Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
Lynchings in the Media
An excerpt from the NY Times -
How Northern Newspapers Covered Lynchings
By Charles Seguin
From the late 1800s well into the 20th century, thousands of people, mostly black and poor, were murdered by lynch mobs that sometimes burned their victims alive, castrated them or cut their bodies up into little pieces that were passed around as souvenirs.
Southern newspapers justified these horrors by calling lynching victims “fiends,” “brutes” or “ravishers,” leaving their guilt unquestioned. Lurid details of supposed rapes of white women by black men, often entirely fabricated, were recounted in Southern papers to justify, or even to incite, lynchings.
In a landmark move, The Montgomery Advertiser recently apologized for its role in justifying and promoting lynching. But many Northern papers were just as complicit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/northern-newspapers-lynchings.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
How Northern Newspapers Covered Lynchings
By Charles Seguin
From the late 1800s well into the 20th century, thousands of people, mostly black and poor, were murdered by lynch mobs that sometimes burned their victims alive, castrated them or cut their bodies up into little pieces that were passed around as souvenirs.
Southern newspapers justified these horrors by calling lynching victims “fiends,” “brutes” or “ravishers,” leaving their guilt unquestioned. Lurid details of supposed rapes of white women by black men, often entirely fabricated, were recounted in Southern papers to justify, or even to incite, lynchings.
In a landmark move, The Montgomery Advertiser recently apologized for its role in justifying and promoting lynching. But many Northern papers were just as complicit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/northern-newspapers-lynchings.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Honored When Dead
An excerpt from the NY Times -
Earlier this year in the White House, Trump signed a proclamation for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and lauded him for his choice to “courageously stand up for civil rights of African-Americans.”
That is precisely what Colin Kaepernick and the N.F.L. players are doing, and they are condemned for it just like King was. In 1966, Gallup found that nearly two-thirds of Americans held an unfavorable view of him.
King wrote in his 1963 “Letter From Birmingham Jail”:
“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”
Again, this is what the players are doing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/opinion/bull-connor-colin-kaepernick.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Earlier this year in the White House, Trump signed a proclamation for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and lauded him for his choice to “courageously stand up for civil rights of African-Americans.”
That is precisely what Colin Kaepernick and the N.F.L. players are doing, and they are condemned for it just like King was. In 1966, Gallup found that nearly two-thirds of Americans held an unfavorable view of him.
King wrote in his 1963 “Letter From Birmingham Jail”:
“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”
Again, this is what the players are doing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/opinion/bull-connor-colin-kaepernick.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Brilliant
From Buzzfeed -
People Who Have Kids Will 100% Appreciate The Following 21 Inventions / Ideas
Just brilliant.
By Krista Torres
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/xx-things-only-people-with-kids-will-truly-appreciate?utm_term=.xn2L3maW7k#.pkrymv8QG4
People Who Have Kids Will 100% Appreciate The Following 21 Inventions / Ideas
Just brilliant.
By Krista Torres
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/xx-things-only-people-with-kids-will-truly-appreciate?utm_term=.xn2L3maW7k#.pkrymv8QG4
Sunday, June 10, 2018
The Village Idiot
Angela Merkel's office has released this photo taken today at the G7, which tells you a lot about how things went. pic.twitter.com/IXX6K3ayys— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 9, 2018
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Bourdain Quotes
From Axios -
"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody."
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
“I’ve never seen someone enjoy a cold beer on a little plastic stool more than President Obama.”
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-b378cfa7-b89c-49e0-b3a1-060f69f9c125.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top
"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody."
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
“I’ve never seen someone enjoy a cold beer on a little plastic stool more than President Obama.”
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-b378cfa7-b89c-49e0-b3a1-060f69f9c125.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top
Consider This
An AirBnB Rental in Tennessee -
https://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g55270-d11697413-A_Grand_View_5BR_Pigeon_Forge_Cabin_w_Hot_Tub-Pigeon_Forge_Tennessee.html
https://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g55270-d11697413-A_Grand_View_5BR_Pigeon_Forge_Cabin_w_Hot_Tub-Pigeon_Forge_Tennessee.html
Obama With Bourdain
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZM— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 8, 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Common Sense Teaching & Learning
From Upworthy -
http://www.upworthy.com/this-teacher-s-reaction-to-a-sleeping-student-has-gone-viral-for-all-the-right-reasons
Monday, June 4, 2018
Compassion Personified
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
Former slave, on possible path to sainthood, to be entombed in Denver cathedral
By Meagan Flynn
On the streets of post-Civil War Denver, Julia Greeley was unmistakable as she stood at doorsteps of poor families in the middle of the night, pulling a red wagon behind her and wearing a floppy black hat. Because the former slave lost an eye as a child when she was whipped by a slave master in Hannibal, Mo., some people in Denver knew her as one-eyed Julia.
But most called her an angel of charity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/04/former-slave-on-possible-path-to-sainthood-to-be-entombed-in-denver-cathedral/?utm_term=.62c4ddda1e2c
Former slave, on possible path to sainthood, to be entombed in Denver cathedral
By Meagan Flynn
On the streets of post-Civil War Denver, Julia Greeley was unmistakable as she stood at doorsteps of poor families in the middle of the night, pulling a red wagon behind her and wearing a floppy black hat. Because the former slave lost an eye as a child when she was whipped by a slave master in Hannibal, Mo., some people in Denver knew her as one-eyed Julia.
But most called her an angel of charity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/04/former-slave-on-possible-path-to-sainthood-to-be-entombed-in-denver-cathedral/?utm_term=.62c4ddda1e2c
Partying at 45,000 Feet
An excerpt from The Wall Street Bloomberg -
What Do Kids Do on Private Jets?
In the race to court customers, VistaJet is producing six-figure play parties at 45,000 feet.
By Adrien Glover
Like everything else staged in the back eight seats of the Global 5000 Bombardier business jet—including games of dominoes and croquet—it’s part of an extravagant (and expensive) tea party produced at a turbulence-free 45,000 feet. Up in the front section of the plane, three adults sip Ruinart Blanc de Blanc Champagne while checking email, completely undisturbed by the action a few rows back. They can’t even hear the children’s squeals of delight when it comes time to eat the chocolate truffles they made themselves by hand.
Welcome to the world’s first official Alice in Wonderland adventure in the sky.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-01/the-latest-private-jet-amenity-is-a-theme-party-for-your-children?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
What Do Kids Do on Private Jets?
In the race to court customers, VistaJet is producing six-figure play parties at 45,000 feet.
By Adrien Glover
Like everything else staged in the back eight seats of the Global 5000 Bombardier business jet—including games of dominoes and croquet—it’s part of an extravagant (and expensive) tea party produced at a turbulence-free 45,000 feet. Up in the front section of the plane, three adults sip Ruinart Blanc de Blanc Champagne while checking email, completely undisturbed by the action a few rows back. They can’t even hear the children’s squeals of delight when it comes time to eat the chocolate truffles they made themselves by hand.
Welcome to the world’s first official Alice in Wonderland adventure in the sky.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-01/the-latest-private-jet-amenity-is-a-theme-party-for-your-children?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Quote
From the Huffington Post -
Renowned Economist Jeffrey Sachs Rips Trump As A Gibbering, ‘Delusional’ Threat
He calls for removal of the president using the 25th Amendment.
By Mary Papenfuss
“Trump is unwell and unfit to be president. He is a growing threat to the nation and the world.
“The emperor had no clothes. This president has no sense,” he concluded.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeffrey-sachs-slams-delusional-psychopathic-trump_us_5b11e510e4b0d5e89e1fc756?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
Renowned Economist Jeffrey Sachs Rips Trump As A Gibbering, ‘Delusional’ Threat
He calls for removal of the president using the 25th Amendment.
By Mary Papenfuss
“Trump is unwell and unfit to be president. He is a growing threat to the nation and the world.
“The emperor had no clothes. This president has no sense,” he concluded.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeffrey-sachs-slams-delusional-psychopathic-trump_us_5b11e510e4b0d5e89e1fc756?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
The First to Go
An excerpt from AXIOS -
Here's where jobs will be lost when robots drive trucks
By Lazaro Gamio, Gerald Rich, David McCabe
Truck drivers will be some of the first people to lose jobs as automation technology spreads.
https://www.axios.com/heres-where-jobs-will-be-lost-when-robots-drive-trucks-1513300554-58297c36-0cfb-4675-b3cd-9454d932ebbb.html
Here's where jobs will be lost when robots drive trucks
By Lazaro Gamio, Gerald Rich, David McCabe
https://www.axios.com/heres-where-jobs-will-be-lost-when-robots-drive-trucks-1513300554-58297c36-0cfb-4675-b3cd-9454d932ebbb.html
A Talented Slimeball
🚨 EAGLE HOLE-OUT FOR @TIGERWOODS! 🚨— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 1, 2018
... and the crowd goes WILD.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/zVNvgJmmRA
Friday, June 1, 2018
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Ambien Maker Pushes Back
People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world. While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.— Sanofi US (@SanofiUS) May 30, 2018
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
NFL Caves
NFL -- who exploits players for 3yrs then abandons them to a lifetime of pain -- sided with a draft-dodging racist who uses fake patriotism to squash peaceful protest. Corporations shld rethink sponsoring moral cowardice before we start asking: whose side is Nationwide really on? pic.twitter.com/ytVSiE4wfX
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) May 29, 2018
Outstanding Pastry Chef
An excerpt from the New York Times -
An Alabama Chef and Her Beloved Desserts Hit the Big Time
By Kim Severson
An Alabama Chef and Her Beloved Desserts Hit the Big Time
By Kim Severson
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| Dolester Miles, who was named Outstanding Pastry Chef by the James Beard Foundation in May, has worked for more than 30 years at the Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham, Ala. CreditBob Miller for The New York Times |
Still, amid all the hand-wringing over politics and privilege, it was Ms. Miles’s win that somehow captured hearts. In her own small way, she was like Meghan Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland, at the royal wedding: a secondary character in a larger, predominantly white narrative who emerged as an African-American beacon.
“Her honor acknowledges and celebrates generations of restaurant and home cooks whose recipes got lost in the their employers’ brands,” said Toni Tipton-Martin, a food journalist whose 2015 book, “The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African-American Cookbooks,” explored the history of black cooks in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/dining/dolester-miles-alabama-pastry-chef.html?emc=edit_nn_20180530&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=3886749920180530&te=1
Preschool Cookbook
My nephews Ethan’s pre-k class made a cook book, and all the kids had to come up with all the recipes😂😂 so much better than I could’ve imagined. pic.twitter.com/X5d0Sqzw5N— Jordan Adams (@JordanKAdams97) May 16, 2018
Starbucks' Training Video
We got a hold of Starbucks’s racial bias training video: pic.twitter.com/ePXy5Qqtzr— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 30, 2018
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Thank God!
From Vulture -
Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, and More Celebrities React to Roseanne Cancellation
By Hunter Harris
http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/shonda-rhimes-kenya-barris-rita-moreno-reacts-to-roseanne-cancellation.html
Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, and More Celebrities React to Roseanne Cancellation
By Hunter Harris
http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/shonda-rhimes-kenya-barris-rita-moreno-reacts-to-roseanne-cancellation.html
Rewriting Racist Headlines
From the New Yorker -
How Alexandra Bell Is Disrupting Racism in Journalism
By Doreen St. Félix
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-alexandra-bell-is-disrupting-racism-in-journalism?mbid=nl_Daily%20052918&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=13602117&spUserID=MTMzMTgyODE2ODQxS0&spJobID=1402650940&spReportId=MTQwMjY1MDk0MAS2
How Alexandra Bell Is Disrupting Racism in Journalism
By Doreen St. Félix
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-alexandra-bell-is-disrupting-racism-in-journalism?mbid=nl_Daily%20052918&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=13602117&spUserID=MTMzMTgyODE2ODQxS0&spJobID=1402650940&spReportId=MTQwMjY1MDk0MAS2
Again.
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
I’m a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.
By Mary Branch
I cannot prove that this was an act based on bias. But in studying and practicing medicine, I have developed skills in pattern recognition. They are well adapted to making a diagnosis of racism.
After that incident, I could not sleep for a few nights, because of how hurt I felt. Having a policeman approach and confront me left me feeling embarrassed, humiliated and powerless. I felt like an unwanted outsider in a community of which I thought I was a member.
Not long ago, two African American gentlemen were arrested in a Starbucks in Philadelphia while simply waiting for a colleague; I understand how fearful and helpless they must have felt. Then there was the woman wrestled to the floor by police at a Waffle House; I can relate to her likely feelings of anger mixed with submission. These scenarios aren’t new, nor are the emotions they stir up in us. As people of color, we’ve learned to present ourselves in an assimilated manner to shield ourselves from overpolicing. The poet Paul Laurence Dunbar described it best: “We wear the mask that grins and lies.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-white-neighbors-called-the-cops-on-me-for-listening-to-hip-hop/2018/05/28/54930d04-4fbe-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.364456acb582&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
I’m a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.
By Mary Branch
I cannot prove that this was an act based on bias. But in studying and practicing medicine, I have developed skills in pattern recognition. They are well adapted to making a diagnosis of racism.
After that incident, I could not sleep for a few nights, because of how hurt I felt. Having a policeman approach and confront me left me feeling embarrassed, humiliated and powerless. I felt like an unwanted outsider in a community of which I thought I was a member.
Not long ago, two African American gentlemen were arrested in a Starbucks in Philadelphia while simply waiting for a colleague; I understand how fearful and helpless they must have felt. Then there was the woman wrestled to the floor by police at a Waffle House; I can relate to her likely feelings of anger mixed with submission. These scenarios aren’t new, nor are the emotions they stir up in us. As people of color, we’ve learned to present ourselves in an assimilated manner to shield ourselves from overpolicing. The poet Paul Laurence Dunbar described it best: “We wear the mask that grins and lies.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-white-neighbors-called-the-cops-on-me-for-listening-to-hip-hop/2018/05/28/54930d04-4fbe-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.364456acb582&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Monday, May 28, 2018
Horrible
1500 innocent children ripped from their mothers’ arms at our border. Lost in Trump’s “system”. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddle masses yearning to breathe free -- and we will torture them for wanting a better life. From Shining City to Evil Empire in under 500 days. pic.twitter.com/Qg07vb0aBg— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) May 27, 2018
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