Editor’s Note: At Atlanta Black Star, we are spending this entire week celebrating, honoring, exploring and uplifting Black Fatherhood by examining it through the lens of 7 themes: Lead, Build, Provide, Care, Protect, Work and Love. In this first piece in the series, Diane Weathers, former Editor-in-Chief of Essence magazine, delves into the huge impact [...]
Dharum Ravi Escapes Jail in Death of Rutgers Roommate, Young Black Men Not Afforded Same Leniency
May 24, 2012 | Posted by
As the media glare focused this week on a New Jersey courtroom, where a judge was finally sentencing Dharum Ravi for setting up a webcam to spy on his Rutgers University roommate Tyler Clementi, the case had a resonance far beyond Ravi and his plight. While the judge was willing to consider the details of [...]
As Hollywood Exploits Pregnant Moms, U.S. Is One of Worst Developed Countries to be Working Mom
May 19, 2012 | Posted by
Popular media is currently obsessed with pregnancy, childbirth, infancy and the early wonder years. The Time magazine cover featuring a slim, blonde and beautiful California stay-at-home mom nursing her strapping three-year-old son is a shock and awe marketing tactic designed to provoke and startle and stop us in our tracks. It worked. Maternity American style [...]
Jazz, Blues, Roots: We Are Handing Our Dazzling Cultural Legacy Over to Europeans and Asians
May 16, 2012 | Posted by
Towards the end of Marley, the new documentary chronicling the brief life and brilliant career of the Jamaican music legend, members of his organization lament the failure of Bob Marley and the Wailers to be embraced by black American audiences. Marley died in 1981 from the melanoma that had spread throughout his body. He was [...]
