Maura Cheeks
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Maura Cheeks is a brand and agency social media consultant based in New York, NY. She is a recent graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course, a division of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and has a bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.

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African Americans and the Digital Divide

10 Comments | Posted October 7, 2011 | 14:55:00 (EST)

As protestors in New York continue to "Occupy Wall Street" and the unemployment rate for African Americans remains the highest since 1984, it's obvious people are getting tired of waiting for change and instead are trying to take back control the only way they know how.

Nowadays,...

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Finding New Definitions of Black and White

Posted September 2, 2011 | 16:13:00 (EST)

The term "acting white" has long been a controversial one in the black community and is rife with multiple meanings. It can stand for a betrayal of your own race or serve as a signal to others for how you talk, dress, speak or even the way you look. Ten...

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