Category Archive: Lifestyle

Max and Jennifer Siegel: Driving Forces for Diversity

Let’s face it, NASCAR is one sport where diversity hasn’t been the focal point. From the drivers to the owners, and even the fans, dating back to its 1948 inception, The National Association for Stock Car Racing has had very few professionals of color. Historically there were hardly any pit crew members, even fewer drivers, and until recently there were no black-owned NASCAR racing teams.

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African Americans in Tech: Is ATL the Next Silicon Valley?

Any faithful viewers of Donald Glover’s Emmy-award-winning TV show Atlanta know that the titular city was built on, and continues to be fueled by the contributions of African Americans. From politics to infrastructure, to music and food, Atlanta is Black and proud, and that pride can now extend to a new industry: Technology. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution recently explored the statistical increase in African American participation in the Atlanta tech industry. If this upward trend continues, it seems Atlanta will be well-positioned to become the Black Silicon Valley during the coming decades, or even sooner.

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Hair Love: A Dream Come True

If you do not believe in the law of attraction, producer-director Matthew Cherry might make you reconsider. If manifesting your dreams was a person then it would be him. In 2012, Cherry tweeted that one day he would win an Oscar. In 2020 that became a reality when he and co-producer Karen Rupert Toliver took home an Oscar award for their film “Hair Love,” a sweet and heartwarming animated short film about an African-American father and his first time doing his daughter’s hair.

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95th Street Tacos: Churros to Carne Asada

Keep an eye out for 95th Street Tacos at the next Atlanta food festival you attend - they may or may not be in attendance. As the gig economy enjoys an American renaissance, this taco stand has adopted a business model that allows flexibility. They’re a traveling small business that you might see in Buckhead one weekend and Sweet Auburn the next. Meet Tracee and Demayne Ginyard, a married couple and the co-owners of 95th Street Tacos.

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