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by Demetria L. Lucas onMay 7, 2013
She Matters: As Bill Duke's film on colorism comes to TV, we need civil discourse on the issue.
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by Safiya Umoja Noble onMarch 13, 2013
The search engine's profit motive doesn't always work in the best interests of women of color.
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by Demetria L. Lucas onNovember 15, 2012
In a piece for Essence, The Root's contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas challenges the argument that President Obama was wrong to praise his daughters' looks on election night. More black dads should do so, she says.
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by Helena Andrews onFebruary 14, 2012
Single-Minded: As a black girl from a small town, I learned who is "the greatest love of all."
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November 3, 2010
I somehow missed the whole depression thing, thinking symptoms really wouldn’t start to present in girls that young.
