Hoping to make his adopted Ethiopian daughter feel good about her hair, the head writer of Sesame Street wrote a song about a little black girl loving her afro and cornrows. “I really, really, really love my hair!” a muppet sings in the video. “Wear a clippy or in a bow. Or let it sitContinue reading “‘I Love My Hair’ Video Important for Kids of All Races”
Tag Archives: Diversity
Story Behind Go! Cover Photo of Kissing Interracial Couple
I wrote a story for Poynter Online this week about a Go! cover photo of an interracial couple and the racially charged comments it generated. To find out more about the issue, I talked with editors at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, including Kurt Greenbaum, editor of social media, about how they handled the comments: WhenContinue reading “Story Behind Go! Cover Photo of Kissing Interracial Couple”
Voices/Perspectives of African Americans Flourish on The Root
In timing with the 100th anniversary of the NAACP and the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln this week, I wrote an article for Poynter’s diversity blog about The Root. An online magazine, The Root features content from leading black writers, as well as information about genealogy. I found the site to be particularly interesting becauseContinue reading “Voices/Perspectives of African Americans Flourish on The Root”
Word on the Street 