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Grambling State: GOP Austerity Funding Hurts an HBCU
In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding Grambling State football players’ protests over school conditions, Brittney Cooper explores at Salon how massive Republican-driven budget cuts have endangered the welfare of this Louisiana school and other HBCUs. I grew up down the road from Grambling, and learned my appreciation for black college football and band culture,…
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Why Did a Texas Teacher Segregate Students in Class?
A fifth-grade teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, has ignited a firestorm of controversy after he reportedly separated students by race last week and then hurled insults at them and their families, CBS 11 reports. The Fort Worth Independent School District is investigating the incident. The event occurred Friday during a music class at Hazel Harvey…
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$350 Belt Sparks a Wrongful Arrest
(The Root) — When President Obama delivered remarks on the issue of race and racial profiling in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin verdict, he said the following: “There are very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes…
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Michelle Obama Invites You to Her Crib
(The Root) — It’s almost like MTV Cribs is back. Yay. On Sunday, Oct. 27, first lady Michelle Obama will partner with Instagram to bring us the White House Fall Garden Social, a digital and in-person meetup that includes a private tour of the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, the Rose Garden and the White House Kitchen…
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Message to Obama: Get to Work
(The Root) — It is high time for President Obama to enjoy the spoils of his recent victory in the ongoing political war with the Republican Party. Now is the time for Obama to boldly assume the mantle of political leadership and offer a compelling vision of forward political progress capable of overcoming the manufactured…
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Quote of the Day: A. Philip Randolph on Politics
Read more quotes from A. Philip Randolph 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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Are Geisha Costumes Always Racist?
(The Root) — “Help me settle a debate with my roommate. I’m white and she is of mixed heritage: African American and Japanese. However, she was raised by her African-American father and is not very much in touch with her Asian side. She plans to be a geisha for Halloween, and my opinion is that…
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Stressed-Out Parents Need Alternatives to Spanking
Children who are spanked often go on to have higher levels of behavioral problems and low vocabulary scores by age 9, Columbia School of Social Work associate professor Michael MacKenzie writes in a piece at CNN. As a researcher, MacKenzie challenges experts in his field to do a better job communicating these findings to time-strapped parents.…
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NFL Making Headway With Race but Needs to Hire More Women
The NFL has made efforts to hire more people of color, the Associated Press’ Steve Reed reports at the Huffington Post, but the league should strengthen its “gender hiring practices.” The NFL received its fourth consecutive A grade for its racial hiring practices amid concerns over a significant drop in minority head coaches this season.…
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'12 Years a Slave' a Reminder That Male Slaves Used Brawn and Brains
At The Atlantic, Noah Berlatsky writes that unlike Django Unchained and Glory, 12 Years a Slave shows how some male slaves survived by using their brains, not just their brawn. Berlatsky also suggests that because the movie didn’t feature a combative male main character, the female characters developed in a substantive and authentic way. If…
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