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Roddy White Lashes Out at Twitter Follower
NFL star Roddy White would like you to know that working on Labor Day sucks, no matter what your occupation is. The wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons got into a bit of a tiff with a Twitter follower (with a private Twitter page) who insinuated that White had no right to complain about working…
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GOP Lawmaker Brings Fried Chicken to Poverty Hearing
A Colorado Republican state representative reignited controversy on Wednesday when she brought a box of fried chicken to a poverty hearing, Fox31 Denver reports. The incident comes about two weeks after state Sen. Vicki Marble, a fellow Republican and poverty task force member, riled lawmakers when she identified chicken as one of the reasons for…
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Viral Art Project Gets a Kickstarter Campaign
(The Root) — Street harassment is always a hot topic on Twitter, likely because it happens to so many women so often. On the way to work, out for a jog at the park, headed home from church — often, when a man decides he wants to speak to a woman, he will approach, sometimes…
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Racial Profiling and Surviving the 'White Gaze'
At the New York Times, professor of philosophy George Yancy writes an incisive piece about white people’s fear of blacks, which he says is global and has origins in Europe. For centuries, black people have been reduced to constricting and false stereotypes that force them to move through social spaces in a way designed to put…
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Is There a Sports Gene?
While we want sports to be fair, sometimes what we observe “is a contest among wildly disparate groups of people, who approach the starting line with an uneven set of genetic endowments and natural advantages,” Malcolm Gladwell writes at the New Yorker in a penetrating examination of David Epstein’s book The Sport Gene. [David] Epstein tells the…
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Will Miley's Twerking Encourage 'Unsolicited Blackness'?
Phill Branch, writing at Shadow and Act, worries that Miley Cyrus’ twerking debacle could lead to random acts of “blackness” by whites. “I just hope it doesn’t lead to me being twerked at without my permission,” he writes. The moment Hoda Kotb or Barbara Walters grabs hold of some formerly underground colloquialism or dance move,…
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'Winnie Mandela': The Sound of Silence
(The Root) — In the eponymous biopic Winnie Mandela, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson has mastered a new art form: emoji acting. With a stilted script, distracting soundtrack and costume changes rivaling Liberace’s, Hudson’s Winnie has little to do in the movie except look at things. Winnie Mandela, which opens Friday, is the first of two…
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Man's Selfie Instagram Account Makes Him Famous
Selfies: You either love them or hate them. One Instagram user really loves them, though, and his affinity for selfies has made him an Internet celebrity. Benny Winfield Jr., also known to the Instagram world as @MrPimpGoodGame, is gracing sites from Gawker to E! News thanks to the 100-plus near-identical pictures of himself. He has…
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NBA Couple Shares Abortion Story
(The Root) — For many young brides, having a wedding featured in the New York Times wedding announcements is a dream come true. But having one of your most private secrets revealed is a nightmare. In the case of one bride, however, she chose to share one of her most private secrets in her wedding…
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Chicago vs. Syria: Stephen Colbert Slams US Hypocrisy
Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, on Tuesday voiced strong criticism of a potential U.S. strike in Syria, according to the Huffington Post. He issued a stern challenge to the U.S. to deal with gun violence at home before venturing abroad to help other countries. “The United States has no choice but…
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