“Cuban hip-hop: Why black Americans should take a listen” and other Tweeted Links…

Cuban hip-hop: Why black Americans should take a listen [blavity.com]

How Habitat for Humanity Went to Brooklyn and Poor Families Lost Their Homes @ForColoredNerds [twitter.com]

Renée Günter grew up hungry in South L.A. Now her mission is running a fresh produce shop there. [fw.to] @overcookedvegan

"It turns cities into playgrounds for moneyed, childless whites" [rawstory.com]

“a scientifically illiterate society will probably be more susceptible to the tactics used” [news.slashdot.org]

Why babies all over the world are now sleeping in boxes [bbc.co.uk]

From Mines Field to LAX: The Early History of L.A. International Airport [kcet.org] [twitter.com]

John Lewis Wilson: Only Black Architect Appointed to Design the Harlem River House in New York [blackthen.com]

The Clinton 12: First Black Teens to Integrate a Public School in the South [blackthen.com]

The Associated Press style guide will no longer capitalize 'internet' [theverge.com]

This Hacker Rigged Elections in 9 Latin American Countries [telesurtv.net]

There are no academic jobs; getting a Ph.D. will make you into a horrible person [slate.com]

Black college baseball teams no longer reflect their student bodies. [sportsonearth.com] via @SportsonEarth [twitter.com]

Clothing became the No. 1 online sales category for the first time in 2015 [recode.net] [twitter.com]

Los Angeles City Council tries to strike balance in new rules to combat homeless encampments [topix.com]

Thermal camera footage allegedly shows pro cyclists using motors [fittish.deadspin.com] [twitter.com]

an advantage Black people have is knowing that we are descendants of an obsolete workforce, a discarded labor pool

others--perhaps suffering from “white privilege”--fail to see that your father’s master is totally done with you

there were proud, Negro, UAW men with blue-collar, suburban-Detroit, comfortable lifestyles that just KNEW how the world worked

“Recognize that the contemporary Western emphasis on self-discovery and self-acceptance has led you astray.” [on.wsj.com] @WSJ

becoming an overachiever as a reaction-formation to toxic detractors can condition you to surround yourself with dead weight and/or go solo

emerging from at-risk youth to thrive and excel as an adult can alienate you from others with a similar background not so self-satisfied

“The rising number of emerging-market billionaires is a good thing” [economist.com]

gentrifying friendship after “getting out of the ghetto” might be the only (mundane) option other than “solitude” as your homies die early

gentrifying friendship may introduce the problem of being not-so-well understood, like moving from North Korea to live in Berkeley

Why do some families seem so good at passing down success, while others fail? [draftin.com]

the misogynist rage/fantasy makes women responsible for things not of their concern or not understood

some misogynists have subconscious ‘whore envy’ unwilling to admit their own desire for money for “nothing”

“during its heyday in nineteenth-century America, melon theft was a huge problem for farmers” [luckypeach.com] @overcookedvegan

I’m Finally Taking Responsibility and Blaming All My Problems on Processed Foods @mindovermunch @stuffitweet [newyorker.com]

Advanced Economies Must Still Make Things [spectrum.ieee.org]

Here's Some Sweet German Craft/Design Student Work from Holz-Handwerk [core77.com]

Best in Show | Eric Yahnker’s “Noah’s Yacht” at Zevitas Marcus Gallery, LA [supertouchart.com]

South African Artist Nails It with Sculptures Made from Thousands of Press-Ons [hyperallergic.com] via @hyperallergic

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther is a human drama about power [theverge.com]

Ira Aldridge: First Internationally Famous African-American Actor [blackthen.com]

Via @NPR: A Picture Of Language: The Fading Art Of Diagramming Sentences [n.pr] [twitter.com]

General Theory of Relativity Visualized [1ucasvb.tumblr.com]