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Why Venus and Serena Own Wimbledon
UPDATE: Serena Wins In Straight Sets PHOTOS: How Beautiful Are The Williams Sisters? Venus and Serena Williams will meet in the Wimbledon finals on Saturday. This may not seem like news, but the context of the Williams sisters domination of their sport is changing. It’s no longer a matter of whether they are the best…
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Can You Hear My T-Shirt Now?
T-shirts are a powerful form of American expression. The ’60s, ‘70s and ‘80s were chock full of chic, racially specific slogans and images on T-shirts that amounted to an ongoing protest rally. Who can forget “Black Man’s Time”? Or the equally iconic: “Happy to be Nappy”? But in the 1990s, that sort of in-your-face, activist statement…
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Michelle Obama's Sistah-Girlfriend Press Corps
Howard Kurtz’s recent claim that black female reporters are having difficulty covering the first lady because she is also a black female is a worthwhile topic of discussion, but his focus on “objectivity” misses the point. THE BUZZ has a pretty good summary of Kurtz’s analysis, and at TAPPED, Adam Serwer makes a characteristically smart…
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So…Black Women Shouldn't Cover the First Lady Because She's 'One of Them'?
From the Washington Post: “While Michelle Obama was meeting with doctors and patients at the Upper Cardozo Health Center, nearly two dozen journalists stood behind a white rope in a small room upstairs, most finally growing so tired during the hour-long wait that they sat on the floor. Finally the first lady emerged, read a…
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Cops Anoint Texas Minister with Pepper Spray
From NewsOne (via the AP): WEBSTER, Texas – Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose…
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Pimp My Kid!
Did anyone look at this along with Papa Joe Jackson’s comments to CNN’s Don Lemon at the BET awards with utter disgust? Dressed in a zoot suit that looks tailor made for Satan, Jabbing Joe stood there talking about his new business venture amid questions about the death of his own son. It was obvious…
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'Star-Spangled' Bloopers
From Roseanne Barr to R. Kelly, check out the celebrities who performed the worst renditions of the national anthem. Full of pride, but short of pipes. Even Jennifer Hudson makes the list! CARL LEWIS Retired track and field man Carl Lewis may have won 10 Olympic medals, but he won’t be winning awards for his…
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12 Angry White Men
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” A pioneer of the age of rage, ’80s talk-show firebrand Morton Downey Jr. frequently told guests to “zip it” or “go to hell.” Conservative commentator and columnist Pat Buchanan is a regular guest on MSNBC where his…
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Black College Wants to Save Black Boys
African-American boys are dropping out of school. African-American boys are killing each other. African-American boys are entertaining Americans with songs about sexing pubescent girls and there’s not one worthy ounce of outrage. [Yes, I’m still salty about Lil’ Wayne’s horrid display of manhood at the BET Awards]. But there’s hope in the Heartland. Kentucky State…
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What Are You Teaching Your Children About Money?
Depending on how long this recession lasts (and that timeframe seems to change as often as the days of the week), economists, historians, and psychologists all agree that the longer this downturn lingers, the more it will shape the Millennial generation, or Gen Y’s values and attitudes towards their finances. Financial experts argue that children…
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