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Trevian Kutti: She worked for a "Real Housewife." Then she got indicted with Trump.
1 year, 4 months ago

Trevian Kutti: She worked for a "Real Housewife." Then she got indicted with Trump.

Slate  

The 18 co-conspirators indicted alongside Donald Trump this week are a strange crew. Kutti’s role in the indictment relates to the harassment of Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman, whom some might remember as “Lady Ruby,” and whose testimony was played at the televised Jan. 6 committee hearings last year. “We’re more European-based and would like to take Chicago’s mentality …

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Census 2022: Is Britain really a ‘post-racial’ society?
2 years ago

Census 2022: Is Britain really a ‘post-racial’ society?

The Independent  

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Black Voices in American Music: The Playlist
2 years, 10 months ago

Black Voices in American Music: The Playlist

NPR  

Black Voices in American Music: The Playlist Enlarge this image toggle caption Getty Images/Getty Images Getty Images/Getty Images Black voices created some of the first truly American music – the sorrow songs and spirituals of people in bondage, singing of freedom and hope. Along the winding road of American history, Black artists have leaned into the power of music as …

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Voices of Black Los Angeles: She’s back at work, ‘Pleased to make the choice’
3 years, 2 months ago

Voices of Black Los Angeles: She’s back at work, ‘Pleased to make the choice’

LA Times  

This story originally ran in 1982 as part of the “Black L.A.: Looking at diversity” series. ‘It’s amazing you as a black can come into a group of basically white folks and just really impress everybody.’ ” ‘Very middle-class’ background Her background, she said, is “very middle-class, cotillion and all, Lord help me.” Brooklyn-bred, the oldest daughter of a real …

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Voices of Black Los Angeles: She’s in control but Is more fragile than she appears
3 years, 2 months ago

Voices of Black Los Angeles: She’s in control but Is more fragile than she appears

LA Times  

This story originally ran in 1982 as part of the “Black L.A.: Looking at diversity” series. and the men aren’t bad either.” When told that she would be treated to lunch, she ordered two full lobster tails, the best and most expensive item on the menu, without hesitation. “Men is singles bars think, ‘If she’s a cocktail waitress, she must …

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Voices from The Times newsroom past and present on issues of race
4 years, 2 months ago

Voices from The Times newsroom past and present on issues of race

LA Times  

Janet Clayton, former staff writer, editor of the editorial pages and Metro editor I am a native Angeleno and was a longtime journalist at this newspaper, so people often assume I must have grown up reading the L.A. Times. At one project meeting in a bar near the newsroom, a veteran white reporter seated at a nearby table looked over …

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