Journalism

How to Investigate a Person Without Them Knowing About It - A Quick and Accurate Method. How to investigate a person? There are times when we have no choice but to investigate a person. For example, if you are a small business entrepreneur who need to hire a new worker, it is important that you find out more about the person you are going to hire. That is because a small business can easily crumble simply because of one wrong hiring decision. There is also another situation where you need to investigate someone. If you are dating online, it is very important to find out more about the person you are going out with. There are many dangerous predators online waiting for their next prey. It is best to play safe so that you will not be surprised. How to Investigate a Person Without Their...

Black travelers want authentic engagement, not checkboxes. After the murder of George Floyd in 2020, when travel brands – including Delta Air Lines, Hilton and Enterprise – pronounced their support for diversity and the Black Lives Matter movement, our research group was motivated to conduct a study that collected data of the travel experiences of more than 5,000 Black people and people of color. Our work, published in Afar magazine and Tourism Geographies, found that Black travelers expressed dissatisfaction with how the travel industry promotes itself as inclusive. Authenticity matters Black travelers want more genuine and authentic engagement and representation, we found, that showcases an investment in the Black community by partnering with Black-owned travel businesses, guides an...

How the word ‘voodoo’ became a racial slur. For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think is ridiculous, idiotic or fraudulent. Horror movies and crime shows often tell stories about evil “voodoo doctors” who terrorize their victims with black magic. Even Disney’s first movie with a Black princess, released in 2009, had a “voodoo doctor” as the villain. Unfortunately, these shows and movies promote myths about voodoo that reinforce more than a century of stereotypes and discrimination. In my 2023 book, “Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur,” I argue that voodoo is an extremely problematic term with a deeply racist history. Most African diaspora r...

100 years ago African-Americans marched down 5th Avenue to declare that black lives matter. The only sounds were those of muffled drums, the shuffling of feet and the gentle sobs of some of the estimated 20,000 onlookers. The women and children wore all white. The men dressed in black. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 28, 1917, nearly 10,000 African-Americans marched down Fifth Avenue, in silence, to protest racial violence and white supremacy in the United States. Silent protest parade in New York against the East St. Louis riots, 1917. Library of Congress New York City, and the nation, had never before witnessed such a remarkable scene. The “Silent Protest Parade,” as it came to be known, was the first mass African-American demonstration of its kind and marked a watershed moment in t...