From Advocate To Incubator: Minority Media And Telecom Council’s New Diversity Initiative
By Kristal High During its Eighth Annual Access to Capital Conference in Washington, DC, the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council announced the formation of MMTC Broadcasting LLC. The event, host to 300 African American and Latino broadcasters, publishers, entrepreneurs, venture capital and private equity fund managers, was the perfect venue for the announcement of this [...]
Read MoreGizmodo’s Right: You Should Stalk a Sexy Black Girl on Twitter
When Markus passed me this article, I did the immediate eye-roll. Was this going to be the digital version “Can I touch your hair?” or one of those “Is it true that black people…” questions I had to endure throughout most of my life? Or was this going to be the memoirs of some perverse [...]
Read MoreNewMe Conference: Henry Rivera
Black Web 2.0 recently held the NewMe Conference. If you’re unfamiliar, the conference was set up to bring together the creative, innovative energy of minority entrepreneurs. The goal of the two day event was not only to engage in discussion on where to find opportunities to nurture opportunities for blacks in new media, but to [...]
Read MoreAnswering Politico’s Diversity Problem (Video)
I’m not sure if you all caught CNN’s video coverage of the “top editors and reporters” meeting at Politico.com, one of the top and most influential DC publications, but if you haven’t I’ve included the footage at the bottom of this post. If you don’t mind take a gander and tell me what’s wrong with [...]
Read MoreSurprise! Silicon Valley Doesn’t Employ Minorities
Research Mercury News put out a couple weeks ago regarding the lack of minorities in Silicon Valley has sent a ripple through the tech community. To give you a brief overview it generally outlines statistics that we all pretty much know: Lack of entrepreneurship by minorities in Silicon Valley and the lack of minority employees [...]
Read MoreRace, Ghettos, Facebook and MySpace
Is MySpace really the ghetto of social networks? Are the people using Facebook really smarter? Researcher danah boyd (who does not capitalize her name, a la bell hooks) seeks to answer these questions, at least where teenagers are concerned, in a new paper, “White Flight in Networked Publics? How Race and Class Shaped American Teen Engagement with MySpace and Facebook.”
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