Tasty Morning Bytes–Gentrifiers, Syrian Activists, Naomi Campbell’s Complaints
Up and at them, DCentric readers. Here are five links we’re clicking today:
Heat-Related Deaths Reported; Temps to Climb It’s going to be extremely hot today, so please check on any of your elderly neighbors or relatives. (NBC Washington)
On Being a Good Neighbor PostBourgie takes issue with our post on what gentrifiers can do to be good neighbors, pointing out, among other things, that “these are not rules for being a good gentrifier, these are rules… for being a good neighbor, period.” Also, the piece is “firmly stuck in the ‘not funny’ zone” thus creating “a recipe for disaster.”(postbourgie.com)
Syria’s Surviving Human Rights Groups A look at how D.C.-area Syrian human rights activists are connecting to their counterparts back in Syria. (WAMU)
Black Unemployment Crisis: Loss Of Government Jobs Hurts African Americans the Hardest Public agencies are among the main employers of black men and women. “A government job has long offered a pathway for African Americans to sidestep discrimination that has impeded progress in the private sector, where social networks often determine who has a shot at the best jobs, say experts.” (Huffington Post)
Naomi Campbell’s Complaints Get Chocolate Ad Pulled A play-by-play of the saga between Naomi Campbell and Cadbury, the candy company that compared the black supermodel to chocolate. What do you think: was the ad racist? (theatlanticwire.com)