Charles M. Blow
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 raised his children.[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 respectively.[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.
External links
- Blow's columns, The New York Times
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- 1970 births
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- African-American journalists
- American art directors
- American bloggers
- American columnists
- American male bloggers
- Bisexual men
- Bisexual writers
- CNN people
- Grambling State University alumni
- Journalists from New York City
- Lambda Literary Award winners
- LGBT African Americans
- LGBT journalists from the United States
- LGBT people from New York (state)
- LGBT people from Louisiana
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Living people
- MSNBC people
- Newspaper designers
- People from Brooklyn
- People from Gibsland, Louisiana
- The Detroit News people
- The New York Times columnists