ProfClaiborne
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I profess about American & African American Literature-SC raised-suffering from an extreme case of drapetomania. (All views are my own and not my employer’s).
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Midwife Dr. Janell Green Smith died moments after giving birth to her first child yesterday. She was a midwife at a birth center in South Carolina. In the last 5 years, she has caught over 200 babies. Devastating and preventable.
When I was writing this I went down a rabbit hole of private equity buying (and lowering the quality of) fast food outlets like Tim Horton's, Subway, Quizno's. Breyer's technically not being "ice cream" anymore. I couldn't work it in but food is increasingly engineered.
Opinion: Not only is food more expensive, it is also becoming ultraprocessed garbage theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…
Richard Smallwood, the iconic gospel innovator and songwriter known for classics like “Center of My Joy” and “Total Praise,” has died. He was 77
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
After 137 years of perseverance, the Lumbee Tribe of NC has received full federal recognition! This victory grants access to health, housing & education. It also expands self-governance, including the right to hold land in trust for the Tribe’s future. npr.org/2025/12/20/g-s…
That is THREE wins for HBCU women over the Big12 conference this season. Southern beat Arizona, 63-57 Southern beat Houston, 70-62 Howard beat Cincinnati, 66-64 All three wins coming on the road. THANKYA!
Day 1 of the 100 years of Fanon conference in Dakar. 100s of scholars and intellectuals have all convened at the museum of Black civilisation. A great ode to a brilliant mind.
It was all about beauty at the open-water fashion show in Senegal 🇸🇳
#OnThisDay in 1870, Joseph H. Rainey became the first Black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House, where he served four terms. Born on a rice plantation in South Carolina, his father purchased the family’s freedom through money made as a barber. But during the Civil War, Rainey…
#OTD 1945, Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman University, bought up land and established one of the few historically black beaches in New Smyrna Beach, FL during Jim Crow era.
Asking tourists to volunteer 5 years of their social media history, and granting them entrance based on whether right-wing bureaucrats personally agree with their personal posts is what authoritarian regimes do. This will decimate U.S. tourism.
The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country, according to a notice published in the Federal Register. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say. nbcnews.com/health/health-…
A reminder that excessive use of AI reduces brain activity and damages your critical-thinking skills.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?" Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
David Barron served Portland for 25 years, yet says he faced racist harassment, retaliation & denied promotions. He is now the third Black firefighter in 18 months to sue the city, suggesting a pattern of discrimination.
Letting tech people touch the arts has to be one of the worst mistakes humanity has made. They have such deep contempt for creativity, ownership, and shared experiences. Life itself is an enemy. They will strangle every industry to death to have each cough up an extra dollar.
We’ve seen the disturbing video from the Cinnabon bakery in Ashwaubenon, WI, and we do not condone this behavior. The former employee was immediately terminated by the franchise owner. Their actions do not reflect our values or the welcoming experience every guest deserves.
The Georgia Film Academy (GFA) is partnering with Spelman College to offer Introduction to Film & Television Production and Post-Production courses starting Spring 2026. These courses are the first step in GFA’s 18-credit-hour certification program, giving students hands-on…
Just like they did during slavery.
NEW: Alligator Alcatraz detainees were locked for hours in a tiny outdoor “box” as punishment, per a new Amnesty International report. miaminewtimes.com/news/alligator…
We’re about to spin the block hard on physical media. We’re about to start collecting and archiving tangible art, music, literature, magazines, newspapers, film, all of it more than ever. We’re that tired. Nothing feels real anymore.
Fun Fact: Betty Davis wrote, arranged, and produced every track herself at 28 — one of the first Black women to fully self-produce a major-label funk album.
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