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Descendants of 272 Slaves Sold by Georgetown Say They Want Reparation$$$ Now!
As reported by The Root when the story first broke, the storied academic institution of Georgetown owes its entire existence to the sale of enslaved black men, women and children. In 1838 the sale of these humans by Jesuit priests saved the school from bankruptcy; to this day, it remains a thriving academic institution, thick…
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Former Kentucky Cop Told Recruit to Shoot Black Teens if He Caught Them Smoking Weed
In a case that just bolsters my theory that law enforcement has become a haven for virulent white supremacists, a former Prospect, Ky., assistant police chief told a Louisville Metro Police Department recruit that if he caught juveniles smoking marijuana, he should “shoot them” if they were black. And worse. According to documents released Friday,…
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Viola Davis Slays Her 2018 Women’s March Speech: ‘Nothing and No One Can Be Great Without a Cost’
She came. She roared. She conquered. Actress Viola Davis, who has been thrilling audiences with her passionate, deeply felt words since at least 2017 (or that year she made us all cry at the Oscars), gave no less at the Women’s March 2018 in Los Angeles this past Saturday. Decked out in a leather…
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Lena Waithe Asks Twitter to Weigh In on Netflix’s Step Sisters … and They Tell Her
We here at The Root have already weighed in on Step Sisters, the Netflix movie in which a black woman teaches white coeds how to step, the African-American cultural tradition where one’s body is used as an instrument. Frankly, many were looking at the flick with the side eye because … more cultural appropriation. But…
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Jamaica Declares a State of Emergency After Violence Rocks the Montego Bay Area
Jamaica’s prime minister, Andrew Holness, recently announced a state of emergency for St. James Parish, which includes the tourist hot spot of Montego Bay, amid a sharp increase in violent crime in the area. On Thursday the politician dispatched the military to the area. “I have been advised by the security forces, in writing, that…
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Police Discover Child Pornography on Las Vegas Shooter’s Computer
You may have been wondering, as my colleague, The Root staff writer Monique Judge, recently did, why “Las Vegas shooter” is trending again. It’s because authorities have found a mass of child pornography on his computer, according to authorities. On Oct. 1, 2017, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock acted as a sniper from his hotel room, shooting…
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Congress Meets Saturday to Try to End Government Shutdown
Though there is enough hand-wringing, blame (see #ShumerShutdown, #SchumerShutdown, #TrumpShutdown) and hypocrisy to go around, the fact is that the federal government shuttered after midnight on Friday. Now members of Congress are scheduled to meet Saturday to strike a deal. The Washington Post reports that the House was expected to reconvene at 9 a.m. and…
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Africans Are the Most Educated Immigrants in US: Report
In light of President Donald Trump’s recent “shithole” remarks, followed by a flood of exceptional-immigrant stories on social media to refute them, followed by commentary that said immigrants have nothing to prove, it should be noted that the facts actually bear out that that this nation would be much better off with more black Africans,…
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Michelle Obama’s 53-Year-Old Beach Body Is #Goals
The color white looks great on black skin, and former first lady Michelle Obama more than proved the point by recently stepping out, dressed in all white and MILFing like a mug stunting like an alluring angel in her beach ensemble. The 53-year-old mother of two put many of us to shame as she and…
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Is Condi Rice Mansplaining the #MeToo Movement by Saying Women Shouldn’t Turn Into ‘Snowflakes’?
In words one might not expect from the woman who used to be provost at a major university, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seemingly mansplained the #MeToo movement. “Let’s not turn women into snowflakes. Let’s not infantilize women,” Rice said during a CNN interview with David Axelrod on Saturday night. Instead of rightly…
