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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
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Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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We Should Pay Attention to How the LGBT Community Gets Things Done
Writing at the Huffington Post, Gil Robertson says that African Americans should pay close attention to this example of how to manage a group agenda.
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She's 'Androgynous'? Zoe Saldana Needs a Dictionary
Clutch magazine's Yesha Callahan is perplexed about some of the actress's recent commentary.
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IRS Scandal Is News, but Tax-Exempt Status Was Never Politically Neutral
In a piece for Colorlines, Brentin Mock places the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of Tea Party groups in historical context.
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The World's Most and Least Racist Countries
The Washington Post's visual of World Values Survey data provides a global snapshot of attitudes.
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Charles Ramsey Tattoo and Action Figure
The Cleveland kidnapping hero will be remembered through more than just memes.
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Teen Won't Be Charged for Science Experiment Gone Bad
Kiera Wilmot faced up to five years in prison in a case that caused national outrage over law enforcement's overreaction.
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Explaining That Race Is a Social Construct -- Again
The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates responds to recent writing on race and intelligence by reminding us exactly what race is and what it isn't.
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Bill Maher Responds to White Guys. Why Not to Wayne Brady?
Morris W. O'Kelly writes at the Huffington Post that the talk-show host only picks fights that he thinks he can win. But with Wayne Brady, he lost badly.
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Ask Jenée Desmond-Harris Anything
Join our Race Manners advice columnist for a chat on Reddit.

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