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Obama and the Search for Racial Justice
(The Root) — President Obama boldly acknowledged the connection between institutional racism and economic injustice during an interview with the New York Times on Sunday. Obama’s robust comments on the links between racial justice and economic opportunity came on the heels of a week in which the president tried, once again, to shift the nation’s…
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What Was the Colfax Massacre?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. (The Root) — Amazing Fact About the…
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Quote of the Day: Joe Louis on Mistakes
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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Robbers to Victim: 'This Is for Trayvon Martin'
The Washington Post is reporting that a Bethesda, Md., man was beaten and robbed early Saturday morning in Washington, D.C.’s trendy neighborhood of Adams Morgan by three men who yelled, “This is for Trayvon Martin,” before attacking him, police said. The victim suffered minor injuries and declined medical attention. The incident is being investigated as…
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Black Twitter's Best Screen Names
(The Root) — The black folk on Twitter are a wildly creative bunch. This has been proved time and time again with hilarious hashtags, like #BlackBuzzFeed and #PaulasBestDishes. They also have a penchant for cleverly remixing famous names to make them funnier. We saw this when Chris Brown subtweeted Rihanna, and we see it every…
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Anthony Weiner to Stay in NYC Mayor Race
Embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said Sunday that he would not pull out of the race, even as he confirmed that his campaign manager had quit amid a mounting scandal, and that his chief opponent called him unfit to run the city, USA Today reports. Weiner said that campaign manager Danny Kedem…
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5 Ways Harry Belafonte Is Greater Than Jay Z
(The Root) — Besides sex scandals, there’s nothing the media loves more than a good feud. When two powerhouses battle it out in lyrics or on Twitter, it gives all of us something to write about. Basically, feuds are good for business. But true feuds only work when the parties involved are perceived as on…
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Trayvon Martin, the NRA and Perceived Threats
Comparing and contrasting the varied ways in which gun violence could escalate in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Jelani Cobb at the New Yorker says that “Stand your ground” laws should be repealed. The verdict has given the National Rifle Association renewed vigor to peddle right-wing vigilantism,…
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McDonald's Budget Advice Insults Poor Workers
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. tackles what he calls McDonald’s insulting budget advice, ostensibly aimed at helping minimum-wage workers, who have been fighting for higher pay. “If there is one thing poor people do not need, it is lessons in how to be poor,” he says. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. As fast food workers…
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White Privilege Knows No Bounds
Jamilah Lemieux writes a compelling piece at Ebony that condemns and challenges the broad reach of white privilege. It was written in response to a white blogger who questioned the veracity of hip-hop artist Questlove’s moving Facebook post after George Zimmerman’s acquittal. “The funny thing about white privilege is that it knows no bounds,” Lemieux…
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