The New York Daily News angered a lot of its Twitter followers recently after posting what many deemed to be culturally insensitive tweets.
Early Friday, the newspaper published an article lauding Jay-Z's "Glory" track, a song dedicated to his newborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The lyrics were exemplified as a long-awaited anthem for Black leaders and family advocates.
"A lot of other babies are going to benefit. Because Jay-Z's ecstatic reaction to being a dad will be the strongest boost yet to a growing movement in the Black community encouraging responsible fatherhood," wrote writer Joanne Molloy.
Though Molloy's post was no doubt written with good intentions to address a large social and structural issue within Black culture, it stirred up a lot of controversy by touching on such a sensitive issue.
The situation became even more tense after the news publication posted a message on Twitter which many African-Americans took offense to. A couple of hours later, after receiving many replies from an outraged public, the newspaper apologized for failing to specify the tweet as opinion-based.
According to the author, 72 percent of African-Americans are raised without a dad. Jay-Z frequently mentions his father leaving his family for good, while he was only nine years old.
Source: xxlmag.com
