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Sheryl Underwood Slams Natural Hair
(The Root) — Twitter was not happy with Sheryl Underwood on Sunday. On an “encore presentation” of her CBS show The Talk that aired Aug. 30, Underwood railed against “nappy” “Afro” hair during a discussion about Heidi Klum saving her children’s hair after it had been cut. Klum’s children with ex-husband Seal have “huge Afros,”…
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Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr. on What America Owes Black People
Read the entire “I Have a Dream” speech here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute 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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King's Children Are at It Again
(The Root) — Talk about ugly timing. Word comes from Atlanta that on the very day on which thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the sons of Martin Luther King Jr. were dragging their sister into court, accusing her of planning to keep using their…
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Frat Rap: Music for the New 'White Negro'
In a nod to author Norman Mailer’s 1957 description of whites who appropriate black culture as “white Negroes,” David J. Leonard writes at the Chronicle of Higher Education about a new subgenre of hip-hop called frat rap. It serves up rhymes about all things white and middle class, he says. Adele, Justin Timberlake, Eminem, Teena…
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Cory Booker: The Upside of Coming Out
Writing at Time, John McWhorter argues that speculation about Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker’s sexuality is all wrong. It would be greatly advantageous to the New Jersey Democratic Senate candidate to be an openly gay politician on the national stage, he writes. “I don’t intend to answer.” “So what does it matter if I am?”…
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Nelson Mandela Returns Home From Hospital
South African President Jacob Zuma’s office said on Sunday that Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment since June, according to CNN. The former South African president will continue his recovery at home. “Madiba’s condition remains critical and is at times unstable,” President Jacob Zuma’s office said,…
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Serena Williams Defeats Sloane Stephens in 'Epic' Rematch
Updated Sunday, Sept. 1, 6:07 p.m. EDT: Serena Williams defeated Sloane Stephens Sunday at the U.S. Open, “pulling away from the young American for a 6-4, 6-1 win to return to the U.S. Open quarterfinals,” the Associated Press reports. Stephens beat a hobbling Williams in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in January. But in the…
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Louis Farrakhan Condemns Possible US Strike Against Syria
(The Root) — Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, in his weekly YouTube address, challenges the Obama administration’s call for military intervention in Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons during the country’s civil war. He states pointedly that the Syrian government has nothing to gain by using chemical weapons against its citizens.…
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Syria: Will Congress Approve Military Action?
Saying that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to respond forcefully, President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he would give Congress a chance to vote on the use of military force in Syria for that regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons, the Washington Post reports. The announcement puts off a cruise missile strike that…
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Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr. on Police Brutality
Read the entire “I Have a Dream” speech here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute 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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