It’s slightly ironic that Gillis considers himself a risk-taking boundary-pusher when the comedy in these podcast episodes was, among other things, unoriginal. He employed shopworn tropes, racist and homophobic language, age-old myths about Chinese food, and ignorant attitudes about Chinatown and Asian Americans. Most Asian or Asian American people — likely including Gillis’s future co-worker…
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Fox News Does Awkward About-Face on Kanye West After Antisemitic Rant
On Fox News, where “White Lives Matter” seems to be worth celebrating, threatening “death con 3” on all Jewish people is a bridge too far. The network spent a good part of last week hyping up Kanye West’s for sporting a “White Lives Matter” shirt at Paris Fashion Week, complete with a two-night sit-down interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight. But in…
After Matt Rhule’s firing, Steve Wilks steps into unwinnable spot too many Black coaches have found themselves
It’s a depressingly familiar situation: A white coach steers his team straight into the iceberg, and a Black coach is tasked with trying to keep it afloat for the remainder of a season, no matter how much water it has taken on. In that way, however, NFL teams are simply continuing the American tradition of…
Powerful Voices Back Push For Educator Diversity
Manny Cruz, Latinos For Education advocacy director for Massachusetts, said one of the organization’s major goals is to get more educators of color and bilingual teachers into classrooms. Read more about education diversity HERE.
Young People’s Pavilion: Engaging Story Offers Empowerment and Acceptance of Learning Differences
“Exploring the topic of learning disabilities can be challenging, especially the social-emotional fallout for children who are struggling, but Thompkins-Bigelow accomplishes the task. Rose’s lively and colorful illustrations are eye-pleasing and showcase diversity. This is an engaging story that not only offers empowerment but also models understanding and acceptance of learning differences.” —The Horn Book Magazine…
A Glimpse of a Future Without White People | from WIRED
Whiteness is a seduction. Whiteness is also an illusion. These are the twin motifs on which Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid props up The Last White Man, his new novel about race metamorphosis and human morality. Read the full story.
A Michigan police chief has apologized after it emerged that the department used images of Black men during target practice
Concerns about the images were initially raised in April, after a Boy Scout troop toured the building used for target practice by the Farmington Hills Police Department, according to CNN affiliate WXYZ. A photo taken by an unidentified individual on the tour shows at least three hanging targets of Black men holding weapons and a group…
As Inflation Soars, Black Americans Bear The Brunt Of Rising Grocery, Gas And Housing Prices – The Seattle Medium
“I’m just worried about quality of life,” said Johnson, 33. “You already have nerves about being a new parent. And then you have the whole economic downturn possibly coming and it can create some anxiety.” Like many Black families, Johnson and her husband are bearing the brunt of inflation — with prices rising to the…
Why the ‘Essential Labor’ of raising kids is to lonely and expensive : Shots – Health News : NPR
During the pandemic, when schools and day care facilities shut down abruptly, millions of parents — especially mothers — dropped out of the workforce to pick up the slack. Author Angela Garbes was one of them. Read the full story.
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