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April 12, 2013
This week on The Confab: Join Staff Writer Jenée Desmond-Harris and Assistant Editor and Social Media Manager Akoto Ofori-Atta as they chat with Mother Jones' Adam Serwer and the American Prospect's Jamelle Bouie about "well-intended" racial screwups in political speeches, songs and comments about biracial kids. Plus: We unpack Jay-Z's career evolution -- from rap to business to musical attacks on politicians.
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April 6, 2013
Challenging Karen Finney's racial identity is just another way of attacking the "tanning" of America.
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December 12, 2012
This week on The Confab: Join Associate Editor Brett Johnson as he chats with staff writer and White House correspondent Jenée Desmond-Harris, contributor Gene Demby and PR exec Rachel Noerdlinger about CNN's special on colorism in the black community.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 28, 2012
A new Census Bureau report shows that the number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial grew faster than those who identify as a single race.
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by Clay Cane onFebruary 22, 2011
The furor caused by Berry's assertion that her daughter is black reminds us how confused Americans remain about race.
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by John McWhorter onFebruary 1, 2011
As black people, we can finally get away from the racist "one drop of blood" rule and celebrate our diversity.
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December 17, 2010
This week on the Confab: Join The Root's senior editor Teresa Wiltz as she chats with associate editor Lauren Williams and contributor Thomas Chatterton Williams about the top 20 stories of 2010 and a new study that suggests white-and-black biracial Americans are "passing for black."
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December 10, 2009
“Cablinasian” was the Tiger Woods brand—and it sold.
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by David Swerdlick onDecember 4, 2009
Tiger Woods just got interesting.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onDecember 4, 2009
You got the race-neutral response you always wanted.
