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I’m bracing myself for one or two blackface Baracks. And I’m trying to decide now – because I do my best thinking when I’m not in a ridiculous costume – how I’ll react.
The recent fashion controversy and the current political climate have set the stage for some Obama-in-blackface Halloween scandals. -
They may not be equals. But they are together. Look what his dream did for them.
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What is the argument against legalizing marijuana anyways? Weed be letting you know where EVIL lurk.
Obama Gives a Pass on Medical Marijuana -
Every time the GOP chairman tries to draw attention to Obama’s supposed failings, he ends up drawing attention to his non-impressive self.
Michael Steele Calling Out Obama Nobel Prize -
"I certainly don't hate myself," one GOP candidate said, explaining why his attacks against Obama are race card-proof.
Black Republicans -
Troop levels now rival Dubya; Nobel prize looking more and more like a set-up every day.
Obama Troops Afghanistan -
It only took nine months, but the Obama administration has finally gotten the memo that the Fox News Network is in fact, not their friend.
Obama Beef Fox News Dunn -
Civic lessons are one thing. Propaganda is another.
I don't want politics in my kids school either, so I understand why some parents were hot when they found out about kids chanting a nursery rhyme about Barack Obama during Black History Month last year. There's enough Obama Kool Aid floating around without folks trying to force it on the youngins. I can't see any reason why there needs to be kind of political cheerleading in gradeschool. Civic lessons are one thing. Propaganda is another. -
If you bump into the president on the Vineyard...
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Conservatives will find a way to raise hell about the first black first family living lavish on The Vineyard with Secret Service in tow.
Obama on Vacation in Martha's Vineyard
TOP OF THE TREE
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Oprah's Blackest Moments
by The Root ContributorsOprah Winfrey recently announced plans for retirement in 2011. The talk show host may have a stronghold on white, suburban housewives, but The Root contributors remember moments when Oprah kept it real—black.
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What Kobe, LeBron and Dwyane Owe Spencer Haywood
by Martin JohnsonForty years ago, Haywood became the first player to leave college early and go to the pros—proving that young players got game, too.
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Shaniya's Shame
by Malika Saada SaarThe murder of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis highlights a disturbing and growing trend in the U.S.: the trafficking of young girls into sexual slavery.
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Storming the Court?
by Sherrilyn A. IfillWhen it comes to appointing federal judges, President Obama shouldn’t try to play center. Centrist judges will not balance judges on the right. Left balances right.
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The (Not So) New World Order
Yinka Shonibare MBE’s career retrospective at the Smithsonian just goes to show how strange things get when the empire strikes black.
Maybe Your Great-Grandmother Really Was Cherokee
A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian traces black-Native American relations from the 1500s to the present.
Is the USDA Still the Last Plantation?
During the Bush administration, 13,999 racial discrimination cases were swept under the rug at the Agriculture Department. What will Secretary Tom Vilsack do about it?
Rakim's Back
Def Jam is 25. "Rapper’s Delight" is 30. And Rakim is 41. But with his latest album, The Seventh Seal, hip-hop heads can remember the best of the golden age.
Color-Struck Around The Globe
Sammy Sosa’s new vampire complexion is a jarring reminder that, from the Dominican Republic to Dakar to New Delhi, white is still right, yellow is still mellow and if you’re black, get back.









