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Star Wars’ Black Stormtrooper Actor Has a Message for Racist Fans of the Franchise
John Boyega, the black British actor who was cast in a lead role in the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, has already responded to racist fans of the the franchise. When a trailer of the movie was released late last year, they were grumpy that a black man, Boyega, was playing a Stormtrooper.…
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#MCM: Charlamagne tha God Perfectly Called Raven-Symoné’s Bluff
New York City radio host Charlamagne tha God shot down Raven-Symoné’s I-would-never-hire-a-person-named-Watermelondrea comment from an angle that no one else has considered. (Yep, Raven-Symoné made that statement during a taping of The View, where she sits as one of the co-hosts.) There are a number of spot-on think pieces arguing that Raven-Symoné should take a…
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Iyanla Vanzant Reveals What She Learned After Trying to Commit Suicide
Iyanla Vanzant is usually the one trying to get people to open up about their past, but she recently revealed how she tried to commit suicide. During a recent interview with OWN, Vanzant revealed that after she had her third child at the age of 21, she dealt with postpartum depression. “I took a bunch…
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Imagine the Possible Storylines for BET’s Reality Show Featuring Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Birdman and Damon Dash
Cable network BET will be airing a new reality show in late 2016 featuring a lineup of personalities that almost guarantees its success: Damon Dash, Jermaine Dupri, Snoop Dogg and Birdman. Production for the series, aptly titled Media Moguls, begins next month. Let’s take a closer look at the cast members and the potential storylines…
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Wanted: Anyone Who Is Young, Fabulous and Female in Houston
Attention, all the young, black and gifted women in Houston: The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female series continues in Houston Oct. 15 with moderator Devi Dev, a No. 1-rated personality heard daily on iHeartMedia’s 93.7 The Beat, as well as a television pop-culture correspondent for CBS affiliate KHOU. Join The Root and Toyota for a…
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Watch: Did Obama Just Tell Presidential Hopeful Kanye West to Sit Down?
President Barack Obama, known for his sharp sense of humor, doled out some funny and critical advice to presidential aspirant Kanye West on Saturday during a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, Calif. An estimated 1,300 people paid between $250 and $10,000 per person to attend the event, which was headlined by West, alongside…
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Raven-Symoné’s Dad Weighs In on Her Comments About Black-Sounding Names: ‘I Did My Best as a Father’
The father of Raven-Symoné, the embattled co-host of TV talk-show The View, spoke out in support of his daughter, who has been under fire in recent days for saying that she would not hire someone with a black-sounding name. In a Facebook post Saturday, Christopher B. Pearman, who is also Raven-Symoné’s ex-business manager and the author of Daddy’s…
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The Weeknd and Nicki Minaj Deliver Steamy SNL Performance
Nicki Minaj was not billed as an official guest on Saturday Night Live, but she crashed the party anyway. Musical guest the Weeknd brought her out to perform a remix of “The Hills” during his Saturday Night Live debut. The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, sang the first half of the song solo…
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Watch: The Rock Dancing to ‘the Quan’ Will Make You Smile
In his latest post-gym Instagram workout, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson showed his excitement over completing a cardio workout. The 43-year-old wrestler-turned-actor posted a video of himself dancing to iHeartMemphis’ hit song “Hit the Quan,” alongside the words, “Post-cardio bliss.” This summer he posted another post-gym video as he danced to T Pain, writing, “#260lbsOfBrownEyedDancinSoul #PostWorkoutBliss…
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To Watch or Not to Watch Football: A Black Woman’s Conundrum
As the National Football League season is upon us, and at the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I’m compelled to confront a paradox many women face. The enlightened and forgiving among us understand the game as a rite of male passage from high school through adulthood. But we struggle with the symbolism and the violence.…
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