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A New Kind of Video Girl
ABOUT Eboni Farmer I’m a senior at Howard University and I am so ready to the graduate. I don’t own a television so I don’t watch it too often. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I didn’t have a television in my room growing up. My brother and I…
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D.C. Latinos Share Culture With City
For the past 35 years the Latino community in Washington,D.C. has been coming together for their annual Fiesta D.C. Last Sunday, I found myself in the midst of it all. Hundreds of people from Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico and any spanish speaking country you can think of filled Mt.Pleasant street. There were three…
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Can a Reality Show Change Mike Vick's Image?
In April there were rumors stirring around that Michael Vick was shopping around for a reality television gig while he was in prison. The rumors came as no surprise, at the time Vick was no longer in the NFL and he was flat out broke in prison. Why wouldn’t he want to negotiate a deal that…
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I Already Know 'Good Hair'
Although I have heard that ‘Good Hair’ is as funny as I would expect any Chris Rock movie to be, I am going to have to sit this one out. This is the case partly because I am cheap, but mostly because I feel like I already know this movie without watching it. Trying to…
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The 'Wait is Ova'
The “Wait is Ova Nov. 23.” That is what was announced on Rihanna’s official Web site and Twitter page. What this actually means can be left up to one’s own imagination. Whether or not she’ll be releasing a new album or a single is unknown. But I am sure that all of the Rihanna supporters/ fans…
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Yes, Black Women Play Lacrosse
During my sophomore and junior years of college, I woke up each day for a 6 a.m. lacrosse practice that had no coach. In a typical lacrosse game, there are 12 players from each team on the field. Our first game last season, there were only nine of us. Once, in the heat of battle,…
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The Root Rewrites the Western Canon
Enough of Paradise Lost and The Canterbury Tales at school! Check our list of understudied books that students of all ages can and should be reading. Captions and selections by Dayo Olopade. When constructing a syllabus of powerful books on black themes, Things Fall Apart is a natural place to start. The 1958 classic vaulted…
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Happy 35th Birthday, Black Book!
A chart outlining the translations and different dialects of African words. Read Felicia Pride’s tribute to The Black Book. Joseph Cinque, a leader of the Amistad revolt that eventually became a legal case tried in the U.S. Supreme Court. An 1851 notice cautioning black people who lived in Boston to avoid police officers because they…
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Illiteracy Begins and Ends at Home
This summer, I had the privilege of teaching journalism to a girl I doubt I will ever forget. I was struck by her confidence and vibrant personality. But she refused to do her work. It was not until she broke down and told me her biggest struggles that I understood why. As a high school…
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Color Clash?
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Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
