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Under Chris Christie, Blacks and Latinos Got Shorted on Sandy Relief
To say that this has been a bad month for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be something of an understatement. On top of the ongoing “bridge-gate” scandal, he’s now fighting allegations that his administration used Superstorm Sandy recovery funds to both strong-arm Hoboken’s mayor on a development deal and promote himself in election-year advertisements. …
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I Don’t Want to Be ‘That White Guy’ When Talking About Racism
“I’m a white guy. One morning I was at the gym, changing at my locker, when two black guys next to me got into a discussion. I don’t know either of them well, but previously I’ve had a lot of casual conversation with one of them and a little bit with the other. One says our city is…
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How a Runner’s Mentality Can Motivate Business Owners
I have decided that fitness and health need to be moved up on my list of priorities. It’s better for my business and my life if I am in tip-top form. So I made the decision to become a runner. I’d always believed that running wasn’t for me because of my own self-limitations; I even…
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Some Folks Don’t Like Me Because I’m Black, Says Obama
It seems that some white Americans, and the modern-day Republican Party in particular, have found themselves stuck between Barack and a hard place. The nation’s tortured history of racial discrimination and violence against African Americans has left the promise of a color-blind society as elusive as Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream. President Obama has skillfully…
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Comedian Sends Love to Racists on MLK Day
Racists and otherwise tacky people really showed their asses this holiday weekend. We witnessed Madonna do a sorry-not-sorry dance on Friday after she used the n-word on Instagram. We saw the hateful responses to Richard Sherwin’s now-legendary postgame interview on Sunday. And then there were the numerous corporations that thought it wise to co-opt Martin…
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Statue Captures a Black Saint’s Prominent Role
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. One of the most imposing sculptural monuments to the great black…
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Black Women Face Difficult Odds Dealing With Breast Cancer
In September 2012, Sabrina Fields was in the middle of one of those moments where everything—work, love life, family, future—seemed to be assured. Even ideal. Then 32, Fields had just finished a master’s degree while working full time. She was a highly valued employee in the finance division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.…
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Quote of the Day: Oprah Winfrey on Passion
You can read this quote from Oprah Winfrey in the September 2001 issue of O, the Oprah Magazine and in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. See how The Root chronicles her life in pictures 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…
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Vanity Fair Just Doesn’t Understand Black Beauty
There were only two topics that should have dominated any conversation about actress Lupita Nyong’o last Thursday. That morning (and after much hype), she was officially nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role as Patsey, an enslaved woman abused by her sadistic owner, in 12 Years a Slave. And that evening she…
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First Family Commemorates MLK Day at Soup Kitchen
President Obama and his family chose a Washington, D.C., soup kitchen to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to service on this Day of Service. The president, first lady and daughters Malia and Sasha helped prepare meals at the DC Central Kitchen. Take a look:
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