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Quote of the Day: Paula Gunn Allen on Oppression
Read how the quote is referenced 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 him on Twitter and Facebook.
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Chicago Violence: Mom Still Mourns Heaven
Editor’s note: For the past two weeks, The Root and the NAACP have partnered to present a series of reports on gun violence, its causes and potential solutions. To highlight the urgent nature of the problem, The Root is updating cases we have previously reported, including this Chicago story from 2012. A few days from…
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Get a Clue: If He’s Not Calling Back, He’s Not Into You
“I’m interested in a guy, but he’s inconsistent in calling and texting me. Usually when I call or text, I don’t get a response, but then I’ll see that he’s using social media. I take that to mean he has the time but he’s not using it to stay in touch. That means he’s not…
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Dear Black Professional Athlete
Or perhaps I should say “dear brother athlete”? You should know you are kindred to your community, not simply from a genetic perspective but from a socioeconomic aspect as well. Do you recall when you were a child playing the game? You most certainly remember those days practicing your craft in cutoff corduroy shorts and…
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Outkast Will Reunite! Well, Maybe?
Revolt TV confirmed rumors on Wednesday that hip-hop duo Outkast will go on tour in 2014. (My Slate homies Forrest Wickman and Aisha Harris remind us why we should trust Diddy’s network when it comes to concert announcements.) There’s another shaky rumor that Outkast will headline Coachella next year. Let’s pretend that all of this…
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Man Poses With 19-Month-Old Daughter on Facebook, Kills Her Minutes Later
Terrible. Denver resident Merrick McKoy shot his 19-month-old daughter, Mia, in her mother’s apartment Monday morning, just before turning the gun on himself, and minutes after posing in a photo with the girl on Facebook. The two were taken to a Denver-area hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead. McKoy, 22, survived his gunshot wound, but…
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Oprah Winfrey, Bayard Rustin Among Medal of Freedom Recipients
Recognized for their outstanding contributions to the United States, four African Americans received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in a Wednesday morning ceremony at the White House. In a presentation in the East Room attended by first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama awarded this year’s…
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A Fallen Black Girl: Remembering Latasha Harlins
Latasha Harlins would not live long enough to witness the birth of Twitter or the era of the hashtag. Yet it’s difficult not to summon her name—or her story—amid hashtag memorials for another dead black girl, 19-year-old Renisha McBride, who was shot in the face earlier this month after knocking on a door in suburban…
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Quote of the Day: Shirley Chisholm on the Vietnam War
Read the quote in 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 also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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White Wedding, Black Servers: Bad Optics?
“I’m writing to ask your advice about my upcoming wedding. We have asked our favorite jerk-chicken takeout restaurant, run by an immigrant Jamaican family, to cater a BBQ picnic for our wedding. Their food is fantastic, and we feel good about this. “However, we (the couple) are two half-Jewish white women, and the optics (h/t Ralph…
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