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Charles M. Blow | |
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Born | Charles McRay Blow August 11, 1970 |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, columnist, writer |
Employer | The New York Times |
Spouse | Divorced |
Children | 3 |
Charles McRay Blow (born August 11, 1970) is an American journalist, commentator, and op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
Life and career
Blow was born and raised in Gibsland, Louisiana.[1][2] He graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University, with a bachelor's degree in mass communication.[3]
As a student, he 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 for Grambling State's chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi.[4][5]
He headed the graphics department at The New York Times and was art director at National Geographic.[6]
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 2014, it appears every Monday and Thursday.[3]
Blow often appears on CNN and MSNBC.
On February 22, 2012, Blow referred to 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.[7][8] 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."[8] Blow later apologized.[8][9]
In 2014, Blow published the book-length memoir entitled Fire Shut Up In My Bones.[10]
In August 2016, while appearing on CNN with Donald Trump presidential campaign delegate Bruce Levell, Blow called Donald Trump a "bigot" and said that anyone who supported Trump is "a part of the bigotry itself."[11][12]Blow also stated in his OpEd, "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."[13]
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 lived for many years while his children were growing up.[14][15][16][3] His eldest son, Tahj, graduated from Yale University[17] and his twins, Ian and Iman, graduated from Middlebury College and Columbia University.[18][19] In 2014, Blow came out publicly as bisexual.[20][21]
References
- ^ "Charles M. Blow". Media Makers. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ^ Lamb, Brian (March 15, 2011). "Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow". C-SPAN. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Tiger happenings" (PDF). gram.edu. Grambling University. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ^ https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/charles-m-blow
- ^ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/charles-blow-1970/
- ^ Blow, Charles M. (September 8, 2019). "Opinion | Maps Don't Lie". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "Charles Blow Is Sorry for Mentioning Mitt Romney's 'Magic Underwear'". New York Magazine. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Times Columnist Apologizes For Mormon Jab [UPDATED]". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "NY Times' Charles Blow Apologizes For 'Magic Underwear' Comment". Mediaite. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "Charles Blow: "Up From Pain," Sex Abuse, and Bisexuality". psychologytoday.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ DeVega, Chauncey. ""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.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/opinion/racism-white-women.html
- ^ https://twitter.com/charlesmblow/status/1212401285930074112?lang=en
- ^ https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/press-releases/harper-to-publish-charles-m-blows-the-devil-you-know-a-black-power-manifesto
- ^ Lamb, Brian (March 15, 2011). "Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow". C-SPAN. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ^ Blow, Charles (January 26, 2015). "At Yale, the Police Detained My Son". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ https://twitter.com/charlesmblow/status/939108541461422080?lang=en
- ^ https://news.columbia.edu/content/fencing-champion-graduates-degree-biology
- ^ "NY Times' Charles M. Blow Writes on Being Bisexual in New Book". Eurweb.com. September 3, 2014.
- ^ "New York Times Columnist Charles Blow On Revealing He's Bisexual In His New Book". The Huffington Post. September 26, 2014.
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