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The Responsible Celebrity: Actors, Filmmakers Talk About Art, Activism at Blackout Festival
What responsibility do artists have to our changing times? That was one of the questions that came up throughout the first annual Blackout for Human Rights Music and Film Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday. Blackout for Human Rights is a collective of activists, artists, filmmakers, musicians and more who are committing their time and…
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The 10 Things Black People Can’t Do
When I was 21, a police officer at the scene of a fire cursed me out. It didn’t matter that I was there with a camera crew and working for a TV station in St. Louis. It didn’t matter that I was absolutely nowhere near the fire (I was standing across the street). He thought…
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Shaun King, Trolling Conservatives and the Reverse Paper-Bag Test
It’s hard to write about something you know is stupid. You try to come up with words. Something fancy or deep. Profundity, be mine! But the only thing you want to say is, “This is dumb, so dumb.” Right now, on the Internet, some conservatives are trying to digitally relitigate Plessy v. Ferguson because it…
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#BlackLivesMatter to Clinton, Other Presidential Candidates: Get a Real Analysis on Race
When running for president, candidates are expected to be well-versed in many things: international relations, economics, education policy, immigration. But what about race? Daunasia Yancey and Julius Jones, both activists with the Black Lives Matter movement, think it’s time for candidates to brush up on their racial analysis because the issues of black people are…
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The 5 Biggest Challenges Facing #BlackLivesMatter
Editor’s note: When it comes to keeping a movement going, you have to have a good understanding of what is getting in your way. In the final installment of the series After the Fire, The Root looks at what challenges this current social-justice movement is facing and what the future may hold. After the Fire was…
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Black Voters Matter
Editor’s note: In the third installment of the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at how the social-justice movement—on- and offline—is influencing the presidential race for 2016. Did your candidate say, “Black lives matter”? After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Read Part 1…
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Leaderless or Leader-ful?
Editor’s note: In the second installment of the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at the structure of this current movement, a movement where anyone can be the boss, yet nobody is the boss. After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Read Part 1.…
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How to Burn What Can’t Catch Fire
Editor’s note: In the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at the growing social-justice movement, from traditional players to #BlackLivesMatter, examining where the movement has been, where it is now and where it’s going. After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Something every…
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Bobbi Kristina Brown: 1993-2015
She lived her life, and now has died, in the spotlight, regardless of whether she wanted to be in it. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, the only child from the marriage of music legend Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, has died. According to Entertainment Tonight, Bobbi Kristina passed away surrounded by family at the…
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‘Light You Up’ Cop Threatens to Use Taser on Sandra Bland in New Dash-Cam Video
New dashboard-camera footage has been released showing Sandra Bland’s ill-fated police stop July 10. In the video she is shown arguing with a Texas state trooper over being stopped, an argument that escalates when the officer becomes upset that Bland is not putting out her cigarette. The officer forces Bland from her car after threatening…
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