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In the "post-racial" era, if you're hip enough, your trangressions will get a pass.
PLUS: A message to John Mayer and "down" white boys everywhere.
Why John Mayer's Racism Will Be Forgiven -
The Root talks with author Larry Tye about his new book, Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend. Did this baseball Hall of Famer live up to the lore?
The Root's Martin Johnson does an interview on Satchel Paige with Larry Tye. -
In an interview with The Root, Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks about his arrest and the outrage of racial profiling in America.
Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. speaks out on racial profiling after his arrest by Cambridge police. -
Last fall, James Watson, the father of DNA, spoke the unspeakable, saying that blacks are intellectually inferior. In a conversation with The Root Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr., Watson clarified his views about race and genetics.
In a conversation with The Root Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr., Watson clarified his views about race and genetics. -
The Root's Editor in Chief sits down with some of the brightest and most influential figures in science, literature and popular culture.
VIDEO: On the Record with Henry Louis Gates Jr. -
Three questions for DJ Spooky.
DJ Spooky Interview with The Root -
The Future of Africa: Soyinka and Gates
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Okay, so you haven't granted The Root an interview yet, but we're willing yo wait our turn if you sit down with Damon Weaver. You've done Meet the Press and 60 Minutes. Enough with the big wigs. Time to cut a cub reporter a break.
Damon Weaver's Obama Interview
