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Starting Over: How Iyanla Lost Her Home
A few weekends ago, I rolled out of bed early Saturday morning to attend Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union symposium in Los Angeles. Like many Americans, I’m out of work. My money is tighter than a black power fist, and finding a job is challenging. So I was eager to get a dose…
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‘Dead White People’s Clothes’
It’s impossible to have a conversation about fashion in Africa—traditional or contemporary—without talking about the used-clothing industry and how damaging some people say it’s been. A whole industry has cropped up around apparel that’s been donated to charities located oceans away, imported throughout the African continent and then sold cheaply in African marketplaces. These low…
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John Legend's N.Y. Post Boycott
R&B superstar John Legend has weighed in on the N.Y. Post cartoon controversy with an open letter to the editor, in which he promises a personal boycott and urges readers and advertisers to join him. Here is the full text: Dear Editor: Iʼm trying to understand what possible motivation you may have had for publishing…
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Rihanna's Pictures— Show or Not?
A graphic picturesapparently taken by police to document Rihanna’s injuries after her alleged assault has surfaced and sparked a discussion about whether a line has been crossed by the media and if posting this photos has any editorial value at all. I’ve had to answer that question once. In the course of a story I…
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I Do Solemnly Swear, Really!!
Chief Justice John Roberts re-administered the oath of office to President Obama Wednesday night in a move that Obama aides described as an ‘abundance of caution,’ after the Roberts took one said one word out of sequence while leading Obama in the oath on Tuesday. No one was really questioning whether Obama was president, but…
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Barack, Sit Down With Damon!
Dear Transition Team, Okay, so you haven’t granted The Root an interview yet, but we’re willing yo wait our turn if you sit down with Damon Weaver, a 10-year-old student reporter at Canal Point Elementary in Palm Beach, Fla., who is coming to Washington for the inauguration. Yes, he’s only in the fifth grade, but…
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The Big Money Sells Michelle
Michelle Obama has loudly signaled that she intends to be entirely her own kind of first lady; her evident independence will bring her lots of attention, but Mrs. O may be a huge branding opportunity and not just for the Obama administration. In “Selling Michelle” on TheBigMoney, Lauren Sandler looks at the marketing possibilities that…
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Shout Out: The Dress
Did your election night party cheer or gasp when Michelle Obama strode out on stage in her bold black and red dress? Was there a collective pause among your friends and family or were people too overjoyed to care when watching history in the making? Folks across the Web have been debating the pros and…
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No We Can't, Black Folks
There’s been an e-mail going around advising black folks on unacceptable behavior now that Obama has won. We at The Root thought we’d add a few tips of our own. 1. No Negro spirituals or quotes from Dr. King. John Hope Franklin can get away with this. The rest of us cannot. 2. Don’t go…
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