#BlackMenOfYaleUniversity Photos Give A Fresh Perspective On The Black Ivy League Experience
By Danielle Kwateng-Clark
http://www.essence.com/news/black-men-of-yale-university-viral-photo?xid=nl_essence_daily_pm_042517
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Black Ivy
From Essence -
#BlackMenOfYaleUniversity Photos Give A Fresh Perspective On The Black Ivy League Experience
By Danielle Kwateng-Clark
#BlackMenOfYaleUniversity Photos Give A Fresh Perspective On The Black Ivy League Experience
By Danielle Kwateng-Clark
Young, Gifted, & Black Rock Climber
From the Undefeated -
Kai Lightner, 17, aims to be the best rock climber in the country
One of the few blacks at the top of the sport, he’s shooting for the Tokyo Olympics
BY PAUL WACHTER
In March, Lightner, now 17, stood in front of another climbing wall inside Denver’s Movement Climbing and Fitness gym. He was one of 69 men competing in U.S.A. Climbing’s Sport & Speed Open National Championships, and, despite his age, he arguably was the favorite. Two years ago, when he first entered the competition as a 15-year-old, he won. And last year he finished second.
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But being the best male climber in the country isn’t Lightner’s only goal. After graduating from high school this spring, he’ll take a year off before college to expand his international competition schedule and tackle difficult outdoor routes. There’s also the Olympics. “Tokyo in 2020 will be the first time that climbing will be in the Olympics,” Lightner said. “There will only be one male climber and one female climber from the United States, and I’ll be training for that.”
Kai Lightner, 17, aims to be the best rock climber in the country
One of the few blacks at the top of the sport, he’s shooting for the Tokyo Olympics
BY PAUL WACHTER
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| Kai Lightner looks up at the climbing wall in – while participating in the USA Climbing Courtesy of USA Climbing |
In March, Lightner, now 17, stood in front of another climbing wall inside Denver’s Movement Climbing and Fitness gym. He was one of 69 men competing in U.S.A. Climbing’s Sport & Speed Open National Championships, and, despite his age, he arguably was the favorite. Two years ago, when he first entered the competition as a 15-year-old, he won. And last year he finished second.
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But being the best male climber in the country isn’t Lightner’s only goal. After graduating from high school this spring, he’ll take a year off before college to expand his international competition schedule and tackle difficult outdoor routes. There’s also the Olympics. “Tokyo in 2020 will be the first time that climbing will be in the Olympics,” Lightner said. “There will only be one male climber and one female climber from the United States, and I’ll be training for that.”
https://theundefeated.com/features/kai-lightner-17-aims-to-be-the-best-rock-climber-in-the-country/
Insecurity Defines Him
An excerpt from Slate -
Trump’s Defining Trait
It’s his insecurity. Why that should frighten us all.
By Jamelle Bouie
Each president brings with him more than just his agenda to Washington. He also brings personal qualities, those traits of character that shape and define his time in office as much as any event or policy. For Barack Obama, that quality was a confidence—or, critics might say, aloofness—exemplified by the nickname “No Drama Obama.” For George W. Bush, it was a resolve that crossed into stubborn rigidity. For Bill Clinton, a malleability that sometimes—or even often—skirted principle.
Donald Trump has just three months in office, but even now, we can see what he brings to the White House. Not the strength or mastery he works to project with every public appearance, but its opposite: insecurity. As president, Trump is profoundly insecure: insecure about his electoral victory, insecure about his public standing, and insecure about his progress as chief executive.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/donald_trump_s_defining_trait_his_insecurity.html?wpsrc=newsletter_tis&sid=554654ea10defb39638b510d
Trump’s Defining Trait
It’s his insecurity. Why that should frighten us all.
By Jamelle Bouie
Each president brings with him more than just his agenda to Washington. He also brings personal qualities, those traits of character that shape and define his time in office as much as any event or policy. For Barack Obama, that quality was a confidence—or, critics might say, aloofness—exemplified by the nickname “No Drama Obama.” For George W. Bush, it was a resolve that crossed into stubborn rigidity. For Bill Clinton, a malleability that sometimes—or even often—skirted principle.
Donald Trump has just three months in office, but even now, we can see what he brings to the White House. Not the strength or mastery he works to project with every public appearance, but its opposite: insecurity. As president, Trump is profoundly insecure: insecure about his electoral victory, insecure about his public standing, and insecure about his progress as chief executive.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/donald_trump_s_defining_trait_his_insecurity.html?wpsrc=newsletter_tis&sid=554654ea10defb39638b510d
Beyonce Scholarships - Please Share This
From Vulture -
Beyoncé Is Sending 4 Women to College on Formation Scholarships
By Dee Lockett
http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/beyonce-formation-scholarship-will-send-women-to-college.html
Beyoncé Is Sending 4 Women to College on Formation Scholarships
By Dee Lockett
http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/beyonce-formation-scholarship-will-send-women-to-college.html
Making a Statement
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTKtc_yhzzK/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-lives-matter-prom-dress_us_58fdfb99e4b06b9cb91865dc
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-lives-matter-prom-dress_us_58fdfb99e4b06b9cb91865dc
Monday, April 24, 2017
Snubbed by the US
An excerpt from OZY -
WHICH LEADER SNUBBED JESSE OWENS? HINT: IT WASN'T HITLER
By James Watkins
Adolf Hitler famously refused to shake Owens’ hand, not wanting the humiliation of acknowledging a Black athlete’s brilliance, or so the story goes. But the truth is that, after the first day of competition, Hitler didn’t shake any athlete’s hand because the head of the International Olympic Committee told him he must congratulate all gold medalists or none at all. Sure, the führer wasn’t keen on photo ops with Black or Jewish athletes, but he simply chose to steer clear of the stadium altogether. So Owens was never personally snubbed by Hitler, but his story is still defined by systematic racism — not in Nazi Germany, but in the United States.
After the Olympics, in which 18 African-American athletes competed with record-breaking success, only white athletes were invited to meet President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the White House. It was an election year, and FDR “did not want to be perceived as being soft on the negro issue,” says Harry Edwards, a sociologist and campaigner for Black participation in professional sports. The most decorated American athlete of the Games, Owens had to enter his own celebratory reception at the Waldorf Astoria through the freight elevator. After being banned from amateur competition because he declined to take part in a post-Olympics promotional tour, and with no professional opportunities or sponsorships, Owens worked as a playground janitor. He would later work as a gas station attendant before eventually filing for bankruptcy and being prosecuted for tax evasion. Owens began smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, a habit that would eventually kill him.
http://www.ozy.com/the-huddle/which-leader-snubbed-jesse-owens-hint-it-wasnt-hitler/71998
WHICH LEADER SNUBBED JESSE OWENS? HINT: IT WASN'T HITLER
By James Watkins
Adolf Hitler famously refused to shake Owens’ hand, not wanting the humiliation of acknowledging a Black athlete’s brilliance, or so the story goes. But the truth is that, after the first day of competition, Hitler didn’t shake any athlete’s hand because the head of the International Olympic Committee told him he must congratulate all gold medalists or none at all. Sure, the führer wasn’t keen on photo ops with Black or Jewish athletes, but he simply chose to steer clear of the stadium altogether. So Owens was never personally snubbed by Hitler, but his story is still defined by systematic racism — not in Nazi Germany, but in the United States.
After the Olympics, in which 18 African-American athletes competed with record-breaking success, only white athletes were invited to meet President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the White House. It was an election year, and FDR “did not want to be perceived as being soft on the negro issue,” says Harry Edwards, a sociologist and campaigner for Black participation in professional sports. The most decorated American athlete of the Games, Owens had to enter his own celebratory reception at the Waldorf Astoria through the freight elevator. After being banned from amateur competition because he declined to take part in a post-Olympics promotional tour, and with no professional opportunities or sponsorships, Owens worked as a playground janitor. He would later work as a gas station attendant before eventually filing for bankruptcy and being prosecuted for tax evasion. Owens began smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, a habit that would eventually kill him.
http://www.ozy.com/the-huddle/which-leader-snubbed-jesse-owens-hint-it-wasnt-hitler/71998
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Fueled by Taunts
From the Washington Post -
These robotics students were told ‘to go back to Mexico.’ The taunt only fueled their success.
By Kristine Phillips
Just a few months ago, not many knew about these five fourth-graders from a low-income community in Indianapolis.
But now, the Panther Bots, a thriving robotics team at Pleasant Run Elementary School, have become the face of a success story about a group of kids who were taunted with racial slurs but were too determined to let that affect their confidence. Earlier this month, they found themselves being honored on the Senate floor of the Indiana Statehouse. The group travels to Louisville on Sunday to compete in a worldwide robotics contest.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/04/23/these-robotics-students-were-told-to-go-back-to-mexico-the-taunt-only-fueled-their-success/?utm_term=.c0e0ecee6c44&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1
These robotics students were told ‘to go back to Mexico.’ The taunt only fueled their success.
By Kristine Phillips
Just a few months ago, not many knew about these five fourth-graders from a low-income community in Indianapolis.
But now, the Panther Bots, a thriving robotics team at Pleasant Run Elementary School, have become the face of a success story about a group of kids who were taunted with racial slurs but were too determined to let that affect their confidence. Earlier this month, they found themselves being honored on the Senate floor of the Indiana Statehouse. The group travels to Louisville on Sunday to compete in a worldwide robotics contest.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/04/23/these-robotics-students-were-told-to-go-back-to-mexico-the-taunt-only-fueled-their-success/?utm_term=.c0e0ecee6c44&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1
See Your Mail Before It Arrives
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2017/04/20/postal-service-offers-look-your-mail-before-arrives/100693104/
Signs of the Times
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| March for Science Rally, Paris - April 22, 2017 Francois Guillot, AFP/Getty Images |
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