Sunday, February 6, 2011
From "What Would You Do?"
This ABC News show staged a racial profiling scenario, complete with hidden cameras, in Arizona. Watch the reactions.
The Beating Of Chad Holley
This video shows Houston police officers beating 15-year-old Chad Holley.
Black History, Black Families
Colbert King writes that we are in another Black History Month, "[a]nother month of looking back with pride--as we ignore the calamity in our midst."
Saturday, February 5, 2011
"Posing Beauty: African-American Images From The 1890s To The Present"
This photography exhibition can be seen at the Newark Museum.
Going Incog-Negro
Actor Michael Fosberg discusses how his life changed after he learned, in his early thirties, that his biological father was a black man.
The Civil Rights Movement Comic Book And Egypt
An interesting question: "did a 50-year old comic book about Martin Luther King help change the course of history in Egypt? Rep. John Lewis thinks so."
An Interview With Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Root talks with the director of the Rose Center at the American Museum of Natural History.
Racial Disparities In Health
This report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details certain racial disparities in health. For instance, babies born to black women are three times as likely to die during their infancy than babies born to women of other races, and Mexican-Americans have the lowest success rate in controlling high blood pressure. The NYT discusses the report here.
Tim Scott
The Grio takes a look at Tim Scott, an African-American Congressman and member of the Republican Party.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)