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Watch: Is Double Dutch a Traditionally Black Sport?
In 1974 and over the next 10 years after that, the American Double Dutch League hosted citywide competitions at New York City’s esteemed Lincoln Center. Two New York City police detectives—double Dutch founder David A. Walker and Ulysses Williams—helped to create the competition for purposes bigger than winning golden trophies; it was a space for…
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Queen Sugar’s Dawn-Lyen Gardner Loves That Black People Are Always Worth Celebrating
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black. Many of them talk about our resilience and strength throughout history, while some talk about our undeniable talents, and others mention our dance skills, dopeness and more.…
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Join The Root for Young, Fabulous and Female in Dallas to Break Some Rules and Take Some Cards
We love parties at The Root. Celebrating us as black people has become a feel-good embrace of self-love that stands up against the issues we face today. And when said party serves a greater purpose than clinking glasses and shaking (you knew where I was going), it becomes mandatory to attend. The Root’s Young, Fabulous…
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Tyler, the Creator Calls ScHoolboy Q Everything but a Child of God All Over Twitter
Something is happening right now on Twitter between rappers Tyler, the Creator and ScHoolboy Q that has caused Tyler to call ScHoolboy Q out his name. It all started earlier this summer when ScHoolboy Q posted a video of the crowd at one of his shows with all these cellphones glowing, and Tyler commented that…
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White Man Feels 56 Years of Guilt and Apologizes to Black Former Teammate for Racism
Imagine opening your mailbox and getting a letter from someone you barely remember from 56 years ago, apologizing for something you’ve had to endure your whole life: racism. Eugene Britton Carter, 72, received just such a letter from a former high school basketball teammate, Tom Owens, who apologized to him about that time when the…
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Trump Takes a Hypocritical 17-Day Vacation and We’re All Like, ‘Byeee!’
Your president, Donald Trump, left the White House on Friday to embark on a 17-day “working” vacation at his golf club in New Jersey. While all presidents deserve (and certainly take) a little time away, Trump will have enjoyed 53 “leisure” days through August 2017, according to the Washington Post, compared with President Barack Obama’s…
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Beyoncé Had Twins About a Month Ago and Looks … Like … This
Yes, we live in a world where Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s date night is news. We also live in a world where Donald Trump is the president, so I say pick your poison. I’d rather focus on Beyoncé’s bountiful bosom on a date. Beyoncé has often been referred to as a robot but has been (strategically)…
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Usher’s Got It Bad: 2 Women and 1 Man Come Forward With Herpes Claims
Things seem to keep getting worse for Usher. It’s only been a couple of weeks since the world found out that he paid $1.1 million in 2012 to settle a lawsuit after a woman claimed to have contracted herpes from him, and there have been multimillon-dollar lawsuits since alleging that Usher’s been passing out herpes…
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In Water-Is-Wet News, Trump Supporters Have a Change of Heart
You can’t make this stuff up, folks. It’s just too good. It was 304 Electoral College votes that allowed Donald Trump to become the president of the United States of America, and now all of those (white) people are changing their minds. I don’t understand what those supporters saw in a candidate or even a…
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Watch: Idris Elba Loves His Heritage as Much as We Love Looking at Him
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black. Many of them talk about our resilience and strength throughout history, while some talk about our undeniable talents, and others mention our dance skills, dopeness and more.…
