Do We Create or Regurgitate News As Bloggers?

This ongoing investigation regarding the racist attacks against Dr. Yolanda Pierce at Princeton Seminary begs the question how blogs – especially those hosted by female bloggers with empowerment themes – have evaluated their processes for generating posts and in discussing this. What do we consider newsworthy? Who do we use as sources for stories? Why do [...]

December 9th, 2008 | Category: Acts of Faith Blog, Black Solidarity, Black Women, Bloggers, Dr. Yolanda Pierce, Faith Dow, Foreskin Newsletter, Hans Reiser, News, Princeton University, San Francisco News Stories | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Excusers, Deniers, Enablers and Accomplices Pt. 1

It’s time for Black women who get it and our allies to start drawing a definitive line in the sand. On November 20th students at Princeton University published what can only be described as racist, sexist, hateful material in the “Foreskin” newsletter where they trashed President Elect Obama. To add further insult to injury they targeted [...]

November 30th, 2008 | Category: Acts of Faith Blog, Black Girls and Women in Peril, Black Solidarity, Black Women, Citizen Activism, Dr. Yolanda Pierce, Faith Dow, Foreskin Newsletter, Princeton University, Racism | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)