Tasty Morning Bytes – Reverse Migrations, Imagining a White Michael Vick and New ‘Gayborhoods’ in D.C.
Good morning, DCentric readers! Here are the links we’re reading, right now:
Why Blacks Are Moving Back South: The Reverse Migration “Of course, African Americans aren’t the only ones heading south. But this trend is a definite shift in the pattern for most of the 20th century, when, from World War I to the 1970s, African Americans left the South for the North, Midwest and West in search of economic opportunity and a relief from racial violence and discrimination.” (The Root)
Imagining Michael Vick as a white quarterback in the NFL “Race is an undeniable and complex element of Vick’s story, both because of his style as well as the rarity of black QBs in the NFL. A decade after he became the first black QB to be drafted No. 1 overall, about one in five of the league’s passers is African-American, compared with two-thirds of all players. But after his arrest for dogfighting, so many people asked: Would a white football player have gotten nearly two years in prison for what Vick did to dogs?” (ESPN)
Mapping the New ”Gayborhood”: Census shows number of gay couples increasing, moving beyond traditional enclaves “In the District, the precincts with the highest number of same-sex couples has moved eastward from the Dupont Circle neighborhood, traditionally regarded as having a relatively high concentration of gay residents, to places such as Logan Circle, Shaw and Bloomingdale. There has also been a northward push into the U Street corridor, Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant and Crestwood, just south of Carter Barron Amphitheatre and Rock Creek Park.” (Metro Weekly )
Antonio Diaz Chacón’s Heroism Shows Lunacy of Hateful Rhetoric “When Chacón witnessed a 6-year old girl in his neighborhood being abducted he took action. He hopped in his truck and chased the kidnapper’s van for miles until the kidnapper crashed and ran away. Thanks to Chacón the little girl is safe, and now Chacón is being lauded a hero. The mayor of Albuquerque even declared a day in his honor. But Antonio Diaz Chacón is an undocumented immigrant.” (colorlines.com)
STEM Education: HBCUs at the Cutting Edge? “If you are an African American, you actually have a better chance of becoming an engineer by going to North Carolina A&T or Howard than you do at a lot of other institutions, just based on the numbers.” (The Root)