April 2010
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NCAAOM Says Comcast’s Policy of Zero Percent African American Owned Channels Must Change
The National Coalition of African American Owned Media (NCAAOM) today praised the FCC’s decision to extend the comment period for the controversial proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal (NBCU). “It’s now clear the FCC recognizes the tremendous impact this merger will have on American society,” says Stanley E. Washington, NCAAOM President & CEO. “For [...]
Black, Latino tussle over jobs harms both
Eugene Kane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – After events transpired in Arizona last week, I recalled a conversation with an African-American businessman who insisted black men in Milwaukee really didn’t want to work. The interview took place last December during a time when news reports told of almost 50% unemployment for black males in some parts [...]
Black Woman Leads Former Whites-Only School
The private boarding school for underprivileged students now led by Autumn Adkins, who describes herself simply as “a black girl from Richmond, Virginia,” would have excluded her in years past. The one-time white boys-only institution in Philadelphia did not admit its first black student until 1968 — and that was only after numerous legal challenges, [...]
The barriers that hold back minority entrepreneurs
Robert L. Johnson, Washington Post – As an entrepreneur, I know firsthand the challenges minority entrepreneurs face. I also know the talent, dedication, determination and vision that minority entrepreneurs possess in their desire to become a part of and a contributor to the American Dream. But the simple fact of economic reality in America is [...]
Black Americans: More empathy than whites
A Northwestern University study suggests that on a neurological level, race matters when it comes to empathy for African-Americans in distress. The study led by Assistant Professor Joan Chiao determined blacks showed greater empathy for African-Americans facing adversity as victims of Hurricane Katrina than whites demonstrated for Caucasian-Americans in pain. “We found that everybody reported [...]
