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Rachel Dolezal Is Writing a Book on Race, so We’re Writing the Title
Rachel Dolezal found her way into all of our lives in 2015 when she was exposed as a white woman after pretending to be black—with HBCU attendance and NAACP-chapter presidency included. Dolezal is still making headlines these days because she’s writing a book. And that book is exactly what you think it’s going to be:…
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Here’s Why Beyoncé Would Be Perfect on Love & Hip Hop
There’s no denying that Mona Scott-Young, the creator and one of the executive producers of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop, continues to push the ratchet envelope with her addictive series. Every season, there’s a new character with an Instagram boutique, a new relationship featuring rappers or thug singers we remember (or try to remember), and…
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5 Reasons We Should Be Celebrating Harriet Tubman Every Day
Araminta Ross—or, as we know her, Harriet Tubman—was, quite honestly, one of the most incredible human beings ever to spend time on this planet. The history books have been kind to Tubman, allowing her to be taught to every child who’s ever been in school. That’s all well and fine, but there are likely so…
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Dear Black People: These Are Things ‘They’ Want You to Stop Doing
Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. We wrote a list of things that white people should stop doing, and of course the racist Internet trolls flexed their Twitter fingers to tweet obscenities and call us names, and even forced us to leave “their country” with the ever-popular, “Go back to…
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5 Reasons You Should Be Obsessed With Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde was a bad-ass poet, a feminist and a woman ahead of her time. She was born on Feb. 18, 1934, in Harlem to parents from Barbados and Carriacou. At an early age, Lorde knew her calling. She started reading at the age of 4 and was writing poems by the time she was 5. Throughout her…
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Dear White People: Here’s a List of Things We’d Wish You’d Stop Doing
Dear White People: You’ve been around for such a long time. And black people have been around for a long time, also, just in case you haven’t noticed. But the thing is, some of us are tired of your shenanigans. Others are Stacey Dash. Some of you are cool. Some of you are Donald Trump.…
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