DCentric » Twitter http://dcentric.wamu.org Race, Class, The District. Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Copyright © WAMU In Your Words– Psychology Today on Black Women and Beauty http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/05/in-your-words-psychology-today-on-black-women-and-beauty/ http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/05/in-your-words-psychology-today-on-black-women-and-beauty/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 19:40:30 +0000 Anna http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=7058 Continue reading →]]> Psychology Today blogger and evolutionary scientist Satoshi Kanazawa set off a firestorm of tweets today with his post, “Why are black women less physically attractive than other women?”:

science also proved the earth was flat... so i can't be that mad that they "proved" black women less attractive...
May 16, 2011 12:21 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite
@dscribefreeman
David Meares

A collection of local reactions, below the jump.

Featured image by Flickr user kris krüg.

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For the 2nd time in 5 months, fmr. gov. and sen candidate George Allen asks me,"what position did you play?" I did not a play a sport.
April 5, 2011 10:10 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@craigmelvin
Craig Melvin

Craig Melvin is a tall, black man. Oh, and he happens to be an NBC4 reporter.

Former governor George Allen later tweeted an explanation:

.@craigmelvin sorry if I offended, ask people a lot if they played sports Grew up in football family found sports banter good way to connect
April 6, 2011 9:12 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@georgeallenva
George Allen

Perhaps Allen reminding Melvin of his football roots isn’t the best tactic, though.

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DC has 46 historic districts, of which only 2 are east of the Anacostia River. Is River East area less valuable, or do people just not care?
April 6, 2011 12:22 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@DG_rad
David Garber
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Herndon residents can't vote in DC, silly. RT @chriscolwell: The entire crowd at Nats Park just booed Vince Gray... Did you all vote??
March 31, 2011 1:57 pm via Seesmic WebReplyRetweetFavorite
@mikedebonis
mikedebonis
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And suddenly Vincent Gray's troubles seem very, very small.
March 14, 2011 10:41 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@jasoncherkis
jasoncherkis
]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/03/tweet-of-the-day-03-14/feed/ 0 Tweet of the Day, 03.02 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/03/tweet-of-the-day-03-02/ http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/03/tweet-of-the-day-03-02/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:28:50 +0000 Anna http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=4507 Continue reading →]]> Not to mention that it’s very easy to cut down a new tree…and get your bike stolen:

Please. Our brand new trees on #HSt are NOT bike racks. That will harm them. We waited too long for this. Got it?
March 2, 2011 6:18 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite
@HstreetDC
Margaret Holwill
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WHY is @myfoxdc spending so much time on Charlie Sheen???? How does that affect my life?
March 1, 2011 11:37 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@Dizzyluv25
Veronica O. Davis
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Starting to feel like the groundhog was right a couple of weeks ago.
February 16, 2011 6:52 pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®ReplyRetweetFavorite
@FKlopott
Freeman Klopott
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I used Storify, a neat tool which aggregates tweets (or other snippets of social media) and presents them in one tidy package to pull together local reactions to yesterday’s Morning Edition segment on Anacostia. What you see above is a screen shot of the collection. The full, interactive “story” is below the jump:


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DC gov wants to fight the city's "digital divide," while at the same time perpetuating it by eliminating special election mailers. #votedc
February 14, 2011 12:33 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite
@bogrosemary
Jaime Fearer
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