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Who’s Who in the Nov. 4 Election
This year a record number of black Americans are running for office. In total, across congressional and statewide elections, more than 100 black politicians are seeking office. There are 83 black Republicans and Democrats vying for positions in the House. Among them is Utah’s Mia Love, who would become the first black Republican woman elected…
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The Root TV: I'm Black, Middle Class and Worried That My Success Made My Kid Less Driven
At the heart of the ABC series Black-ish lies one question: How do you go about instilling certain traits and values about hard work and success in your children if your kids have a much more privileged upbringing than you had? It’s a question that is furrowing the collective eyebrows of middle-class and upper-middle-class black parents…
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Watch: Spike Lee Dismisses Notion of Post-Racial America
During a recent talk about race in America with Fusion host Jorge Ramos, director Spike Lee tackled the issue of a post-racial society under President Barack Obama. “People who get in trouble are the people who forget they’re black,” he said when asked what he teaches his children about race. “You can’t just think I’m…
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Ex-FAMU Marching-Band Member Found Guilty in Hazing Case
The so-called leader of a group of Florida A&M University marching-band students who fatally beat drum major Robert Champion Jr. was convicted Friday of multiple charges related to the death, according to CNN. Dante Martin, 27, was found guilty of manslaughter and felony hazing by a jury after just an hour of deliberations, the report…
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‘Ghost of Trayvon Martin’ Was in Renisha McBride Courtroom, Lawyer Says
The shooting death of the unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin influenced the outcome of the trial of a white man who was convicted in August of killing a black woman on his suburban Detroit porch, the man’s lawyer told the Detroit News. Cheryl Carpenter, a lawyer for Theodore Wafer, who was convicted in August of…
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Charles Rangel Draws Fire for GOP Slavery Remark
Veteran U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel came under fire this week for saying that some members of the Republican Party “believe that slavery isn’t over,” Mediaite reports. The longtime Democratic congressman made the remark during a rally Thursday for Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he appealed to Democrats to go to the polls for…
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Street Harassment and the New Rules of Engagement
One of the cool things about moving through urban public space is what happens when you cross paths with your fellow humans on the street. In the mid-1990s, when I first moved to Washington, D.C., I quickly learned to say the requisite “Hey, how you doing?” to passersby. And in my parents’ native Georgetown, Guyana,…
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Must-See Alert: Stop What You’re Doing and Watch AmeriCAN
Empathy. It’s probably one of the most difficult emotions to teach. It’s the emotion that President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama want most for their daughters to be able to readily tap into—the ability to put oneself in another’s person shoes and experience the world from his or her point of view; to feel…
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Watch: Ferguson Police Chief Does Not Plan to Step Down
Ferguson, Mo., police Chief Thomas Jackson says that he is staying, despite reports that he planned to step down, according to CNN. Jackson spoke with CNN to reiterate his plans to stay in his position in the aftermath of the death of Michael Brown on Aug. 9 and the protests in Ferguson. “I’m going to…
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2 Children Found Abandoned in Long Beach, Calif.
Authorities are looking for help identifying two young children who were found abandoned in Long Beach, Calif., CBS Los Angeles reports. Two boys, roughly ages 1 and 2, were found unattended near a busy intersection. Police believe that the children are siblings. Police have not been able to find anyone who saw the children left…
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