Tag: CNN

  • CNN pundit goes off on racist whites who think they ‘allowed’ Obama to be president Raw Story 2016-07-10 David Edwards Former Congressional Black Caucus Executive Director Angela Rye took issue on Sunday with white Americans who think they “allowed” Barack Obama to become president. During a panel discussion about race in America, CNN host Fareed…

  • What black America won’t miss about Obama Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-07-01 John Blake (CNN) President Barack Obama was delivering a speech before a joint session of Congress when a white lawmaker jabbed his right index finger at Obama and called him a liar. The heckling came during his September 2009 address on health care.…

  • Sweden: People didn’t turn on refugees; system maxed out Cable News Network (CNN) Amanpour 2016-05-08 Christiane Amanpour speaks with Alice Bah Kuhnke, Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy, about the crushing refugee crisis in Europe.

  • ‘Blaxicans’ photos explore Angelenos straddling two worlds Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-03-01 Emanuella Grinberg, Writer/Producer CNN Digital Blaxicans of L.A. is an Instagram account that grew into a show at Los Angeles’ Avenue 50 Studio during Black History Month. The exhibit includes portraits with captions detailing personal histories and experiences with colorism and self-identity. Ken…

  • Thai beauty ad: ‘Just being white, you will win’ Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-01-08 Wilfred Chan (CNN)—It’s hard to imagine anything more blatant than this. A new Thai beauty ad claiming white skin is the key to success has unleashed a storm of criticism in Thailand, especially online, where people complain the ad perpetuates damaging,…

  • The media’s metadiscussion explicitly endorsed a definition of Obama’s race that was essentially intersubjective, basing its racial descriptor on a combination of self-identification and ascription by others.

  • Former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw found guilty of rape Cable News Network (CNN) 2015-12-10 Michael Martinez, Newsdesk Editor & Writer Gigi Mann (CNN) A jury found former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty Thursday of some of the most serious charges against him, including sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy and rape. Holtzclaw…

  • Love in the face of racism: Being an interracial family Cable News Network (CNN) 2015-11-25 Jareen Imam, Social Discovery Producer CNN)—When Karen Garsee picked her 5-year-old daughter up from kindergarten in September, she wasn’t prepared for what Kaylee had to say. The kids at school wouldn’t play with me today. Why? Because I’m brown. Those…

  • Passing for black? Now that’s a twist Cable News Network (CNN) 2015-06-12 Lisa Respers France, Senior producer, CNN Digital (CNN)—”In this day and age who in the world willingly wants to be black?” I jokingly said that to my husband when news about Rachel Dolezal broke. Dolezal, 37, is president of the Spokane, Washington, chapter…

  • Rachel Dolezal has a right to be black Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-06-16 Camile Gear Rich, Professor of Law and Sociology Gould School of Law University of Southern California (CNN)—When it comes to identity, America takes one step forward and two steps back. On Monday, Rachel Dolezal, the head of the Spokane chapter of the…