March 23, 2011
In the News: Less Blacks in Major Cities; FDA Bans Japanese Food Imports; Disco Legend Dead at 64
The 2010 Census data shows that the African American population has declined over a decade in many popular Black cities–Atlanta, Cleveland, and Chicago, to name a few–across the country, bringing them to warmer and more suburban areas.
The data reveals 20 of the 25 cities that have at least 250,000 people and a 20% black population either lost more black or gained fewer in the past 10 years than in the 1990s.
The decline is attributed to three main factors: middle and upper-class Blacks heading to the suburbs, northern Blacks venturing to thriving locations in the South and the aging of the African-American population, according to USA Today.
- FDA Bans Food Imports from Japan
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it was banning the imports of dairy products and fresh fruits and vegetables from areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after the earthquake and tsunami caused a radiation leak, according to The Associated Press. The decision affects milk and produce imported from four Japanese territories: Gunma, Ibaraki, Fukushima and Tochigi.
The FDA confirms those foods will be detained at the borders and will not be sold to the public. The administration adds that the food produced in the country has not reached the United States. Food imports from Japan make up less than 4% of the foods imported to the states.
The announcement comes after the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare confirmed the existence of radioactive iodine in produce, dairy and infant formula.
- Disco Legend Loleatta Holloway Dead at 64
The Love Sensation songstress, Loleatta Holloway, died yesterday of heart failure, according to TMZ.com.
The gospel turned R&B/disco singer is most famous for the hook on Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch‘s Good Vibrations, which they sampled from her hit single Love Sensation.