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by Joshua R. Weaver onMay 3, 2012
On Finding Your Roots, notables discover their origins. Here are some of the big reveals.
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April 20, 2012
On Finding Your Roots, Robert Downey Jr. learns that a relative fought for America's independence.
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January 22, 2010
Race relations have gotten a little crazy lately. An all-white basketball league. Glenn Beck's black-history lesson. An over-the-top flight attendant. The Root takes a look at those who claim "blackness" and those we think make the cut -- whether they like it or not ...
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April 23, 2009
‘The Soloist’ is a story about the struggles of a talented but homeless cellist played admirably by Jamie Foxx. But it is Robert Downey Jr. who steals the show as loner journalist Steve Lopez.
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by Jonathan Pitts-Wiley onFebruary 18, 2009
The black outrage over Robert Downey Jr.’s Oscar nod is predictable and misplaced.
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by Nick Charles onFebruary 17, 2009
A white man in an Afro wig? No!
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by Gary Dauphin onDecember 17, 2008
Political incorrectness is Tropic Thunder's only selling point.
