The practices of shaming and policing Black bodies with and around food, notes author Psyche A. Williams-Forson, “arise from a broader history of trying to control our very states of being.”
Thomasi McDonald
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Durham County Jail Is Full of Uncertified Guards
In the throes of a staffing shortage, Durham County sheriff’s deputies who aren’t certified to guard people in custody are doing just that.
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Hayti Business Leaders Worry About Impacts from Out-of-State Developers
Call it the replacement theory in reverse. Longtime Hayti residents witnessing ongoing developments contemplate a future in which they will have little say, no place to live, and no business to own in the Bull City’s most celebrated Black community.
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Henry McKoy Takes Position with Biden Administration
The Hayti Reborn leader and NC Central University professor will join the president’s infrastructure and climate team.
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Retired Durham Teacher Seeks Supreme Court Review of Labor Dispute
A retired Hillside High drama teacher has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his labor dispute with Durham Public Schools.
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New Affordable Housing Project in Durham Will Be Named for Medical Pioneer Who Lived in Public Housing
The new development, “The Joyce Senior Residences,” is named after Joyce Thorpe Nichols, who in 1970 became the first woman and the first Black woman to graduate from Duke University’s physician assistant program.
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Duke Economist: White Tribalism Is Used to Maintain the Status Quo
In a paper he authored that was published last week, Darity asserts that dominant economic groups across the global spectrum have a “collective self-interest” in advancing or maintaining the status of one’s social group in comparison with others.
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Verdict in Child’s Murder Case Comes as Durham’s Gun Violence Spikes
Nine-year-old Z’yon Person’s killer was convicted, but the state of gun violence in the Bull City hasn’t changed much since 2019.
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A New UNC Press Biography Paints a Portrait of the Memories, Mysteries, and Myths That Drove Charlotte Artist Romare Bearden
Bearden’s work is evidence that one can go home, if only in memory.
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Bragtown Community Applauds Affordable Housing Plans
Residents hope a pair of affordable housing developments in Bragtown will help slow the exodus of Black families.
