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  • Time to End Racist Halloween Costumes

    (The Root) — Oct. 1 marks the start of the official countdown to Halloween, and already the month is off to a frightening start, a promise of sorts of what’s all wrong about what’s to come on Oct. 31. Yesterday the ladies at popular parenting site Rookie Moms sent out an odd tweet to parents…

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  • Sandwiches for a Ring: Desperate Move?

    (The Root) — “I saw on Twitter that you ‘didn’t see the big deal about cooking’ in reference to the New York Post story on Tuesday, ‘I’m 124 Sandwiches Away From an Engagement Ring.’ I think it’s irresponsible to tell educated women with careers to get in the kitchen to snag a man. What happened…

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  • Why We Need Separate but Equal

    (The Root) — I don’t hate many things. I’m pretty good at keeping that emotion in check. But here’s a short list of things I hate: 1. Bigots 2. Misogynists 3. Terrorists, including American terrorists, here and abroad, and especially the ones who stand on street corners harassing women who pass by 4. The willfully…

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  • Should I Make a Sex Tape for My Husband?

    (The Root) — “My husband is working overseas on business for several more months. He keeps asking me to make a sex tape for him so he can watch it and think about me over there. I am afraid he will either show it to his friends or lose control of it. But I don’t…

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  • Beauty Queen Is 'Not American Enough'

    (The Root) — Last month, Southern rapper and Academy Award winner Juicy J announced via Twitter that he was offering a $50,000 scholarship to “the best chick who can twerk.” It was a marketing strategy to gain interest in “Scholarship” — a song off his latest album, Stay Trippy — and no doubt an opportunity…

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  • Should I Date Girl Who Won't Go to Church?

    (The Root) — “My question is rather complicated. I’m dating a very nice girl now, but she refuses to go to church with me. My mom and grandparents are all leaders in our church, and I’m running out of excuses for her. She says she’s not a churchgoer and doesn’t want to be a hypocrite…

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  • Natural Hair and Black-on-Black Shame

    (The Root) — You know how sometimes you just know something, even when you have no proof? Call it a “feeling” in my gut or the past being a predictor of the future. But whatever it was, when I heard about 7-year-old Tiana Parker, who was being harassed by her school because of her locks,…

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  • 10 Types of Guys Black Women Have Dated

    (The Root) — Earlier this week the Washington Post published a list of “The 10 D.C. Guys We’ve All Dated.” It included “the chill Republican dude” who wears shirts with whales on them, “the organic kale guy” who makes homemade quiche and “the Clarendon guy” who downs shots of Fireball and never misses brunch. While…

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  • Can't Meet the Parents Because I'm Black?

    (The Root) — “I’ve been dating this guy for five months now. He is very nice, but I have never met his parents. It seems that there is always an excuse why we can’t see them. I guess I’m being paranoid, but I’m not sure he wants his folks to meet me, since I’m a…

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  • Does 'Scandal' Condone Adultery?

    (The Root) — At some point during the second season of Scandal, which returns to ABC for a third season on Oct. 3, I began to notice an odd “trend.” On Thursday nights, women would inevitably catch “Kerry fever” and take to the couch (and Twitter) to cure this 60-minute ailment. Watching Olivia Pope (as…

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