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 Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes? 

Why hasn't the 'Claire Huxtable' generation been accepted into the mainstream?

Washington Post Washington Post Jul 20, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's no wonder Michelle Obama is being criticized from all sides: She's an outspoken, successful black woman, writes Sophia A. Nelson in the Washington Post . "This society can't even see a woman like Michelle Obama. All it sees is a black woman and attaches stereotypes," a prominent female African-American journalist tells Nelson. Society sees categories: the hip-hop vixen, the capable Aunt Jemima, and the "angry black woman." More »

More about:  Michelle Obama • African-Americans • racial inequality • black women • stereotypes • glass ceiling

OPINION

Where Are the Feminists for Michelle?

Their sense of outrage doesn't seem to apply to black women

Washington Post Washington Post Jun 21, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like strong women before her, Michelle Obama has been “demonized” in the press—so why aren’t feminists coming to her aid? asks Mary C. Curtis in the Washington Post . Feminists spoke out when Hillary Clinton faced sexism in her campaign—but the cause hasn’t embraced women of color. “In America, there's seldom a cost for disrespecting black women,” Curtis notes, adding that the anti-Michelle campaign "has not caused a rift between black and white women so much as it has exposed it." More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michelle Obama • feminism • black women

Only Black Is Beautiful in Italian Vogue

Thumbing nose at prejudice, mag uses only models of color

New York Times New York Times Jun 19, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Black women spend $20 billion a year on clothes, but the fashion world still harbors a racial prejudice that keeps women of color out of the big glossies. Now noted photographer Steven Meisel has teamed with Italian Vogue to produce a special issue, in which all the models are black and all the articles address black women in the arts. The New York Times reports on the issue's genesis. More »

More about:  fashion • Vogue • Naomi Campbell • fashion industry • black women

Breast Cancer Risk Seen for Latinos, Blacks

Scientists find higher prevalance of mutated gene in new study

San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News Dec 26, 07 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A genetic mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer has been linked to Hispanic and young black women, according to a new study. The findings could lead to changes in screening, the San Jose Mercury News reports. In the survey of 3,181 women with breast cancer, 16.7% of black patients under 35 and 3.5% of Hispanic patients had the mutated gene, compared with 2.2% of white patients. More »

More about:  health • cancer • women • breast cancer • disease • genetics • Hispanic • American Medical Association • genetic mutation • ovarian cancer • black women • BRCA1

Breast Cancer Deadlier for Black Women

Doctors' formula has underestimated
risk, study finds

Washington Post Washington Post Nov 28, 07 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - In calculating a woman's risk of breast cancer, doctors have been using a formula that underestimates the risk the disease poses to black women, reports the Washington Post . A growing body of evidence shows that while black women are less likely to get breast cancer than their white counterparts, when they do it tends to be deadlier and more aggressive. More »

More about:  breast cancer • cancer research • women's health • black women

Starchy Foods Increase
Diabetes Risk

But adding whole grains to the diet improves the odds

Reuters Reuters Nov 27, 07 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - African-American and Chinese women whose diets are high in starchy foods like white rice are at bigger risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, researchers have discovered. The good news is that eating whole-grain foods can help reduce the risk, according to two studies in the Archives of Internal Medicine . As an added bonus, those foods contain magnesium, which can help reduce blood pressure. More »

More about:  public health • diabetes • blood pressure • wheat • rice • black women • carbs • bread • grains • Chinese women

Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

Study explains why breast cancer is
more fatal in black women

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 6, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors have long known that breast cancer is more deadly in black women; new research suggests why: They are more likely to suffer from treatment-resistant tumors, a major study at the University of Michigan concludes. Analysis of data from nearly 100,000 women with later-stage breast cancer shows that black patients have higher incidence of tumors that don't respond to hormone-blocking drugs that inhibit  growth. More »

More about:  women • breast cancer • women's health • health study • treatment • tumor • drug resistant • black women

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