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Banning Weaves Won't Lead to Self-Esteem
(The Root) — A Waco, Texas, pastor made headlines yesterday when AmericanPreachers.com published a story about the minister banning weaves among the female leaders in his church. “Our black women are getting weaves trying to be something and someone they are not,” the Rev. A.J. Aamir told American Preachers. “Be real with yourself is all…
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Eric Holder's Reforms: Justice Delayed
(The Root) — When I first heard Attorney General Eric Holder’s plan to change Justice Department charging policy regarding low-level, nonviolent drug offenders, my initial reaction was that the Obama administration finally was taking an affirmative move that would benefit the black community, just as President Obama had for other groups — women, gays and…
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Quote of the Day: Arthur Ashe on AIDS and Racism
Read the quote in its full context 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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Reception of Blacks in Classical Greece
(The Root) — 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 Institute for African and African American Research. The durable medium of pottery preserves one of the most-intact surviving impressions of ancient Greek civilization. In addition to…
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Natural-Hair Moments in Politics
Keli Goff is The Root’s special correspondent. Follow her on Twitter. New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio’s son, Dante, and his Afro have generated a great deal of attention and media coverage. Here is a look at some other natural-hair superstars in politics. Robinson is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly. A…
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Afros, Natural Hair and Politics
(The Root) — One of the unexpected stars of the New York mayor’s race is 15-year-old Dante de Blasio, son of New York City public advocate-turned-mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio. Dante, who is black, became an overnight sensation after starring in a television ad for his father’s campaign in which he argues that his father,…
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'The Famous Jett Jackson' Dead at 29
(The Root) — Online and off, fans of Lee Thompson Young are mourning his death after reports of his possible suicide. Many remember Young from his days as the star of his own Disney show, The Famous Jett Jackson. He then went on to win new friends with his role as Detective Barry Frost on…
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Twitter Starts 'Free Terio' Campaign
(The Root) — Adulation for Terio, the 6-year-old dancing dynamo credited with saving Vine, has given way to concern after two more videos of him went viral. In the videos, Terio is in a hotel hallway surrounded by adults clamoring for pictures and forcing him to dance. Terio looks as if he would rather be…
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Albert Murray, Influential Essayist, Dies
(The Root) — Albert Murray, an intellectual giant and influential critic and novelist who saw black culture and American culture as inextricably intertwined, died Sunday evening in New York City. He was 97. Murray will be remembered as one of the great aesthetic theorists of American culture, specifically for his concept of “the blues aesthetic,”…
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Watch This: 'Keep Your Business Off of Facebook'
God sees everything — including your Facebook pages. This is the message in a gospel song about Facebook that has recently gone viral. During a church service, the choir sent a word of caution to the congregation: “Keep your business off of Facebook.” The video of the performance has since gone viral, and that’s a…
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