Raceology

More Black Cyclists Die Because of Racial Divide Story by Taneika Duhaney • 1mo Why don’t more people of color ride bikes? There is no singular reason; however, safety is often cited as a primary concern. In communities of color with a high concentration of low to middle-income residents, the lack of cycling infrastructure elements, such as bike trails, bike lanes, or even shoulders, make cycling unsafe and impractical. “The lower a metro area’s median household income, the more dangerous it’s streets are likely to be for people walking,” according to a Smart Growth America Dangerous by Design 2021 report. “This is unsurprising, given low-income communities are less likely to have sidewalks, marked crosswalks, and street design to support safer, slower speeds.” Without such infrastructure, Black and Hispanic residents face the greatest risks. According to a Harvard and Boston University study assessing racial disparities and traffic fatalities, for every mile walked, Black people a...

  I moved to Oregon from DC and experienced extreme culture shock. I struggle with the racism and drug culture but I've found great purpose. Story by insider@insider.com (Chandlor Henderson) • 2w Chandlor Henderson moved from Washington, DC, to Eugene, Oregon, in 2015. Henderson says Oregon lacks diversity and that's a challenge for him. He appreciates the city's simplicity but says its drug culture is a problem. I lost my mother in September 2007, and my relationship with my family became strained. After eight years without her, I left Northeast  Washington, DC,  in 2015 and took a Greyhound bus to Eugene, Oregon. At the time, my knowledge of Oregon and the West Coast was limited, but my life in DC had become challenging. The aggressive gentrification of the city and my precarious 20-year career in  the restaurant industry  were two of the reasons I decided to find someplace new. At face value, it appears I'm embodying the "American dream," but I plan to e...

30 Reasons Why White Americans SHOULD Count Themselves as ‘Privileged’ but Don’t Story by Amy Ives • 2w  Link. Has a slide show. 30 Reasons Why White Americans SHOULD Count Themselves as ‘Privileged’ but Don’t (msn.com)

  Popular San Francisco restaurant Gracias Madre closes blaming 'nearly impossible' business conditions in the Doom Loop city Story by Dominic Yeatman For Dailymail.Com • 2w Manager Joseph Donohue says he 'doesn't blame' customers for abandoning them  Says diners spent their meals worrying their cars would be broken into Joins an exodus that has seen retailers including Nordstrom, Whole Foods and Office Depot shut their door The San Francisco 'doom loop' has claimed its latest victim after the doors shut on a pioneering vegan restaurant in the city's crime-ridden Mission district. Gracias Madre boasts clients including the  Duchess of Sussex ,  Natalie Portman  and  Liam Hemsworth  at its branch in West Hollywood. But it shares its neighborhood in the Golden Gate city with an open-air drugs market and hundreds of  homeless  people. 'The condition of life in San Francisco has deteriorated and made running a small business nearly impossibl...

  An 8.7 million-year-old ape skull suggests that human and ape ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa Story by ashoaib@insider.com (Alia Shoaib) • 1w An ape skull found in Turkey may challenge the belief that human and ape ancestors came from Africa. The discovery suggests that hominins may have first evolved in Europe. Not all scientists are convinced by the theory, however. The discovery of an ancient ape skull may challenge the long-held belief that the ancestors of apes and humans came from Africa, a controversial new study says. The partial skull of the ape, called an Anadoluvius turkae, was found in Cankiri, Turkey, and appears to date back to 8.7 million years ago,  Live Science  reported. Meanwhile early hominins, which include humans, the African apes, and their fossil ancestors, are not seen in Africa until around seven million years ago. The discovery challenges the widely-held view that the ancestors of African apes and humans originated exclus...