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Black Women Heavier, Happier With Bodies
 Black Women 
 Heavier, Happier 
 With Bodies 
survey finds
Feb 28, 2012 6:31 AM CST

Black Women Heavier, Happier With Bodies

66% of overweight or obese black women report having high self-esteem

(Newser) - Hefty can be heavenly. That seems to be the feeling of many black women. While they tend to be heavier than white women, they're significantly happier with their bodies, a Washington Post /Kaiser Family Foundation survey has discovered. While only 41% of average-sized or thin white women report having...

Falling From Favor: The Term 'African American'

Changing tastes have many preferring 'black'—or just 'American'

(Newser) - African Americans are increasingly shunning, well, the very term "African American," with many just preferring "black" amid increasingly complex origins and loyalties, reports the AP . "African American" rose to popularity in the 1980s, thanks in large part of Jesse Jackson's 1988 run for the presidency,...

ESPN Turns Michael Vick White
 ESPN Turns Michael Vick White 
Aug 26, 2011 9:13 AM CDT

ESPN Turns Michael Vick White

Article and illustration raise a fervor

(Newser) - ESPN the Magazine sent tongues wagging yesterday with a piece entitled “ What if Michael Vick were white? ” that was accompanied by a photoshopped image of Vick sporting a decidedly different complexion than usual. Many were outraged—including the article’s author, Touré. “I asked them not to...

Nivea Sorry for Ad Urging Black Guy to 'Re-Civilize'

Parent company says ad inappropriate, offensive

(Newser) - Hey African-American men, does your afro make you feel ... like a savage? Because Nivea for Men seems to be betting that it does. The company is under fire for a new ad bearing the slogan “Re-Civilize Yourself” over an image of a black man holding the head of his...

Obama Only Marked Black on Census—Unfortunately

It could have been 'historic teaching moment,' writes Gregory Rodriguez

(Newser) - When Barack Obama sat down to fill out his census form, he checked off one race: black. And as one of the most famous mixed-race people in the world, "he missed an opportunity," writes Gregory Rodriguez for the Los Angeles Times . In the 20th century, the idea of...

2011: Whitest Oscars in a Decade?

In field of possible nominees, barely any minorities

(Newser) - Next year’s Oscars are shaping up to be the whitest Academy Awards in a decade, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Among the early lists of possible nominees, there are no blacks in the acting categories and almost no minorities at all in the major categories. Why? Partly because right...

Man Plans Race Around the World—in Blimps

Trip would take about six months

(Newser) - Don Hartsell has a dream. He’s put up $2 million in hopes of creating a round-the-globe blimp race. The ships would take off at the prime meridian on Sept. 23, 2011, and wouldn’t cross the finish line until March 20, 2012. “We want to establish an event...

Republicans Happier Than Democrats

Polls also show old happier than young

(Newser) - If you believe the polls, Republicans are consistently happier than Democrats. In a recent Pew survey, 45% of Republicans said they were happy, compared to only 30% of Democrats—and they've been on top since 1972. So the Daily Beast decided to look at some other happiness polls, to find...

Marathons Hit the Trail, Get Extreme
 Marathons 
 Hit the Trail, 
 Get Extreme 
26.2 miles on...pikes peak?
Aug 17, 2010 12:48 PM CDT

Marathons Hit the Trail, Get Extreme

Popularity of trail running is increasing

(Newser) - If, for some reason, a 26.2-mile marathon isn't quite difficult enough for you, perhaps you'd consider one that races up and down Pikes Peak instead. Registration for this year's Pikes Peak Marathon filled up in five hours, a sign of the growing popularity of trail races, which are arguably...

Black Couple Gives Birth to White, Blonde Baby

Doctors, parents stunned

(Newser) - Genetics experts—as well as readers of this tidbit, we're guessing—are amazed at the recent case of a black British couple who gave birth to a white daughter bearing blue eyes and blonde hair. Nmachi was born to Nigerian ex-pats Benjamin and Angela Ihegboro, and is not an albino,...

USDA Employee Resigns Over 'Racist' Video

Sherrod says she didn't do all she could to help white farmer

(Newser) - An Agriculture Department employee has been forced to resign over an old video in which she says she didn’t do all she could to help a white farmer, because he was white. In the video, which first appeared on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government , Shirley Sherrod, the director of...

Sociologist: MySpace 'White Flight' Boosted Facebook

The choice became 'racialized,' she says

(Newser) - Facebook's trouncing of MySpace is rooted in race, writes sociologist Danah Boyd in an upcoming book. (GigaOm has the draft of a key chapter in PDF form here .) Boyd says young people began leaving MySpace in droves in 2007 (she quotes one complaining it became ghetto") and likens...

Nikki Haley Downplays Her Race
 Nikki Haley Downplays Her Race
Jun 14, 2010 9:07 AM CDT

Nikki Haley Downplays Her Race

Indian-American candidate wants to blend in

(Newser) - Nikki Haley will likely be the first non-white, non-male governor South Carolina has ever had, but she doesn’t seem too keen to dwell on that fact. “I love that people think it’s a good story,” she tells the New York Times , “but I don’t...

O'Reilly to Prof: You Look Like a Drug Dealer

Prof: You look like a user

(Newser) - While chatting about immigration issues on his show, Bill O'Reilly turned to his guest, an African-American law professor, and told him he looked...like a drug dealer. "Say you're a cocaine dealer—and you kind of look like one a little bit," he said. To which guest Marc...

Author: Obama's Really 'White'

He's 'too powerful' to be 'black,' prof argues

(Newser) - President Obama is "really" a white person because of his background and power, according to a controversial new book. Despite the color of his skin, Obama is essentially "white" not because of his "white" mom, but due to his educational background, income, power, and status, eminent American...

Obama Blew It With 'Black' Census Pick

He missed a chance to celebrate being biracial

(Newser) - Elizabeth Chang wants America to "move beyond the tired concept of race," which is why she's so disappointed that President Obama chose to check only "black" on his census form. Under the rules, he could have checked "white" as well, or "some other race."...

White Bank Robber Fools Cops With Black Guy Mask

To be fair, it was a really good mask

(Newser) - Ohio police say they've apprehended a wily white bank robber who threw them off the trail by disguising himself as a black person. Authorities say 30-year-old Conrad Zdzierak would rob the banks in a high-quality mask, then take it off as he drove to his next robbery target, confounding police...

For Census Purposes, Obama's African-American

In response to question about race, president checks one box

(Newser) - When he filled out his census form yesterday, President Obama identified himself as African-American. The son of a black Kenyan and a white Kansan, Obama had the option to check more than one box. He didn't hesitate before choosing "Black, African Am., or Negro," White House press secretary...

Race Is All That's Saving Steele
 Race Is All 
 That's Saving 
 Steele 
OPINION
Apr 1, 2010 11:51 AM CDT

Race Is All That's Saving Steele

Republicans don't want to fire their first black leader

(Newser) - Michael Steele is pretty obviously lousy at his job, so why don’t Republicans just fire him? There’s just one reason, argues Gabriel Winant of Salon : race. Steele, you’ll recall, came to power directly after Barack Obama’s election—the Republicans, essentially, wanted their own black guy. Dumping...

Our Family Wedding Not a Marriage Worth Saving

Not even America Ferrera can save this film

(Newser) - Our Family Wedding, a Rick Famuyiwa film about the wedding of a Mexican-American girl (America Ferrera) to her African American boyfriend (Lance Gross) is little more than a culture-clash cliché that Claudia Puig finds about as "funny as census data." Most critics agree:
  • It's a "perfectly good
...

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