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'Nig**s in Paris': Can White People Say It?
Alec Baldwin is a fan of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne album, and one song in particular. Yesterday, on Twitter, he said, “I love that song NIGGAS IN PARIS,” and threw in a joke about his own race (“Kanye and I are doing a song called NIGGAS IN MONTAUK. My album is called…
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VIDEO: Troy Davis' Last-Chance Hearing
A Georgia parole board heard a last-ditch appeal Monday morning from Troy Davis, a convicted murderer who faces execution this week. The case has attracted global attention because seven of the nine witnesses who gave evidence at Davis’ trial in 1991 have recanted or changed their testimony, and no murder weapon, DNA evidence or fingerprints…
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Ex-NBA Player Says Restaurant Discriminated
Retired NBA All-Star Joe Barry and a friend claim that they were kicked out of the bar of a ritzy Atlanta restaurant because they were black. The restaurant says they were simply asked to leave because of a long-standing practice rooted in Southern hospitality that allows women a seat at the bar when the place…
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Tupac and My Non-Thug Life
I learned about Tupac’s death when I got home from cheerleading practice that Friday afternoon in September 1996. I was a sophomore in high school in Mill Valley, Calif. I remember trotting up my apartment building’s stairs, physically tired but buzzing with the frenetic energy and possibilities for change that accompany fall and a new…
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Howard vs. Morehouse: A Slide Show
Flanked by fellow H.U. contestants Theo Hollingsworth and OC, rapper Trigga Tay reps for H.U. on the mic at The Root’s Rap Battle, which went down Saturday at D.C.’s RFK Stadium, at the official tailgating party for the AT&T Nation’s Football Classic — a gridiron showdown between Howard University and Morehouse College. The finalists, Howard’s…
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Howard vs. Morehouse: The MC Edition
Be sure not to miss these MCs battling it out on the mic at The Root’s AT&T Nation’s Football Classic Rap Battle on Saturday, Sept. 10, from noon to 12:45 p.m. MCs from both schools will go head-to-head in a 45-minute freestyle battle during the Pepsi Max Fan Festival on the AT&T Soundstage at RFK Stadium.…
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Obama: Jobs Plan 'Isn't Class Warfare'
If you saw President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress Thursday evening, then you probably noticed that a certain spark was back as he laid out his plan for creating jobs. Infrastructure projects and tax credits were among its features, but he pushed back on the notions that high-income Americans shouldn’t pay more…
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New Black American Girl Doll: Not a Slave
Until recently, if you wanted to buy an African-American doll from the American Girl Co.’s historic collection, you had one choice: “Addy Walker,” whose accompanying books told the story of her escape from slavery and search for her father and brother. Now parents who found that educational narrative a bit heavy for playtime, or who…
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The Root's Howard-Morehouse Rap Battle
This weekend, Howard and Morehouse will battle it out on the football field, but be sure not to miss them also battle it out on the mic at The Root’s Nation’s Football Classic Rap Battle. On Saturday, Sept. 10, from noon to 12:45 p.m., MCs from both schools will go head-to-head in a 45-minute freestyle…
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Obama Talks Tough to GOP on Jobs
The president chose Labor Day to promise to challenge Republicans on jobs. Addressing a large crowd of union members in Detroit, Obama promised to put a jobs program before Republicans this Thursday. “We’re going to give them a plan and say, ‘Do you want to create jobs? … Show us what you’ve got.” Last Friday’s…
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