From The Root, job losses, game-changing technology, belt tightening — welcome to the topsy-turvy world of black media in 2010; and news flash: White people work at black magazines, too. Randall Kennedy on the enduring relevance of affirmative action: When diversity became a positive, race-based preferences overcame the backlash. More on Charles Ogletree's The Presumption of Guilt. Why do so many black women seem to accept Strong Black Womanhood as their natural calling, even if it’s detrimental to physical and emotional wellbeing? A review of Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 by Jeffrey B. Perry. A review of African American Writers and Classical Tradition by William W. Cook and James Tatum. Free the Black Looney Tunes: Yes, Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves and Uncle Tom's Bungalow contain racial stereotypes and have long been suppressed, but it's time to lift the censorship and enjoy their joyous art. How black people use Twitter: The latest research on race and microblogging. What does race have to do with it? John Hartigan Jr. is trying to make sense of our "national conversation". Those who needed to know about The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide knew about it — to much of the rest of America it was invisible, and by 1964, when the last edition was published, it slipped through the cracks into history. Does the black church keep black women single? A review of The History and Persecution of Black "Ghetto" Names by Khadijah McCaskill. Why the DEA needs Ebonics translators: Imagine a little old white lady in Boise transcribing a wiretapped conversation from The Wire — knowmsayin'? The Black Panthers' enduring influence on popular culture is to be marked with a concert at the Barbican — is the Black Panther legacy worth celebrating?
