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Quote of the Day: Julian Bond on Integration
Read more of The Root’s Julian Bond coverage 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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Should Profiling Be a Part of Public Safety?
Although the New York City Police Department policy of “stop and frisk” disproportionately affects black men, in an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Richard Cohen argues in favor of such practices because they protect the general public. Cohen says that since most shooting suspects in New York City are black men — 78 percent…
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MTV Announces VMA Nominees via Instagram and Vine
Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.
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Detroit Files for Bankruptcy Protection
The Associated Press is reporting that on Thursday, Detroit became the largest city in the U.S. to file for bankruptcy, after the state-appointed emergency manager filed for Chapter 9 protection. The filing, which had been feared for months, put the city on an uncertain path that could mean laying off municipal employees, selling off assets,…
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Facebook 'Fraud Queen' Convicted
A Tampa, Fla., woman who used stolen Social Security numbers to file fake returns has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after daring authorities on Facebook to catch her, the Daily Mail reports. Rashia Wilson, 27, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and being a felon in possession of a handgun,…
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Why the Right Cheers Zimmerman Verdict
(The Root) — The killing of an unarmed teenage boy isn’t something you’d expect to be political. You would certainly never expect it to inspire gleeful adulation from any American of supposedly “good conscience.” But it appears that some Republicans — and prominent conservative talking heads in particular — have developed a metastasizing form of “Obama…
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Why We All Deserve Blame for Bad Verdicts
(The Root) — From the moment juror B37 spoke out for the first time about why she voted to acquit George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, she has been the target of criticism. Her compassion, intellect and motives have all been questioned, by social media and just about every person in my social…
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Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin Speak Out on Verdict
Update: Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton did a tour of the network morning shows on Thursday, expressing shock and disbelief that a jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the shooting death of their unarmed 17-year-old son, ABC News reports. It was the first time they’ve appeared in public since the verdict was announced on Saturday. On…
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Black Conservative Hits Rachel Jeantel's Speech Impediment
Conservative radio host Larry Elder criticized Rachel Jeantel’s speech impediment Wednesday night during a heated exchange on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, the Raw Story reports. Jeantel’s speech became a big topic of conversation during George Zimmerman’s second-degree-murder trial. Elder said that the way she speaks suggests that she’s unintelligent and uneducated. She suffers from a…
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My Man Is Fun but Not Marriage Material
(The Root) — “I seriously want to get married, but I’m dating a guy I know is not marriage material. He’s a ‘street guy’ who has kids but doesn’t seem passionate about them. He ‘works’ in the local club scene, so he parties most nights. He’s a lot of fun. Is it wrong to spend…
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