Drop the Goldberg name you co-opted, Whoopi — you don’t deserve it – New York Post

| February 7, 2022

Decades ago, when the performer Caryn Johnson decided her name wasnt interesting enough and dubbed herself Whoopi Goldberg instead, it wasnt because Goldberg signified whiteness. Through the years, shes offered many weird and contradictory explanations for her change in moniker, but it might have seemed at the time that a black person sporting the surname Goldberg would be especially eye-catching and noteworthy (especially in conjunction with that wild first name) because it would represent the proud ownership of her outsider status.

Review: In Prayer for the French Republic, Echoes of the Past – The New York Times

| February 7, 2022

The well of nave young Americans being schooled in life, love, politics and croissants by effortlessly worldly French people is in no danger of running dry. The latest addition to this cohort is 20-year-old Molly, a New Yorker who has just met her distant cousins in Paris

Tell Us Your Encanto Opinions And We’ll Give You A Perfect Book Recommendation – BuzzFeed

| February 7, 2022

The Inheritance of Orqudea Divina by Zoraida Crdova The magic of Four Rivers had faded before Orqudea Divina moved in. The matriarch has never left the home, holding tight to secrets her family hopes will be revealed after she invites them to her funeral. But they're left with more questions as she is transformed, her gifts manifesting for the family in different ways in the 7 years following

How the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Created the African Diaspora – History

| February 7, 2022

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the capture, forcible transport and sale of native Africans to Europeans for lifelong bondage in the Americas. Lasting from the 16th to 19th centuries, it is responsible, more than any other project or phenomenon in the history of the modern world, for the creation of the African diasporathe dispersal of Black people outside their places of origin on the continent of Africa.

Music and Spirit in the African Diaspora – JSTOR Daily

| February 7, 2022

When enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas, their experiences were very different across different parts of the region. Their musical, religious and cultural traditions were frequently suppressed, and always adapted and mixed with those of other cultures

Thank You, Mr. Nixon and other tales of the Chinese diaspora – Christian Science Monitor

| February 7, 2022

Award-winning author Gish Jens latest collection opens with a Chinese saying: A long journey begins with a step.

Nigerians in the Diaspora remitted $87.37bn in four years – New Telegraph Newspaper

| February 7, 2022

Between 2017 and 2020, Nigeria received total of $87.37billion in remittances from its citizens living in the diaspora, latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the World Bank shows. New Telegraphs analysis of the 2020 Demographic Statistics Bulletin released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at the weekend, as well as the Migration and Development Brief 35 report published by the World Bank in November, indicates that Nigeria received $70.16billion and $17.21billion in remittances from 2017-2019 and in 2020 respectively. Infact, theWorldBankinits report in November projected that Nigeria would receive $17.6billion in remittances in 2021.



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