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Chicago, 33% Black has 2 Black female Mayoral finalist; Detroit is 85% Black

February 27, 20197:01 AM ET Matthew S. Schwartz The next Chicago mayor will either be a self-described political outsider who has never run for office or a longtime city alderman and chair of the county’s Democratic Party. Either way, for the first time, the city’s top political official will be an African-American woman. Former federal

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Naomi Osaka protest being shown as light-skinned and pale in ad

By Sudipto Ganguly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Japanese noodle company Nissin has apologized to Naomi Osaka after controversially depicting her in a commercial which has since been removed, the 21-year-old said on Thursday. The commercial depicted Osaka, whose father is Haitian and mother is Japanese, with pale skin and light brown hair, which created public outcry.

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Food companies target your kids with junk food ads, but not theirs

by Lauren Tousignant/NYPOST Jan 19,2019 In fact, junk food made up a whopping 86 percent of ad spending for black-targeted television and 82 percent for Spanish-language television. Further, despite the fact that food companies overall TV ad spend declined between 2013 and 2017, junk food ads targeting black viewers rose 50 percent. This means black

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