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Have you noticed how our language is changing? At a congressional hearing on "Birthing While Black," nearly every politician used the words "birthing people" instead of "women" or "mothers." Asked why, Shalanda Young, President Joe Bidens budget director, said, "Our language needs to be more inclusive." Activists have also changed "equality" to "equity" and "affirmative action" to "diversity." The Associated Press no longer uses "mistress." It tells reporters to use "companion, friend or lover....

“Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias.” Area man who plays GPS-based treasure hunt game requiring forays into remote places and private property describes “horrifying” experience of people asking what he’s doing. new plays being written by black writers is “a step toward progress,” but critics “will be watching Broadways next moves” to make sure “momentum” continues. “Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. Its Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist.” Tom Hanks p...

Meda Simmons Bruce, Harvey Bruce, and Willa Bruce at Bruce’s Lodge. date unknown. Photo from the California African American Museum An American dream came to an end at Bruce’s Beach, but the memory of what happened survived Third in a series by Mark McDermott  By the first years of the 1920s, Manhattan Beach was coming together. In the decade since its founding, what had been mostly a scattering of sandswept shacks emerged as an actual town. A city hall was built and residents appr...

Study: Racial segregation is increasing in the Bay Area and across the US FacebookTwitterEmail A "for sale" sign is seen on a single family in Vallejo, Calif., in this file photo. David Paul Morris/Getty Images If you ask Stephen Menendian why his research at UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute is important, he won’t hesitate. “It matters to me because society has only begun to grapple with the inequalities of race, but we have not fully acknowledged the role segregation plays i...

Georgias recent Board of Education resolution constricting discussions of race (in response to Governor Brian Kemps admonition against critical race theory) may be driven by a fundamental tenet of White supremacist culture - prioritize White peoples feelings above all else.

Curator Joy Bivins Is Named New Director of the Schomburg Center As the center moves beyond the pandemic, Bivins plans to add more items reflecting the African diaspora and make those materials more accessible. Joy Bivins will become the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on June 21.Credit...Jonathan Blanc/NYPL June 4, 2021, 3:05 p.m. ET Joy Bivins, who joined the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem last year, has been named director of the cente...

1971 in der DDR gegründet, zählt der "Polizeiruf 110" heute zu den erfolgreichsten deutschen Krimis – nicht zuletzt wegen hochkarätig besetzten Kommissarinnen wie der Dresdner Schauspielerin Claudia Michelsen.

From the Garden: Black entrepreneurs hope pandemic gardening boom will grow healthier eating By Chandra Thomas Whitfield Kaiser Health News Share Ietef Vita had planned to spend most of 2020 on the road, promoting ” Biomimicz,” the album the rapper had released on his #plantbasedrecords label in January. Vita, known to his fans as “DJ Cavem Moetavation” and “Chef Ietef,” had those plans unexpectedly cut short. “We were in Berkeley, California, on Feb. 29, playing there and liter...

Residential complaints about Lake Merritt’s protest parties have prompted Oakland city...

Actress Tatyana Ali recently opened up about the traumatic birth of her first child, in the hopes that other expectant Black mothers do not experience the same. Ali spoke at BlogHer Health 2021 with Sugaberry Founder Thai Randolph, and much of her conversation was dedicated to advocating for the maternal health of Black women in the United States — who have disproportionately high rates of death related to pregnancy or childbirth, and the crisis of pregnancy-related death spans income and edu...