Tag Archives: African Americans

Digital divide? What about the time-wasting divide?

June 19, 2012 – 12:54 pm

by Amber Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING There’s a new dimension to the push to get more low-income consumers digitally connected, particularly African Americans and Latinos: making sure that access goes beyond entertainment. According to a new Kaiser study, children from low-income families spend more time watching TV, playing videogames and engaging with social networks than their […]

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A growing number of African Americans have no religious affiliation

June 5, 2012 – 12:51 pm

by Lisa Parks WHAT’S HAPPENING Although African Americans are more involved in organized religion than the general population, a growing number of what some are calling “nones” are coming out. “Nones” are people who do not identify with any of the religions in the American marketplace. Some do not consider themselves to be atheists or […]

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THE LOOK OF LOVE

February 14, 2012 – 3:12 pm

by Amber Davis Love/hate may be the best way to describe humans’ collective relationship with Valentine’s Day. As in, love the partner, hate the restaurant-reservation scramble. Or love free candy, hate the looks of pity from people who think that “single” is the saddest word in the world. Mixed emotions haven’t slowed spending. According to […]

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Fear of student loan debt can keep black and Latino students from graduation

January 4, 2012 – 3:43 pm

by Amber Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Afraid of the long-term effects of loan debt, some students are going to lengths to avoid taking out any loans at all — even putting their ability to graduate at risk. A study by Excelencia in Education and The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) found Latinos and Asian Americans […]

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Asian Americans use social media the most

March 29, 2011 – 1:46 pm

by Rachel Nearhood KEY INSIGHTS With the exception of Asian Americans (who dominate), close to half of the U.S. population has participated in social networks or social media in the past six months. By ethnicity, that number breaks down to 49% of African Americans, 62% of Asian Americans, 47% of Caucasians and 50% of Latinos. […]

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Trending topics on Twitter are reflective of African American culture

February 23, 2011 – 1:30 pm

by Lisa Parks WHAT’S HAPPENING Black people represent 25% of Twitter users, roughly twice their share of the population in general, according to a study by Edison Research (BusinessInsider.com, 30 April 2010). With African Americans so highly represented, trending topics — newsworthy topics that are occupying the most people’s attention on Twitter — often originate […]

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More immigrants settling in suburbia

February 10, 2011 – 9:03 am

by Anayat Durrani WHAT’S HAPPENING Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows greater numbers of immigrants settling in small towns and suburbs rather than cities where they typically settled when first immigrating to the U.S.; Los Angeles, for example, showed very little immigrant growth over the last ten years (NYTimes.com, 14 […]

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Black farmers and urban gardeners grow in Brooklyn

January 11, 2011 – 3:40 pm

by Lisa Parks WHAT’S HAPPENING Who says that African Americans aren’t interested in food sustainability and agricultural policies? Certainly not attendees of the first annual Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference, held in Brooklyn in November 2010. Throughout the 20 breakout sessions, participants discussed such topics as health issues that plague urban communities, traditional foodways, […]

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Broadway sets the stage for bigger black audiences

August 2, 2010 – 8:00 am

by Lisa Parks WHAT’S HAPPENING The bad news: Broadway attendance was down 3% for the 2009-10 season (NYTimes.com 6.27.10). The good news: Producers are using diverse strategies to draw African Americans, and it’s starting to pay off. The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis used focus group feedback to develop a tagline — “His Vision, Her Voice. […]

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