- New Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man Is Biracial
- This historic change to the story line was revealed in a new issue that is being released on Wednesday. …
- You would think that in the realm of fantasy, these decisions would be made more often. As evidenced by the hate spewed when Idris Elba was cast as a Norse God in the latest Thor movie, making iconic characters racially diverse is more than a notion.
- VIDEO: News Station Edits Video to Distort Child’s Words
- …a Chicago news station is under fire for purposely taking the words of a 4-year-old boy out of context to portray him as a future criminal. …the reporter asked the boy…what he was going to do when he got older, to which the boy responded, “I’m going to have me a gun.” When asked why, he said, “I’m going to be the police.” …
- WBBM’s actions led to an apology from the news station with a vow to learn from their mistakes. An apology? … We won’t even mention the fact that no one was fired for this breach of journalistic ethics with clear malicious intent.
- …the normalcy of demonizing young black boys in media must end.
- Rep Apologizes for Obama Tar Baby Comment
- Lamborn, who has been called the most conservative member of Congress, was of course only familiar with the “difficult to solve” definition. And he’s already decided that the president will accept his apology, telling the Denver Post, “I am sure that he will not take offense and that he’ll be happy to accept my apology because he is a man of character.”
- The Tea Partier may be right. …it’s probably the least of the president’s problems with him.
- Study: Black, Wealthy and Segregated
- A new study shows that affluent blacks and Hispanics live in neighborhoods that are noticeably poorer and have fewer resources than neighborhoods where low-income whites live… suggest that income disparities are far from the only explanation for persistent patterns of segregation:…
- Kids’ anxiety, depression halved when parenting styled to personality | EurekAlert!
- When it comes to rearing children, just about any parent will say that what works with one kid might not work with another. But which parenting styles work best with which kids? A study by University of Washington psychologists provides advice about tailoring parenting to children’s personalities.
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