The death of George Floyd last year has shone a spotlight on what it means to be Black, and especially, to be dark-skinned in America. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has our report from Minnesota, home to a growing population of African and other immigrants. It is part of our continuing series Race Matters , and Fred’s series, Agents for Change.
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The death of George Floyd last year has shone a spotlight on what it means to be Black, especially to be dark-skinned in America.
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has our report from Minnesota, home to a growing population of African and other immigrants.
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Couple Married for 7 Decades Reveal Their Secret to a Happy, Long Relationship
A couple who have been married for 70 years revealed the secret to their long marriage: “having a laugh” together.
Davie and Margaret Hunter met when they both worked for Schweppes fizzy drink factory, 71 years ago. Davie, 93, worked with lorries while Margaret, 89, was an operator. Davie, 93, and Margaret Hunter, 89. (SWNS)
During their courtship days, Davie would miss his bus almost every day and stay back after his work shift so that he could spend time with Margaret.
“Her granny used to say, ‘that poor boy’ because I was always missing the bus and having to cycle all the way home just so I could stay and talk to Margaret,” said Davie.
Or flash forward many decades and consider the uproar in 1994, when Time Magazine came under fire for digitally darkening the mugshot of O.J. Simpson on its cover, which many critics said was intended to make him appear even more menacing.
Dr. Margaret Hunter, senior director for the Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement at the University of California, Berkeley, has intimately studied the topic of colorism for decades. She believes it has pervaded nearly all aspects of life for people of color. For example, looking at African-Americans or South Asians, you can see very clear differences by skin tone for things like income, educational attainment, spousal status, the kind of neighborhood you live in, how integrated or racially segregated the neighborhood is, down to the kind of criminal justice sentences that people receive, school-based discipline, all kinds of things