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On Privilege and the Monsters We Create
Celebrity privilege, white privilege, black privilege—all the same. They are all conditions that allow people to believe they are better than others, can act in a way others cannot, and can be afforded luxuries and benefits reserved for those in that privileged class. Taken to an extreme, privilege often has you thinking that you can…
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You Can’t Be the Next Wife if the Ex-Wife Still Comes 1st
My long-distance significant other and I have been dating for a little over two years. It’s serious. Ring shopping has happened; he’s met my dad (no man in my life ever gets to meet Dad). Anyway, his daughter’s birthday is coming up, and we agreed that I would be attending this year. I couldn’t last…
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#WakeUp: 7 Classic Revolutionary Reads for Black Millennials
Some of us have had that experience of awakening to what’s going on in the world. Whether it’s from watching a movie documenting the civil rights movement or reading about the life of Malcolm X, there comes a point in time when young black Americans “wake up” and start reading and researching about the issues…
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T.D. Jakes, A.R. Bernard and Other Voices From the Pulpit Discuss Charleston Tragedy
For black America, the church has long symbolized freedom, faith and reconciliation. Since slavery days, it has always been a place for refuge and deliberation and a catalyst for great change. It is where many blacks learned to love, find fellowship and praise, study, sing and honor their history. Church is the place where black…
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So You Want to Be Famous?
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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Police Bought Dylann Roof Food From Burger King After He Was Arrested for Church Shooting
North Carolina police talked about what it was like capturing and arresting Dylann Roof, including how eerily calm and cooperative he was. And when Roof said that he was hungry, Shelby, N.C., police bought him food from a nearby Burger King, the Charlotte Observer reports. Roof reportedly confessed to police that he was the gunman…
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The 7 Most Common Caribbean Myths and Stereotypes
The Caribbean is a vibrant collection of people, cultures, sights and sounds. Yet those various layers of the region are often lost behind inaccurate stereotypes. Before National Caribbean-American Heritage Month concludes, let’s unravel some myths about the West Indies. Perhaps this will highlight the not-so-hidden gems in a place that millions of people call home.…
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‘Take Dat’: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Allegedly Attacks Son’s Football Coach
Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been arrested for allegedly attacking a UCLA football coach who made the mistake of ignoring him, TMZ reports. Strength-and-conditioning coach Sal Alosi allegedly “screamed intensely” at Combs’ son Justin Combs, who plays defensive back for the Bruins. According to law enforcement, Combs swung a kettlebell weight at Alosi after the…
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GOP Candidate Ben Carson Maintains Charleston Massacre Was Fueled by Racism
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson wrote in a Monday USA Today op-ed that leaders ought to be clear in articulating that last week’s church massacre in Charleston, S.C., resulted from racism. To Carson, it’s clear that the gunman, Dylann Roof, was fueled by racial hatred because he is alleged to have uttered racially charged statements during the…
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Cousin: Dylann Roof ‘Went Over the Edge’ When His Girl Crush Started to Date a Black Guy
Editor’s note: After speaking with two members of Dylann Roof’s family, The Intercept, the outlet from which this piece obtained its information, can no longer stand by the premise of this story. Read The Intercept’s full retraction statement here. Dylann Roof’s hatred for black people—in horrific display during his shooting spree last week inside a historically black church—may…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
