Augusta County, Virginia, schools shut on sheriff’s concerns about angry calls and emails over a world religion homework assignment on Islam at Riverheads High.
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A Conversation Defining Transracial Adoption with Anderson Cooper (CNN)
Earlier this week I, along with 21 other adoptee’s, adoption professionals and activists joined together to write An Open Letter: Why Co-opting “Transracial” in the Case of Rachel Dolezal is Problematic. The result was a media blitz, helping to define the word transracial. I was interviewed by the New York Times, Washington Post and International Business Times, as well as other outlets who supported adoptees in our desire to reclaim the integrity of this word.
View my conversation with Anderson Cooper here.
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Fashion model’s unlikely path to fame – CNN Video
You may not know her name, but chances are you have seen Ubah Hassan in commercials for Macy’s or Ralph Lauren. This short film takes you into the world of this up-and-coming model, whose life has not always been picture perfect. Directed by Joe Berlinger
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From Somalia to Canada to Macy’s fashion model.
Modern humans and Neanderthals mated 50,000 to 60,000 years ago
Genome sequencing of DNA from a 45,000-year-old leg bone is giving scientists a better idea of when modern humans first started mating with Neanderthals.
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New mom sues lab over sperm mix-up – CNN.com Video
A woman, the mother of a biracial child, is suing a sperm bank for giving her sperm from the wrong donor.
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Biracial, and also black
University of Michigan professor Martha S. Jones is biracial, but always saw herself as black, until her students made her rethink her identity.
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Janet Mock: I was born a baby, not a boy – CNN.com Video
Janet Mock explains why she was upset with her previous interview with Piers Morgan.
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Video: Who is Black in America (Full Show, No Commercials)
Compelling documentary produced by CNN. If you didn’t catch it on TV, you won’t want to miss this! Enjoy! Your friends at iCelebrateDiversity.com
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Daily Multiracial: Sara Sidner (English/African American) [American]
Known as: Award Winning TV Reporter (Correspondent for CNN & CNN International)
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50 years after King, hidden racism lives on
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed out loud of an end to racism. Fifty years since, it’s still here, though arguably more relegated to the private sphere than it was in King’s day.
Community Village‘s insight:
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Here’s a quote from ‘You love who you love’
“Do you intend to marry him?” he questioned her. “Yes, sir,” she said. “Do you intend to have children with him?” he went on. She nodded. “Do you know what they would be?” he asked. “Mixed?” she asked. “Yes, and unloved and unaccepted,” he replied back. Martin, angered, said in response, “I will love them.”
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