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|education = [[Grambling State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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'''Charles McRay Blow''' (born August 11, 1970) is an American [[journalist]], commentator and [[op-ed]] columnist for ''[[The New York Times]]'' and current political analyst for [[MSNBC]].
'''Charles McRay Blow''' (born August 11, 1970) is an American [[journalist]], commentator and [[op-ed]] columnist for ''[[The New York Times]]'' and political analyst for [[MSNBC]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Blow was born and raised in [[Gibsland, Louisiana]].<ref name="Historymakers1">{{cite web|title=Charles M. Blow|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/charles-m-blow|website=Media Makers|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?298466-1/qa-charles-blow|title=Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow|last=Lamb|first=Brian|date=March 15, 2011|publisher=[[C-SPAN]]|access-date=May 4, 2013}}</ref> He was educated at [[Gibsland Coleman Complex|Gibsland Coleman High School]] in his hometown, where he founded the school newspaper, and graduated as [[valedictorian]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackpast.org/african-american-history/charles-blow-1970/|title=Charles Blow (1970-)|work=BlackPast.org|first=K.C.|last=Washington|date=May 16, 2020|accessdate=June 22, 2021}}</ref>
Blow was born and raised in [[Gibsland, Louisiana]].<ref name="Historymakers1">{{cite web|title=Charles M. Blow|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/charles-m-blow|website=Media Makers|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?298466-1/qa-charles-blow|title=Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow|last=Lamb|first=Brian|date=March 15, 2011|publisher=[[C-SPAN]]|access-date=May 4, 2013}}</ref> He was educated at [[Gibsland–Coleman High School]] in his hometown, where he founded the school newspaper, and graduated as [[valedictorian]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackpast.org/african-american-history/charles-blow-1970/|title=Charles Blow (1970-)|work=BlackPast.org|first=K.C.|last=Washington|date=May 16, 2020|accessdate=June 22, 2021}}</ref>


Blow graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Grambling State University]], with a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[mass communication]].<ref name="Grambling1">{{cite web|title=Tiger happenings|url=http://www.gram.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Alumni-Newsletter-10-8-14.pdf|website=gram.edu|publisher=Grambling University|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>
Blow graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Grambling State University]], with a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[mass communication]].<ref name="Grambling1">{{cite web|title=Tiger happenings|url=http://www.gram.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Alumni-Newsletter-10-8-14.pdf|website=gram.edu|publisher=Grambling University|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
As a student, Blow interned at the ''[[Shreveport Times]]'', ''[[News Journal (Ohio)|News Journal]]'', and ''The New York Times'', edited the student newspaper, the ''Gramblinite'', and founded the now-defunct student magazine, ''Razz''. He also served as president of Grambling State's chapter of [[Kappa Alpha Psi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles M. Blow's Biography|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/charles-m-blow|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The HistoryMakers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/charles-blow-1970/|title=Charles Blow (1970- )|first=K. C.|last=Washington}}</ref>
As a student, Blow interned at the ''[[Shreveport Times]]'', ''[[News Journal (Ohio)|News Journal]]'', and ''The New York Times'', edited the student newspaper, the ''Gramblinite'', and founded the now-defunct student magazine, ''Razz''. He also served as president of Grambling State's chapter of [[Kappa Alpha Psi]] fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles M. Blow's Biography|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/charles-m-blow|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The HistoryMakers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/charles-blow-1970/|title=Charles Blow (1970- )|first=K. C.|last=Washington|date=May 16, 2020 }}</ref>


After graduation, he joined ''[[The Detroit News]]'' as a graphics artist.
After graduation, he joined ''[[The Detroit News]]'' as a graphics artist.
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In April 2008, he began writing a column in ''The New York Times''. His column had originally appeared biweekly on Saturdays. In May 2009, it became a weekly feature and appeared twice, weekly, in December 2012. As of May 2021, it appears every Monday and Thursday.<ref name="Grambling1" />
In April 2008, he began writing a column in ''The New York Times''. His column had originally appeared biweekly on Saturdays. In May 2009, it became a weekly feature and appeared twice, weekly, in December 2012. As of May 2021, it appears every Monday and Thursday.<ref name="Grambling1" />


Blow would appear frequently on [[CNN]] and [[MSNBC]] in this period.
Blow would appear frequently on [[CNN]] and [[MSNBC]] during this period.


On February 22, 2012, Blow referred to [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]]'s "magic underwear", an apparent reference to the [[Temple Garment]], in response to a comment by Romney about two parent households.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Joe|last=Coscarelli|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/02/charles-blow-mitt-romney-mormon-underwear-twitter.html|title=Charles Blow Is Sorry for Mentioning Mitt Romney's 'Magic Underwear'|magazine=[[New York Magazine|New York]]|date=February 24, 2012|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/no-comment-from-the-times-on-columnists-mormo|title=Times Columnist Apologizes For Mormon Jab [UPDATED]|date=February 23, 2012|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|publisher=|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> The comment was criticized as insensitive to [[Mormons]]. In response, Romney joked that "I guess we’re finding out for the first time that the media is somewhat biased."<ref name=":0" /> Blow later apologized.<ref name=":0" />
On February 22, 2012, Blow referred to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]]'s "magic underwear", an apparent reference to the [[Temple Garment]], in response to a comment by Romney about two-parent households.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Joe|last=Coscarelli|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/02/charles-blow-mitt-romney-mormon-underwear-twitter.html|title=Charles Blow Is Sorry for Mentioning Mitt Romney's 'Magic Underwear'|magazine=[[New York Magazine|New York]]|date=February 24, 2012|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/no-comment-from-the-times-on-columnists-mormo|title=Times Columnist Apologizes For Mormon Jab [UPDATED]|date=February 23, 2012|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|publisher=|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> The comment was criticized as insensitive to [[Mormons]]. In response, Romney joked that "I guess we’re finding out for the first time that the media is somewhat biased."<ref name=":0" /> Blow later apologized.<ref name=":0" />


[[File:Hearst Lecture Charles Blow 009 (33695803968).jpg|thumb|left|Blow speaking at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 2017]]
[[File:Hearst Lecture Charles Blow 009 (33695803968).jpg|thumb|left|Blow speaking at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 2017]]
In 2014, Blow published the book-length [[memoir]] entitled ''Fire Shut Up In My Bones''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen|last=Snyder|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sexualitytoday/201409/charles-blow-pain-sex-abuse-and-bisexuality |title=Charles Blow: "Up From Pain," Sex Abuse, and Bisexuality |magazine=[[Psychology Today]] |date=September 23, 2014|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref>
In 2014, Blow published the book-length [[memoir]] entitled ''Fire Shut Up In My Bones''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen|last=Snyder|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sexualitytoday/201409/charles-blow-pain-sex-abuse-and-bisexuality |title=Charles Blow: "Up From Pain," Sex Abuse, and Bisexuality |magazine=[[Psychology Today]] |date=September 23, 2014|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref>


In August 2016, while appearing on CNN with Bruce Levell, a delegate for [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]], Blow called Trump a "bigot" and said that anyone who supported Trump is "a part of the bigotry itself."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/08/charles-m-blow-donald-trump-bigot|title="Donald Trump Is a Bigot. There's No Other Way to Get Around It."|last=Oh|first=Inae|date=August 23, 2016|website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/08/24/youre-supporting-a-bigot-that-makes-you-part-of-the-bigotry-charles-blows-master-class-in-cutting-through-trump-hackery/|title="You're supporting a bigot. That makes you part of the bigotry." Charles Blow's master class in cutting through Trump hackery|last=DeVega|first=Chauncey|website=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]]|date=August 24, 2016| access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref>
In August 2016, while appearing on CNN with Bruce Levell, a delegate for [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]], Blow called Trump a "bigot" and said that anyone who supported Trump is "a part of the bigotry itself."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/08/charles-m-blow-donald-trump-bigot|title="Donald Trump Is a Bigot. There's No Other Way to Get Around It."|last=Oh|first=Inae|date=August 23, 2016|website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/08/24/youre-supporting-a-bigot-that-makes-you-part-of-the-bigotry-charles-blows-master-class-in-cutting-through-trump-hackery/|title="You're supporting a bigot. That makes you part of the bigotry." Charles Blow's master class in cutting through Trump hackery|last=DeVega|first=Chauncey|website=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]]|date=August 24, 2016| access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref>


In response to the [[Central Park birdwatching incident]] Blow wrote an op-ed in which he said, "Specifically, I am enraged by white women weaponizing racial anxiety, using their white femininity to activate systems of white terror against black men. This has long been a power white women realized they had and that they exerted."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/opinion/racism-white-women.html|title=Opinion &#124; How White Women Use Themselves as Instruments of Terror|first=Charles M.|last=Blow|date=May 28, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
In response to the 2020 [[Central Park birdwatching incident]], Blow wrote an op-ed in which he said, "Specifically, I am enraged by White women weaponizing racial anxiety, using their White femininity to activate systems of White terror against Black men. This has long been a power White women realized they had and that they exerted."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/opinion/racism-white-women.html|title=Opinion &#124; How White Women Use Themselves as Instruments of Terror|first=Charles M.|last=Blow|date=May 28, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>


In 2021, Blow published ''The Devil You Know: A Black Manifesto'' in which he advocates people of color taking direct action by moving to states where they can build a political majority.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-line/video/charles-blow-rema4x/ Firing Line - Charles Blow interview], [[PBS.org]], March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021</ref>
In 2021, Blow published ''The Devil You Know: A Black Manifesto'' in which he advocates people of color taking direct action by moving to states where they can build a political majority.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-line/video/charles-blow-rema4x/ Firing Line - Charles Blow interview], [[PBS.org]], March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021</ref>
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In April 2021, Blow began hosting ''Prime with Charles M. Blow'', a primetime show on the [[Black News Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/black-news-channel-preps-primetime-reboot-exclusive-4158505/ |title=Black News Channel Preps Primetime Reboot (Exclusive) |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=31 March 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> It ran until March 2022 when the channel shut down all produced programming.<ref>{{cite web |last=Battaglio |first=Stephen |title=Shad Khan's Black News Channel is shutting down |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-03-25/black-news-channel-shad-kahn-shutting-down |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 25, 2022 |date=March 25, 2022}}</ref> On March 29, 2022, he joined MSNBC as a political analyst.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Blow: The Supreme Court is not equipped to police itself |url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/charles-blow-the-supreme-court-is-not-equipped-to-police-itself-136538693657 |website=MSNBC |access-date=March 30, 2022 |date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>
In April 2021, Blow began hosting ''Prime with Charles M. Blow'', a primetime show on the [[Black News Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/black-news-channel-preps-primetime-reboot-exclusive-4158505/ |title=Black News Channel Preps Primetime Reboot (Exclusive) |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=31 March 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> It ran until March 2022 when the channel shut down all produced programming.<ref>{{cite web |last=Battaglio |first=Stephen |title=Shad Khan's Black News Channel is shutting down |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-03-25/black-news-channel-shad-kahn-shutting-down |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 25, 2022 |date=March 25, 2022}}</ref> On March 29, 2022, he joined MSNBC as a political analyst.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Blow: The Supreme Court is not equipped to police itself |url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/charles-blow-the-supreme-court-is-not-equipped-to-police-itself-136538693657 |website=MSNBC |access-date=March 30, 2022 |date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>


In June, 2019, [[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis]] presented the first performance of an opera adaptation of Blow's memoir ''[[Fire Shut Up in My Bones]]'', with music by Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer [[Terence Blanchard]]. In September 2021, [https://www.metopera.org/season/2021-22-season/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones/ The Metropolitan Opera] in New York City opened its 2021-2022 season with that work. This was the Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Anthony|last=Tommasini|title=Review: ‘Fire’ Brings a Black Composer to the Met, Finally|date=September 28, 2021|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/arts/music/fire-blanchard-met-opera.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928170002/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/arts/music/fire-blanchard-met-opera.html |archive-date=September 28, 2021 }}</ref>
In June, 2019, [[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis]] presented the first performance of [[Fire Shut Up in My Bones|an opera adaptation]] of Blow's memoir ''Fire Shut Up in My Bones'', with music by Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer [[Terence Blanchard]]. In September 2021, the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City opened its 2021–2022 season with that work. This was the [[Metropolitan Opera|Met]]'s first performance of an opera by a Black composer.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Anthony|last=Tommasini|title=Review: 'Fire' Brings a Black Composer to the Met, Finally|date=September 28, 2021|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/arts/music/fire-blanchard-met-opera.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928170002/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/arts/music/fire-blanchard-met-opera.html |archive-date=September 28, 2021 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Blow's primary residence is in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and his secondary residence is in the [[New York City]] borough of [[Brooklyn]] where he raised his children.<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Charles M.|last=Blow |author-link=Charles M. Blow |user=CharlesMBlow |number=1212401285930074112 |date=January 1, 2020 |title=Waited to the new year to share this: I’m moving to Atlanta. I’ll keep my place in Brooklyn and come back often because my kids are in NY and I have some biz here, but ATL will be my primary residence. None of my employment will change. Move also related to my forthcoming book. |language=en |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130093723/https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1212401285930074112 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/press-releases/harper-to-publish-charles-m-blows-the-devil-you-know-a-black-power-manifesto|title=HARPER TO PUBLISH CHARLES M. BLOW'S THE DEVIL YOU KNOW: A BLACK POWER MANIFESTO|website=HarperCollins}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?298466-1/qa-charles-blow|title=Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow|last=Lamb|first=Brian|date=March 15, 2011|website=[[C-SPAN]]|access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Grambling1" /> His eldest son, Tahj, graduated from [[Yale University]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nyti.ms/1CWhUoU|title=At Yale, the Police Detained My Son|date=January 26, 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 26, 2015|first=Charles M.|last=Blow}}</ref> and his twins, Ian and Iman, graduated from [[Middlebury College]] and [[Columbia University]] respectively.<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Charles M.|last=Blow |author-link=Charles M. Blow |user=CharlesMBlow |number=939108541461422080 |date=December 8, 2017 |title=My kids: Tahj = Graduated from Yale. Evolutionary bio major. On his way to medical school. Iman = 3rd year at Columbia. Deans list. Pre-med. National/international fencing star. Ian Ahmad = 3rd year at Middlebury. Studying computer science. GTFOH https://t.co/adbOM59TVs |language=en |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209021436/https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/939108541461422080 |archive-date=December 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.columbia.edu/content/fencing-champion-graduates-degree-biology|title=Fencing Champion Graduates with a Degree in Biology|website=[[Columbia News]]}}</ref>
Blow's primary residence is in [[Atlanta]] and his secondary residence is in the [[New York City]] borough of [[Brooklyn]] where he raised his children.<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Charles M.|last=Blow |author-link=Charles M. Blow |user=CharlesMBlow |number=1212401285930074112 |date=January 1, 2020 |title=Waited to the new year to share this: I'm moving to Atlanta. I'll keep my place in Brooklyn and come back often because my kids are in NY and I have some biz here, but ATL will be my primary residence. None of my employment will change. Move also related to my forthcoming book. |language=en |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130093723/https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1212401285930074112 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/press-releases/harper-to-publish-charles-m-blows-the-devil-you-know-a-black-power-manifesto|title=HARPER TO PUBLISH CHARLES M. BLOW'S THE DEVIL YOU KNOW: A BLACK POWER MANIFESTO|website=HarperCollins}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?298466-1/qa-charles-blow|title=Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow|last=Lamb|first=Brian|date=March 15, 2011|website=[[C-SPAN]]|access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Grambling1" /> His eldest son, Tahj, graduated from [[Yale University]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nyti.ms/1CWhUoU|title=At Yale, the Police Detained My Son|date=January 26, 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 26, 2015|first=Charles M.|last=Blow}}</ref> and his twins, Ian and Iman, graduated from [[Middlebury College]] and [[Columbia University]] respectively.<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Charles M.|last=Blow |author-link=Charles M. Blow |user=CharlesMBlow |number=939108541461422080 |date=December 8, 2017 |title=My kids: Tahj = Graduated from Yale. Evolutionary bio major. On his way to medical school. Iman = 3rd year at Columbia. Deans list. Pre-med. National/international fencing star. Ian Ahmad = 3rd year at Middlebury. Studying computer science. GTFOH https://t.co/adbOM59TVs |language=en |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209021436/https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/939108541461422080 |archive-date=December 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.columbia.edu/content/fencing-champion-graduates-degree-biology|title=Fencing Champion Graduates with a Degree in Biology|website=[[Columbia News]]}}</ref>


In 2014, Blow [[came out]] publicly as [[bisexual]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/2014/09/ny-times-charles-m-blow-writes-on-being-bisexual-in-new-book/|title=NY Times' Charles M. Blow Writes on Being Bisexual in New Book|date=September 3, 2014|work=Eurweb.com}}</ref><ref name="Memoir">{{cite web|url=http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5885408|title=New York Times Columnist Charles Blow On Revealing He's Bisexual In His New Book|date=September 26, 2014|work=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> He is [[divorced]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Charles M.|last=Blow|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/opinion/ronald-greene-video.html|title=White Troopers Policing Black Bodies|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 23, 2021}}</ref>
In 2014, Blow [[came out]] publicly as [[bisexual]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/2014/09/ny-times-charles-m-blow-writes-on-being-bisexual-in-new-book/|title=NY Times' Charles M. Blow Writes on Being Bisexual in New Book|date=September 3, 2014|work=Eurweb.com|access-date=October 29, 2014|archive-date=October 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029200358/http://www.eurweb.com/2014/09/ny-times-charles-m-blow-writes-on-being-bisexual-in-new-book/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Memoir">{{cite web|url=http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5885408|title=New York Times Columnist Charles Blow On Revealing He's Bisexual In His New Book|date=September 26, 2014|work=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> He is [[divorced]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Charles M.|last=Blow|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/opinion/ronald-greene-video.html|title=White Troopers Policing Black Bodies|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 23, 2021}}</ref>


In his autobiography, ''Fire Shut Up In My Bones'', Blow revealed that he was [[child sexual abuse|sexually abused as a child]] by an older cousin.<ref name="Memoir"/>
In his autobiography, ''Fire Shut Up In My Bones'', Blow revealed that he was [[child sexual abuse|sexually abused as a child]] by an older cousin.<ref name="Memoir"/>

==See also==
* [[LGBT culture in New York City]]
* [[List of LGBT people from New York City]]


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Charles M. Blow
Blow in 2014
Born
Charles McRay Blow

(1970-08-11) August 11, 1970 (age 53)
Gibsland, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationGrambling State University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, columnist, writer
Employer(s)The New York Times
MSNBC
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Charles McRay Blow (born August 11, 1970) is an American journalist, commentator and op-ed columnist for The New York Times and political analyst for MSNBC.

Early life[edit]

Blow was born and raised in Gibsland, Louisiana.[1][2] He was educated at Gibsland–Coleman High School in his hometown, where he founded the school newspaper, and graduated as valedictorian in 1988.[3]

Blow graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University, with a bachelor's degree in mass communication.[4]

Career[edit]

As a student, Blow interned at the Shreveport Times, News Journal, and The New York Times, edited the student newspaper, the Gramblinite, and founded the now-defunct student magazine, Razz. He also served as president of Grambling State's chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.[5][6]

After graduation, he joined The Detroit News as a graphics artist.

Blow joined The New York Times in 1994 as a graphics editor. Eventually, he became the head of the newspaper's graphics department. In 2006, he left to become the art director of National Geographic.[7][8]

In April 2008, he began writing a column in The New York Times. His column had originally appeared biweekly on Saturdays. In May 2009, it became a weekly feature and appeared twice, weekly, in December 2012. As of May 2021, it appears every Monday and Thursday.[4]

Blow would appear frequently on CNN and MSNBC during this period.

On February 22, 2012, Blow referred to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's "magic underwear", an apparent reference to the Temple Garment, in response to a comment by Romney about two-parent households.[9][10] The comment was criticized as insensitive to Mormons. In response, Romney joked that "I guess we’re finding out for the first time that the media is somewhat biased."[10] Blow later apologized.[10]

Blow speaking at the University of Texas at Austin in 2017

In 2014, Blow published the book-length memoir entitled Fire Shut Up In My Bones.[11]

In August 2016, while appearing on CNN with Bruce Levell, a delegate for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Blow called Trump a "bigot" and said that anyone who supported Trump is "a part of the bigotry itself."[12][13]

In response to the 2020 Central Park birdwatching incident, Blow wrote an op-ed in which he said, "Specifically, I am enraged by White women weaponizing racial anxiety, using their White femininity to activate systems of White terror against Black men. This has long been a power White women realized they had and that they exerted."[14]

In 2021, Blow published The Devil You Know: A Black Manifesto in which he advocates people of color taking direct action by moving to states where they can build a political majority.[15]

In April 2021, Blow began hosting Prime with Charles M. Blow, a primetime show on the Black News Channel.[16] It ran until March 2022 when the channel shut down all produced programming.[17] On March 29, 2022, he joined MSNBC as a political analyst.[18]

In June, 2019, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis presented the first performance of an opera adaptation of Blow's memoir Fire Shut Up in My Bones, with music by Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard. In September 2021, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City opened its 2021–2022 season with that work. This was the Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer.[19]

Personal life[edit]

Blow's primary residence is in Atlanta and his secondary residence is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn where he raised his children.[20][21][22][4] His eldest son, Tahj, graduated from Yale University[23] and his twins, Ian and Iman, graduated from Middlebury College and Columbia University respectively.[24][25]

In 2014, Blow came out publicly as bisexual.[26][27] He is divorced.[28]

In his autobiography, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Blow revealed that he was sexually abused as a child by an older cousin.[27]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Charles M. Blow". Media Makers. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Lamb, Brian (March 15, 2011). "Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow". C-SPAN. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  3. ^ Washington, K.C. (May 16, 2020). "Charles Blow (1970-)". BlackPast.org. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Tiger happenings" (PDF). gram.edu. Grambling University. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Charles M. Blow's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. ^ Washington, K. C. (May 16, 2020). "Charles Blow (1970- )".
  7. ^ Blow, Charles M. (September 8, 2019). "Opinion | Maps Don't Lie". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "Charles M. Blow - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  9. ^ Coscarelli, Joe (February 24, 2012). "Charles Blow Is Sorry for Mentioning Mitt Romney's 'Magic Underwear'". New York. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "Times Columnist Apologizes For Mormon Jab [UPDATED]". BuzzFeed News. February 23, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  11. ^ Snyder, Stephen (September 23, 2014). "Charles Blow: "Up From Pain," Sex Abuse, and Bisexuality". Psychology Today. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  12. ^ Oh, Inae (August 23, 2016). ""Donald Trump Is a Bigot. There's No Other Way to Get Around It."". Mother Jones. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  13. ^ DeVega, Chauncey (August 24, 2016). ""You're supporting a bigot. That makes you part of the bigotry." Charles Blow's master class in cutting through Trump hackery". Salon. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  14. ^ Blow, Charles M. (May 28, 2020). "Opinion | How White Women Use Themselves as Instruments of Terror". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Firing Line - Charles Blow interview, PBS.org, March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021
  16. ^ Weprin, Alex (March 31, 2021). "Black News Channel Preps Primetime Reboot (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  17. ^ Battaglio, Stephen (March 25, 2022). "Shad Khan's Black News Channel is shutting down". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  18. ^ "Charles Blow: The Supreme Court is not equipped to police itself". MSNBC. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  19. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (September 28, 2021). "Review: 'Fire' Brings a Black Composer to the Met, Finally". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021.
  20. ^ Blow, Charles M. [@CharlesMBlow] (January 1, 2020). "Waited to the new year to share this: I'm moving to Atlanta. I'll keep my place in Brooklyn and come back often because my kids are in NY and I have some biz here, but ATL will be my primary residence. None of my employment will change. Move also related to my forthcoming book" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "HARPER TO PUBLISH CHARLES M. BLOW'S THE DEVIL YOU KNOW: A BLACK POWER MANIFESTO". HarperCollins.
  22. ^ Lamb, Brian (March 15, 2011). "Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow". C-SPAN. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  23. ^ Blow, Charles M. (January 26, 2015). "At Yale, the Police Detained My Son". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  24. ^ Blow, Charles M. [@CharlesMBlow] (December 8, 2017). "My kids: Tahj = Graduated from Yale. Evolutionary bio major. On his way to medical school. Iman = 3rd year at Columbia. Deans list. Pre-med. National/international fencing star. Ian Ahmad = 3rd year at Middlebury. Studying computer science. GTFOH https://t.co/adbOM59TVs" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2021 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ "Fencing Champion Graduates with a Degree in Biology". Columbia News.
  26. ^ "NY Times' Charles M. Blow Writes on Being Bisexual in New Book". Eurweb.com. September 3, 2014. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  27. ^ a b "New York Times Columnist Charles Blow On Revealing He's Bisexual In His New Book". The Huffington Post. September 26, 2014.
  28. ^ Blow, Charles M. (May 23, 2021). "White Troopers Policing Black Bodies". The New York Times.

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