Race
Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s Accidental Racist Is The Most Painful Listening Experience Of Your Lifetime
Wow. Brad Paisley and LL Cool J team up for something really, really awful: Accidental Racist. In fairness, I think somebody remembered this song and […]
Center City Bar Cancels Popular Live Music Night Because It’s “Thugged Out”
The Back In Time Soul Sessions at Sansom Street’s Time restaurant were easily the most popular jazz jam in Philadelphia. The weekly Monday night shows, […]
Letter From MLK To Philly Officer Now For Sale
AP reports that a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Philadelphia Police Sgt. James Adair is on the auction block. In the letter, King […]
Chinks’ Name Change Is Changed; Is The Italian Market Next?
The Inquirer reports that Monday’s official name-change of Chinks’ steakhouse to Joe’s Steaks + Soda Shop was met with much wailing and gnashing of teeth […]
What Chink’s Steaks and the Confederate South Have in Common
Here’s some truth: A rose by any other name probably wouldn’t smell as sweet. Branding matters. Call the beautiful red flower a pissbush or a […]
Will Philly’s New Black Panthers Derail Obama’s Likely Labor Secretary Nominee?
Remember the New Black Panthers? Two of them showed up at a Philadelphia polling place during the 2008 election, setting off years of conspiracy-mongering that […]
Philly Weekly Spoofs Philly Mag with “Being Hot in Philly” Cover
Philly Mag’s “Being White in Philly” cover story has received a lot of angry rebuttals. Here’s the first light-hearted one, which graces the front of […]
Video: Michael Nutter Responds to Philly Mag’s “Being White in Philly”
Michael Nutter, speaking on Saturday to the National Coalition of 100 Black Women at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, sharply criticized Philly Mag’s “Being White in […]
Philly Mag’s “Being White in Philly” Is Really Being Wrong in Philly
Robert Huber, a writer-at-large at Philadelphia magazine, wrote a cover story this month titled “Being White in Philly.” Although both he and the story were […]
Why I Hope You Won’t Read “Being White in Philly”
Exactly what constitutes racism is a matter of debate. But my own sense is that racism takes many forms and one is a preoccupation with […]
Readers React on Twitter to “Being White in Philly”
Hi All. Tom McGrath, Philly Mag editor, here. I’ll be taking your questions about our race piece. Fire away. -TM — Philly Mag (@phillymag) March […]
Black History Lesson Draws Protests at Penns Grove Middle School
CBS Philly reports that a teacher at Penns Grove Middle School in New Jersey gave students the option of doing a Black History Month assignment from […]
Ask Philly Mag Editor About Our Story “Being White in Philly” on Twitter Today
This month’s Philly Mag cover story, “Being White in Philly,” has generated a torrent of heated commentary, including from members of our own staff. Love […]
Philly Mag’s “Being White in Philly” Doesn’t Make Sense as Journalism
The March issue of Philadelphia magazine is unfortunate. I saw the issue late last week. I still have sort of a hard time believing it’s real. Others […]
Why We Wrote About Race
In many ways, I look at “Being White in Philly,” which appears in the March issue of Philly Mag, as the bookend to an article […]