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'{{short description|American journalist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox person |name = Charles M. Blow |image = Hearst Lecture Charles Blow 007 (33695803268).jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = 2016 Hearst Lecture at [[University of Texas at Austin|UT-Austin]] |birth_name = Charles McRay Blow |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|8|11}} |birth_place = [[Gibsland, Louisiana|Gibsland]], [[Louisiana]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |death_cause = |education = |alma_mater = [[Grambling State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |occupation = Journalist, columnist, writer |employer = ''[[The New York Times]]'' |spouse = Divorced |children = 3 |website = }} '''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|Gibsland]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name="Historymakers1">{{cite web|title=Charles M. Blow|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/charles-m-blow|website=Media Makers|accessdate=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]]|accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref> He 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|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref> As a student, he 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|language=en}}</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> He headed the graphics department at ''The New York Times'' and was [[art director]] at ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/opinion/trump-hurricane-map.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Maps Don’t Lie|last=Blow|first=Charles M.|date=2019-09-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-09-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Grambling1" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|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'|last=|first=|date=|website=New York Magazine|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-13}}</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]|last=|first=|date=|website=BuzzFeed News|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-13}}</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" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/ny-times-charles-blow-apologizes-for-magic-underwear-comment/|title=NY Times’ Charles Blow Apologizes For ‘Magic Underwear’ Comment|last=|first=|date=|website=Mediaite|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> In 2014, Blow published the book-length [[memoir]] entitled ''Fire Shut Up In My Bones''.<ref>{{cite web |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 |publisher=psychologytoday.com |accessdate=February 27, 2017}}</ref> In August 2016, while appearing on CNN with [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|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."<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=2016-08-23|website=Mother Jones|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-13}}</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|access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> In response to the[[Central Park birdwatching incident| 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|via=NYTimes.com}}</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> ==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 |author=Charles M. 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|publisher=C-SPAN|accessdate=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=26 January 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=26 January 2015|author=Blow, Charles}}</ref> and his twins, Ian and Iman, graduated from [[Middlebury College]] and [[Columbia University]] respectively.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Charles M. 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>{{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]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} ==See also== * [[List of LGBT people from New York City]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Charles M. 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