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Virginia KKK Leader: ‘We Don’t Hate People Because of Their Race’
The head of a Virginia Ku Klux Klan group says the organization has been unfairly depicted as racist, arguing that it is simply a nonviolent, Christian organization. Frank Ancona, imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, made the comment during an interview Thursday with NBC 12 in response to complaints…
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Teen Whose Dad Died Shielding Her: ‘I Am Going to Make Him Proud’
“I am going to make him proud,” Masharah Tingling told the Chicago Tribune after her father, Michael Tingling, died Wednesday protecting her from an ex-convict during a sidewalk confrontation on the city’s North Side. Her father was looking forward to the eighth-grader’s graduation this spring from Chicago Math and Science Academy, said a friend, Carmen Preister. Preister…
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University of Alabama Student Leaders Block Greek Integration Bill
Six months after the campus newspaper reported on apparent racial discrimination in the University of Alabama pledging system, the student government on Thursday failed to pass a bill to support full integration of the school’s system of Greek fraternities and sororities, according to AL.com. The Senate of the Student Government Association (SGA) sent the measure…
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Quote of the Day: Barack Obama on Young Black Men
You can read this quote by President Obama, about the negative statistics regarding young black males in education and the criminal-justice system, here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow…
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Why Are Black People Nearly 4 Times as Likely to Be Arrested for Weed?
Millions of people each year are arrested for marijuana possession, but a black person is 3.73 times as likely as a white person to be arrested for the same offense. That, says the American Civil Liberties Union, is a form of racial injustice. So, this week, the organization launched The Uncovery, an advocacy tool that lets…
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15 Famous 1st Black Tweets: Thanks, Twitter!
To celebrate the microblogging site’s own eighth birthday, this week the folks at Twitter unveiled their new #FirstTweet finder page—an easy way to see what your tweeps said when they first jumped into the Twitter fray. It’s also an easy way to see if your favorite notables had any Twitter game when they first joined.…
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Can the Media Keep Up With Modern Black Families?
In the decades since 1978, when Hampton University held its first conference dedicated to unpacking the issues facing black families, plenty of aspects of American life have changed for people of all races. At the 36th annual event, held this week on the campus of the Virginia HBCU, participants took a critical look at the…
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Scandal Recap: Pretty Hurts
Everyone on Scandal looks like they could be in a Macy’s catalog (never mind that everything is in shambles and they’re desperately in need of Iyanla Vanzant to fix their lives). In last night’s “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” episode, Jake, Mama Pope, OPA and the White House crew fall even deeper into a wormhole of…
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Quote of the Day: Stephen A. Crockett Jr. on The Boondocks
You can read this quote by The Root’s associate editor Stephen A. Crockett Jr., about an unofficial announcement regarding a possible new season of The Boondocks, in its full context here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is…
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Even if He Doesn’t Hit You, Emotional Abuse Is Just as Bad
My boyfriend’s best friend died last month, and my boyfriend has been threatening me like s—t ever since. I know he’s going through hard times and he’s in pain, but it’s getting really humiliating for me in front of our son and friends. I would have moved ages ago if my son’s safety was endangered,…
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