Ga. hospital horror, Tory Lanez sentenced, Teen charged in O'Shae Sibley killing
Ga. hospital horror, Tory Lanez sentenced, Teen charged in O'Shae Sibley killing
Friday, August 11, 2023.
What I’m Reading
Stephanie Gilbert, a 55-year-old Black woman, sought out Jungsun Kim, a South Korean immigrant who had recently purchased Richland Farm — a property Gilbert had been visiting for the past decade where her great-great-grandfather was once enslaved. Will its new owner let a Black woman continue to visit to pay tribute to her ancestors?
She cherished the home where her family fled slavery. Then a stranger bought it, The Washington Post
Fade in the water. The Alabama Sweet Tea Party. Malice in Montgomery. The brawl on a riverfront in Montgomery has many names. Read the latest in my story about the entire incident. Thanks to my little brother for the artwork. ( Please consider becoming a paid subscriber so I can keep paying him :D )
Related: The Daily Beast spoke with the captain of the riverboat, who said the brawl started “because these guys were being assholes.”
Two other Montgomery melee stories worth reading: Eric Deggans of NPR explained why he hit a wall trying to explain the brawl memes. And Elie Mystal detailed just how Black people won the battle of Montgomery…
The Montgomery melee shows that Black Twitter isn’t going anywhere
Horror: A doctor used too much force and *decapitated* a Georgia woman’s baby during delivery, according to a lawsuit.
Attorneys also accused hospital staff of attempting to cover up the decapitation by discouraging the couple from getting an autopsy, encouraging them to have their son cremated, and propping his body to make it appear the head was still attached.
A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery, The Associated Press
The phrase "working class" brings to mind a specific racial category for many: white. But as award-winning historian Blair LM Kelley explains in her new book, “Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class,” this omits the long and storied history of Black labor.
‘Working class’ does not equal white, The Atlantic
What’s In The News
Across America
California: Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, lifeguards and traffic officers, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike demanding higher wages and alleging unfair labor practices…
Georgia: More than 30 officers in Richmond County have been arrested over the past three years, mostly on charges of smuggling drugs or items into the county jail or assaulting inmates…
Hawaii: At least 36 people have died as wind-whipped wildfires ripped through the Hawaiian island of Maui. Here’s how you can help…
Illinois: Writer Nylah Burton spent three days in Chicago with Chef Sebastian White of The Evolved Network to see how he combined therapeutic methods with culinary arts to challenge Chicago’s kids to dream big…
Maryland: A professor of anthropology gave a group of activists and academics from the United Kingdom and Brazil a "toxic tour" of Curtis Bay, a poor, predominantly Black neighborhood in Baltimore surrounded by industry and choked by traffic…
Michigan: A federal appeals court overturned the sentence and the conviction of a Black man after a white federal judge said during a court proceeding that the man “looks like a criminal to me”...
An eight-month pregnant Detroiter is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology…
Mississippi: A federal appeals court struck down Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era policy of permanently revoking voting rights from certain people with felony convictions, ruling that it is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment…
New York: Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Brooklyn gas station where O’Shae Sibley was fatally stabbed after he was voguing in the parking lot. The teen accused of the act has been indicted on murder as a hate crime…
North Carolina: Greensboro police arrested a white property manager after she threw a drink on a Black child and hit him and his sister for playing in the nearby apartment’s complex pool…
Roughly 2.4 million North Carolinians rely on private wells for their drinking water. However, race and income often determine whether that water is safe to drink…
Wisconsin: Police in Kenosha placed the wrong man under arrest at an Applebee’s restaurant but charged him for resisting arrest anyway…
Features
The New Yorker profiled Mayor Eric Adams, who struggles with the truth…
Remote work gave them a reprieve from racism. They don't want to return…
Filmmaker Numa Perrier penned a diary entry about being on the front lines of the Hollywood strike as a Black woman director…
From Lil Kim to Nicki Minaj to Ice Spice, Black women rappers expanded the idea of what Barbie could be, Heven Haile explained in GQ…
Big national brands are paying influencers to attend events like Essence Festival to reach Black consumers instead of using traditional advertising, according to Amber Ferguson…
What’s Happening
Reginald Dwayne Betts is working to open handcrafted micro libraries in as many carceral facilities as possible…
Black men are most at risk of dying of melanoma, according to a recent study. Errol Barnett examines what factors into the statistics…
William H. Dilday Jr., the first Black television station manager in the United States, has died. He was 85…
Free prison calls in California are repairing estranged relationships and aiding rehabilitation. Advocates hope the calls will reduce recidivism…
Racism is at the heart of the American government’s failure to tackle the growing threat of deadly heatwaves, according to the author of an authoritative new book on the heating planet…
Black Americans are more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease — but least likely to benefit from advances in treatment, Margo Snipe writes for Capital B…
A landmark study is opening a new possible pathway for Black Americans to trace their ancestry…
Charles Ogletree, a famed legal scholar who championed reparations and represented Anita Hill and Tupac, has died. He was 70…
The Baltimore and Miami-based non-profit Black Girls Cook is working to reduce disease risk for inner-city girls of color…
Teachers of color are quitting their jobs in higher numbers in cities across the United States. Many say the burden placed on them has become too heavy…
A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has left the United Arab Emirates after being stranded in Dubai for months for allegedly "shouting" in public during a dispute with a car rental company…
A white mother who says she was accused of trafficking her biracial daughter has filed a federal lawsuit against Southwest Airlines…
The heirs of Martin Luther King, Jr say social media and artificial intelligence are making it much harder to prevent the exploitation of King’s legacy…
Entertainment
Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot and wounding her three years ago. The rapper broke his silence, saying he refuses to apologize…
DJ Casper, the creator of the world-famous "Cha Cha Slide," has died. He was 58…
Da Brat has shared the first photos of her son True Legend, a month after the legendary rapper gave birth…
Danyel Smith, the first Black editor of VIBE Magazine, paid tribute to 63 rappers who died too young…
Usher spoke with The Cut’s Asia Milia Ware about his top vacation, dinner and party rules he swears by…
Twitch streamer Kai Cenat was charged with at least two counts of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly after thousands of people descended on NYC’s Union Square in response to his promotion of free PlayStations…
Coco Jones talked with Mankaprr Conteh about her breakout year and what she’s most looking forward to in the future…
Simone Biles is back! She has claimed first place in her first gymnastics competition in two years…
Hip Hop pioneer MC Coke La Rock and other older artists are fighting to get recognition and royalties for their role in founding the genre…
Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty line, which focuses on lingerie and loungewear, has released new maternity wear…
Jay-Z’s Made in America festival, scheduled for next month in Philadelphia, has been canceled “due to severe circumstances outside of production control”...
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