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Urban Media Mix: 4.6.10

Bloggers Discuss Race and the Census 
 Last week, CNN hosted an interesting, if brief, discussion of race and the census with three bloggers who deal with race in their work: Raquel Cepeda, a filmmaker and native New Yorker “by way of the Dominican Republic” who blogs at djali rancher; Baratunde Thurston, a comedian who brings “a [...]

Urban Media Mix: 8.23.09

Bravo’s Southern Discomfort    The Root: You know you need a reality check when, on the one show meant to highlight the lives of women such as yourself—young(ish), glamorous and black—it’s the white chick with Mattel hair that you end up feeling sorry for. (Or better yet, sympathizing with.) And the women with the airbrushed smiles [...]

Worth Watching: This Week in Blackness 2009: 1952 v. 2.0!

This is one of the funniest commentaries I’ve seen. My only scruple with this is that he keeps calling Sotomayor “spanish”….She’s not from Spain though. She’s Latina or Hispanic but not “spanish.” Nevertheless, enjoy!
This Week in Blackness: 2009: 1952 v. 2.0!

http://thisweekinblackness.com/

Urban Media News Report: 6.25.09

Hispanics Face Discrimination Even Among Their Own Rochelle Newman-Carrasco : I often receive phone calls from advertising colleagues who are looking to add Latino talent to their teams. The caller might own or work for a Hispanic market agency, or a multicultural agency or a general-market agency. He might be a headhunter hired to work [...]

Urban Media News Report: 6.15.09

A World of Risk for a New Brand of Journalist  As the journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee complete their third month of detainment in North Korea, it remains rather astonishing that they were there in the first place to report for a fledgling cable channel. But their path there may explain in part why [...]