Tasty Morning Bytes – Another Transgender Attack, No Blacks are Beyond 9/11 and Jackie O. on MLK
Good morning, DCentric readers! And now, for some links:
Transgender person shot in D.C.; 3rd such attack this summer “Police are investigating the shooting of a transgender person Monday, the third in a string of similar attacks in the District this summer…The two earlier attacks on transgender people — one of which was fatal — occurred one block and 11 days apart in Northeast Washington.” (The Washington Post)
No Blacks Pictured in 9/11 Commemorative “Time magazine this week published “Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience,” a photo-rich commemorative edition dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. No identifiable African Americans are pictured in its 64 pages…The issue is published at a time in its history when the magazine apparently has no African American editors.” (The Root)
In bicycle friendly D.C., going car-free is increasingly common “The typical D.C. Zipcar user is a white college graduate younger than 39 who lives in Northwest, the survey found. The vehicles are less popular among black college graduates, with 8 percent saying they use them. With people older than 40 — also just 8 percent. People who haven’t graduated from college typically are not inclined to drive Zipcars.” (The Washington Post)
Barry disapproval ties up DYRS security funding “Mr. Barry, Ward 8 Democrat, is known for holding up contracts or the reprogramming of budgeted money through “disapproval resolutions.” His most recent effort attempts to prevent the city from using capital dollars for ‘safety and security enhancements’ at the New Beginnings Youth Development Center.” (Washington Times)
Jackie Kennedy on MLK: Oral history tapes show JFK called Martin Luther King “terrible” “Did Martin Luther King, Jr., really make snide comments at John F. Kennedy’s funeral? Did he try to arrange a sex party while in town for the March on Washington? Those were among a series of claims that the notorious FBI director J. Edgar Hoover whispered to the Kennedy family in the 1960s in a bid to undermine the civil rights leader’s influence in the White House. Newly released tapes show that they profoundly upset JFK’s widow, Jackie Kennedy, in the months after her husband died.” (Slate)