Thurston’s Satirical Letter
by Jorge Rivas on December 15 2011, 2:23PM
Despite all the controversy, Gene Marks still thinks that if poor black kids in Philadelphia study hard and apply to the best schools they’ll turn out fine.
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How Lowe’s Walked Into the Morality War Against Sex, Gays and Muslims
by Jamilah King on December 15 2011, 9:17AM
The company loves to tout its commitment to diversity. But it’s sheepishly running away from any meaningful discussion of race—and getting bullied by the rightwing fringe that has made Islamophobia a new priority.
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Native American Youth to Diane Sawyer: We’re Not Poverty Porn
by Jorge Rivas on December 14 2011, 3:22PM
Native American youth respond to ABC’s documentary and tell Diane Sawyer their stories are a lot more complex.
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If I Were A White, Male Middle Aged Forbes Columnist…
by Akiba Solomon on December 14 2011, 10:11AM
The lesson of Gene Marks’s “If I Were a Poor Black Kid” column: If you don’t have firsthand knowledge of structural inequality, you have to put in time and rigorous research to write about it. Or you could just stay in your lane.
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Group Says Lowe’s Is One of 64 Companies to Pull Ads From ‘All-American Muslim’
by Jorge Rivas on December 13 2011, 11:33AM
And the conservative Christian group’s got other high-profile targets, too.
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Infographic: What the New Digital Divide Looks Like
by Hatty Lee on December 6 2011, 10:21AM
The defining question of the information age is no longer whether you’re online, it’s how you got there. Here’s why your connection matters.
Topics: Media, New Digital Divide, Technology
How Big Telecom Used Smartphones to Create a New Digital Divide
by Jamilah King on December 6 2011, 10:19AM
The information age’s defining question is no longer who’s online, but how they got there. Consumers of color are closing the digital divide with smart phones. But they’ve surfed into a space where telecom has the right to do as it pleases with both users and content.
Topics: Media, New Digital Divide, Technology
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