Chris Cantell Discusses Technologies: Gates z Harvardu zaklada cernosske noviny by Zuzana Moravcova

Spolocnost Washington Post vydala v pondelok novy internetovy magazin o genealogii, urceny prevazne publiku ciernej farby pleti, obsahujuci komentare veducich cernosskych autorov. Tvorcovia zacali na magazine pracovat v oktobri, a nazvali ho priznacne ,,The Root“ (koren). Webova stranka je dielom Henryho Luisa Gatesa, profesora Harvardskej univerzity, a predsedu Washingtonskeho vydavatelstva Post Co. Donalda Grahama.Ked pred par mesiacmi Graham vyslovil myslienku zalozit The Root Gatesovi, ,,Trvalo mi to presne jednu nanosekundu, kym som povedal ,s velkou radostou,“ povedal Gates v piatkovom rozhovore. Gates, riaditel W.E.B. Du Bois Institutu pre Africky a Africko-Americky vyskum na Harvarde, povedal mediam: ,,Vidime sami seba ako dennik, urceny cernochom, vo forme magazinu s tromi kanalmi – spravy, nazory a korene, a su to prave korene, co nas robi...uplne jedinecnymi."Dodal, ze ich cielom je poskytovat forum, ktore je ,,tak rozmanite ako cernoske kadernictvo ci cernossky salon krasy,“ a ze genealogicky komponent je klucom k nasej misii. ,,Pre africkych Americanov je nevyhnutne, aby boli schopni osviezit svoje rodokmene,“ povedal. The Root bude uverejnovat spravy a postrehy ohladne cernosskych tem v Spojenych Statoch i celosvetovo, a obsahovat genealogicku aplikaciu, ktora ma cernochom pomoct vybudovat ich rodokmene. Ako Gates dostal napad zalozit takyto magazin? Odpoved na tuto otazku siaha spat do cias jeho detstva, ked po prvy krat videl vytlacok cernossky orientovaneho Baltimorskeho casopisu Afro-American v miestnom cernoskom holicstve, a zatuzil po podobne orientovanych statnych novinach.The Root bude novodobou verziou cernoskych novin, povedal Gates, obsahujucou clanky povsimnutelnych cernoskych autorov, ako Malcolm Gladwell z magazinu New Yorker. Spomedzi ostatnych prominentnych cernochov, ktori zalozili noviny a informacne stranky zamerane na cernosskych citatelov, rozhlasova hviezda Tom Joyner zalozil v roku 2001 BlackAmericaWeb, kde uverejnoval spravy a komentare zamerane na cernossku problematiku.,,Som stastny, ze sa pripajam k vyznamnej spolocnosti Travisa Smileyho a Toma Joynera,“ povedal Gates a dodal, ze The Root bude jedinecny, pretoze ako jedina cernossky orientovana informacna stranka bude mat genealogicku prilohu. Gates predpoklada, ze The Root bude zo zaciatku stratovy, no dufa, ze nie tak dlho ako Slate, ktory po zalozeni v roku 1996 zaznamenal celorocny profit az v roku 2007. The Root bude spociatku sponzorovany spolocnostami Coca-Cola a HBO.

by Zuzana Moravcova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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