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
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