AvatarBee The DesignerAvatarAvatarA Month In Los Angeles — Booked, Busy & Uncovering The Black Legacy Of L.A.verified_publisherRefinery29 - Kathleen Newman-BremangThe writer Kathleen Newman-Bremang on the beach in Venice Every city has its stereotypes. I spent a good chunk of my formative years watching teen TV likeThe O.C. and reality shows Laguna Beach and The Hills. Those shows depict California as full of surfers, hippy yogis, blue-eyed, blonde-haired …
AvatarBee The DesignerAvatarAvatarApr 11White-sounding names get called back for jobs more than Black ones, a new study findsverified_publisherNPR - Joe HernandezTwenty years ago, two economists responded to a slew of help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers using a set of fictitious names to test for racial bias in the job market. The watershed study found that applicants with names suggesting they were white got 50% more callbacks from employers …
AvatarBee The DesignerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo6 days agoDove rejects AI beauty standards in powerful new campaigncreativebloq.com - By Daniel John"We will not stop until beauty is a source of happiness." Personal care brand Dove has become known for its campaigns championing real people with …
AvatarBee The DesignerAvatarAvatarMatt Gaetz’s teen sex scandal is back in the news & we’re thoroughly disgusted all over againQueerty - Alex ReimerWhen it comes to Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy is now saying the quiet part out loud. The bitter ex-speaker, who was ousted last fall and resigned …
AvatarBee The DesignerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow South Carolina women’s basketball became the Great Black Hopethegrio.com - Michael HarriotOPINION: There’s always been a racial component to sports, so there’s nothing wrong with rooting for everybody Black. Editor’s note: The following …
AvatarBee The DesignerAvatarAvatarAmid racist insults, ‘Bachelor’ contestant Rachel Nance won’t apologize for her cultureverified_publisherTODAY - Kimmy YamNance talks about facing down racial slurs and criticism of being in interracial relationships. Despite being called “jungle Asian” and other racist slurs by fans of ABC’s “The Bachelor,” contestant Rachel Nance, who’s Asian and Black, says she refuses to dilute any aspect of her heritage. Nance, …
AvatarBee The DesignerAvatarAvatarI’m still trying to generate an AI Asian man and white womanverified_publisherThe Verge - Mia SatoImage generators, from DALL-E to Midjourney, consistently have trouble creating accurate pictures based on simple prompts involving Asian people. I inadvertently found myself on the AI-generated Asian people beat this past week. Last Wednesday, I found that Meta’s AI image generator built into …
AvatarBee The DesignerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTwelve Famous Native American Womenworldhistory.org - Joshua J. MarkNative American women are traditionally held in high regard among the diverse nations, whether a given people are matrilineal or patrilineal. …
AvatarBee The DesignerAvatarAvatarWhy America fell for gunsAeon Media - Megan KangIn 1970, amid a national confrontation with the United States’ gun culture following the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King …
AvatarBee The DesignerAvatarAvatarAll eyes on cyberdefense as elections enter the generative AI eraverified_publisherZDNET - Eileen YuHumans are easier to breach than IT systems, and errant actors will use generative AI to exploit this opportunity. As countries prepare to hold major …
AvatarBee The DesignerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDudes thinking big thoughts: Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson and the lure of the rabbit holeamericamagazine.org - Nathan SchneiderThis essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. When I started teaching college …