In the Media

Subjects:

Disinformation and Black Communities

African American Cultural Heritage and Ethnicity

Social Justice Issues

Pan Africanism

Reparations

 

Disinformation and Black Communities:

Black News Channel Interview: How Disinformation Campaigns Target Black Communities

In this interview, Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor founder of the National Black Cultural Information Trust (NBCI Trust) defines cultural disinformation and how...

Scripps National Media: Fighting Disinformation Targeting Black Communities

Yahoo News: TikToker debunks fake Black history ‘facts’ many people still believe: ‘Misinformation can become history’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiktoker-debunks-fake-black-history-205838358.html

Media Post: Campaign Drives Awareness Of COVID-19’s Impact On Black Communities
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/367536/campaign-drives-awareness-of-covid-19s-impact-on.html

Bloomberg: Black Doctors Work Overtime to Combat Clubhouse Covid Myths
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-11/black-doctors-work-overtime-to-combat-clubhouse-covid-19-myths

No More Normal: The Disinformation Age (Podcast)

https://www.kunm.org/post/no-more-normal-disinformation-age

Yes Magazine: How to Combat Disinformation Targeting Black Communities
https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2020/11/03/combat-disinformation-targeting-black-communities

CBS News: Black scholars band together to fight “cultural disinformation” on social media

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-media-disinformation-national-black-cultural-information-trust/

Black News Channel:

Disinformation InfoGuide for Black Social Media Users (Video)

https://blacknewschannel.com/fuel/2020-10-27-bnc-morning-edition-7am-2/

The Hill: Black scholars launch project to fight disinformation

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/521365-black-scholars-launch-project-to-fight-disinformation

The Afro: Black Scholars Form Effort to Fight Trolls, Disinformation

https://afro.com/black-scholars-form-effort-to-fight-trolls-disinformation/

Lee Bailey’s EurWeb: Black Scholars Form Group to Counter Election Myths & Misinformation on Social Media (Video)

https://eurweb.com/2020/10/19/black-scholars-form-group-to-counter-election-myths-misinformation-on-social-media-video/

Black News Channel: Black Scholars Form Group to Educate and Dismiss Election Myths on Social Media

https://blacknewschannel.com/black-scholars-form-group-to-educate-and-dismiss-election-myths-on-social-media/

 

African American Cultural Heritage and Ethnicity

Yahoo News: TikToker debunks fake Black history ‘facts’ many people still believe: ‘Misinformation can become history’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiktoker-debunks-fake-black-history-205838358.html

Axios: First look: Slavery ancestor project expands
https://www.axios.com/slavery-ancestor-project-to-expand-d73563bd-123f-420b-b45b-c873757007cc.html

RFI: JAM et son site OurLegaci.com sur la culture noire américaine (série d'été)
http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180829-jam-son-site-ourlegacicom-culture-noire-americaine

 

Social Justice Issues

MSNBC: Piers Morgan has an opinion about the N word
http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/piers-morgan-has-opinion-about-the-n-word-1

Sputnik News: Ferguson protestors call out systematic racism in US society: Experts:
http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20141204/1015472603.html

Atlanta Black Star:  Fetishism of Black Women in Mainstream Culture Continues to Rage, Helped Along by Celebrities
http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/12/06/fetishism-black-women-mainstream-culture-history-future/

TVOne’s News One Now with Roland Martin:
http://newsone.com/3050935/federal-judge-charged-with-domestic-violence/

Black America Web News One Now with Roland Martin:
http://blackamericaweb.com/2014/09/11/federal-judge-charged-with-domestic-violence/

TVOne’s News One Now with Roland Martin:
http://newsone.com/2809967/melphine-evans-bp-executive-fired-ethnic-hair-dashikis/

Spikefish Radio/ WE ACT Radio:
http://www.spikefishradio.com/p/SFR-03-12-18-13.mp3

 

Reparations

Five areas California’s reparations panel says the state should focus upon
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3511535-five-areas-californias-reparations-panel-says-the-state-should-focus-upon/

California’s Plan for Lineage-Based Reparations for Slavery: Will It Be Enough?
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/californias-plan-for-lineage-based-reparations-for-slavery-is-it-enough/

California task force: Reparations for direct descendants of enslaved people only
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2022/03/california-reparations-task-force-eligibility/

The Stoop podcast: '40 Acres & a Question:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stoop/id1257335400?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=prx_podcasts

WPFW and Pacifica Radio: Reparations! (Black History in the Making) hosted by Nkechi Taifa
https://covidtaskforce.pacifica.org/2021/05/24/reparations-black-history-in-the-making-may-24-2021/

Council of State Governments | Eastern Regional Conference: Reparations: What Would That Look Like?

Council of State Governments | Eastern Regional Conference and WURD Radio Live Stream: Race in the State House: Reparations What Would that Look Like

WURD Radio: Correcting Cultural Misinformation on Reparations

The Black Consciousness Festival: RECONSTITUTING (restoring and reconstructing): WHAT IS REPARATORY JUSTICE AND WHY?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=horroenUfJ0

The University of Texas at Austin News: Descendants-of-Slavery Movement Undermines the Spirit of Black History Month
https://news.utexas.edu/2020/02/24/descendants-of-slavery-movement-undermines-the-spirit-of-black-history-month/