Black Girl Nerds
MORE MOMENTS OF WHITEWASHED HISTORY; FIVE ERASURES OF BLACK EXCELLENCE. As previously explained in the first op-ed on whitewashed history, Every time Blacks get some, here white supremacy come trying to […]
The Guardian (U.K.)
BLACK SPARTACUS: THE EPIC LIFE OF TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE. An outstanding study of how ‘the first black superhero of the modern age’ led the world’s only successful slave revolution. By Ian […]
WIRED
AMAZON’S BLACK BOX IS LIKE A LOST BLACK MIRROR EPISODE. Blumhouse’s new sci-fi thriller is goofy, soapy fun. FOR ITS FIRST hour, the new sci-fi horror flick Black Box appears to have collaged […]
New York Times
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE RISE AND FALL OF ‘POLITICAL BLACKNESS’. Before “people of color” and BIPOC, Britain had its own inclusive concept for nonwhite people. By Kwame Anthony Appiah […]
Scientific American
THE WHITEWASHING OF BLACK GENIUS. Frederick Douglass, Antonio Maceo and the outrages of “racial science” By Griffin Black on October 12, 2020By Griffin Black on October 12, 2020 Sometimes it is the strange similarities and symmetries […]
Vox
A HISTORY OF “WOKENESS.” Stay woke: How a Black activist watchword got co-opted in the culture war. By Aja Romano@ajaromano Before 2014, the call to “stay woke” was, for many people, […]
CNN
FACEBOOK LAUNCHES #BUYBLACK FRIDAY CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES. By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Facebook is launching a three-month “Season of Support” initiative for small businesses — starting with a campaign […]
New York Times
AT A REDUCED FRIEZE WEEK, A FOCUS ON BLACK ART. This year’s edition was less extensive because of the pandemic, but many shows reflected a new focal point in the […]
Politico
FOR SOME BLACK YOUTH, IT’S TIME TO QUESTION BLACK LOYALTIES. Gen Z is not only liberal but skeptical, and the Black community’s diehard support for the party that embraced civil […]
The Guardian (U.K)
‘A SIGN OF REVOLUTION’: WHY THE BLACK POWER BERET IS MAKING A COMEBACK. From Che Guevara to the Black Panthers, it’s been an eternal symbol of revolution and counterculture. Now […]
Food &Wine
YELP ADDS ‘RACIST BEHAVIOR’ ALERT FOR RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES. The review site says the alerts will “always link to a news article from a credible media outlet so users […]
Harvard Business Review
WHEN AND HOW TO RESPOND TO MICROAGGRESSIONS. by Ella F. Washington , Alison Hall Birch and Laura Morgan Roberts In U.S. workplaces — and around the world — people are finally engaging in real conversations […]
Medium
SOME INSULTING THINGS A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE DO. Written by Marley K. I compiled a list of some annoying, creepy, inconsiderate, insulting, and/or disrespectful things some White people do […]
Washington Post
THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY MADE MY GRANDMOTHER FEAR INVESTING. It takes more than a financial workshop to overcome a lifetime of anxiety that you could lose everything you ever worked […]
CNN
CELEBRITIES HAND OVER INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS TO BLACK WOMEN FOR UK BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Influential Black women are taking over the Instagram accounts of their Whitecounterparts on Thursday to mark the beginning of […]
People
EBONI K. WILLIAMS JOINS THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY AS THE FIRST BLACK CAST MEMBER. She’ll be joining returning Housewives Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Leah McSweeney and Sonja […]
Brother With Attitude 