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Let’s Get 1 Thing Straight: How I Wear My Natural Hair Is None of Your Concern
“I wonder what you would look like with straight hair,” a woman commented on my Instagram page. I’d just posted a picture from an event I was attending. It was a big deal—to me, anyway. I had two-strand-twisted my natural hair that morning, then sat under the dryer that afternoon so there’d be a chance…
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4 Former CVS Employees Sue, Claiming They Were Forced to Racially Profile Black and Hispanic Shoppers
Four former CVS employees—all of them African American—are suing the pharmacy chain because they say they were forced to racially profile customers as a way of preventing shoplifting, the New York Daily News reports. The employees also claim that they themselves were harassed because they are black. In their lawsuit, the four—Sheree Steele, Kerth Polock,…
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Study: Black and Hispanic Retail Workers Paid Less Than Whites
African-American and Hispanic retail workers are at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to staffers who are most likely to be paid more, promoted or given full-time jobs, a study conducted by the NAACP and the public policy group Demos found. African-American sales clerks, cashiers and low-level managers are paid the least…
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How I Got Over the ‘Baby Hair’ Obsession TLC’s Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas Gave Me
Even though it’s been several years since I’ve seen TLC’s quintessential music video for their cautionary song “Waterfalls,” I remember it vividly. The ladies dissolving into liquid like T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The shoulder-shimmy dance embodied cool and was seen at the family cookout that summer. And don’t even get me started on…
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A Dollar and A Dream – Financially Planning For Your Dream Venture
Do well in school, go to college and get a good job so that you can support your family. That’s the time-honored formula for success taught to us by our parents. Most people aren’t encouraged to journey into entrepreneurship. For many, starting a business became the only option after the financial crisis of 2008 devastated…
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Pregnant Texas Teen Allegedly Beaten and Kicked in the Stomach by Relatives
Editor’s note: This article contains gruesome details about the alleged killing of an unborn baby. Four Dallas adults were recently arrested for severely assaulting a pregnant 14-year-old girl, and police believe the attack was an attempt to end the pregnancy, WFAA reports. The assault took place sometime between January and March 2013, according to court documents.…
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Md. Woman Dies After Receiving Butt-Enhancement Silicone Injections in an NYC Basement
Kelly Mayhew, a 34-year-old Maryland woman, was having silicone injected into her buttocks to enlarge them Saturday, her mother told police, when she became short of breath, was rushed to a nearby hospital and died, the New York Daily News reports. Mayhew, a freelancer for BET Networks, was having the cosmetic procedure administered in the…
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Should I Be Angry That I Might Be My Husband’s 2nd Choice?
My husband and his brother got into an argument over my husband’s disagreement with how his brother is handling some affairs in his marriage. The brother got upset and revealed to me that when my husband and I first started dating, my husband said I was cool but I would never compare to his ex,…
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Living With Debt: Stop Buying It When You Can’t Afford It
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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Head of the TSA Reassigned After Undercover Agents Smuggle Fake Bombs Through Airport Security
Undercover federal agents managed to smuggle fake explosives and weapons through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints 67 out of the 70 times they tried to do so at dozens of airports around the country, the Associated Press reports. As a result, Melvin Carraway, the acting administrator of the TSA, has been reassigned and the entire agency…
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