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Zimmerman Prosecutor Delivers Passionate Rebuttal
(The Root) — At last, the prosecution on Friday delivered for those demanding justice for Trayvon Martin. Before six women began to deliberate the fate of Trayvon’s killer, George Zimmerman, the state’s attorney, took them to church. “The human heart,” prosecutor John Guy began, “moves us … motivates us.” To figure out what led Zimmerman…
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GOP: The Party of No
Saying he wishes “someone would make it stop,” Eugene Robinson writes at the Washington Post that watching Republicans try to persuade themselves that crushing immigration reform actually helps the party is almost like observing someone crash and burn. Self-delusion is a sad spectacle. Watching Republicans convince themselves that killing immigration reform actually helps the GOP…
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Quote of the Day: Michael Jordan on Expectations
Read The Root’s coverage of Michael Jordan 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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Don't Assume Blacks Will Riot If Zimmerman's Acquitted
Pointing out that the last major race riot in the U.S. occurred 21 years ago in Los Angeles, Marc W. Polite writes at Time magazine that early calls for calm before a verdict is rendered in George Zimmerman’s second-degree-murder trial run “counter to recent history, and may be akin to racial fear mongering.” As the trial…
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South Carolina GOP's 'Dead Voters' Story Debunked
The GOP’s allegations of voter fraud in South Carolina, including claims of “zombie” voting, were debunked by findings in a recent report, ColorLines‘ Brentin Mock reports. As reported by Corey Hutchins in the Columbia Free Times, state Rep. Alan Clemmons, a Horry County Republican, ran with Shwedo’s unsubstantiated claim, telling the public, “We must have certainty in…
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White Juries and Black Victims
(The Root) — Gavel-to-gavel news coverage with a promise that viewers “won’t miss a moment.” A televised re-enactment of deadly events. A virtual army of lawyers, writers and jury consultants, analyzing every comment, every witness and nearly every moment of the George Zimmerman trial. The courtroom scene in Sanford, Fla., where Zimmerman faces second-degree-murder and…
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11 Racial Events From Zimmerman Trial
In the early days of the Zimmerman trial, several analysts remarked that there was an intentional effort to keep conversations about race off the table in the courtroom. And indeed, the race and ethnicity of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman were never overtly mentioned in the court proceedings. But anyone who’s been following the details…
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11 Racial Events From Zimmerman Trial
In the early days of the Zimmerman trial, several analysts remarked that there was an intentional effort to keep conversations about race off the table in the courtroom. And indeed, the race and ethnicity of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman were never overtly mentioned in the court proceedings. But anyone who’s been following the details…
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Twitter Explains Why White People Riot
(The Root) — There’s lots of buzz and fear out there about black people rioting in the streets if a verdict other than “guilty” is handed down in the George Zimmerman case. As the trial winds down, there’s no shortage of fearmongering in the media, from radio and TV to print and online. But black…
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Obama to Jay-Z: 'Just Give Me the Ball'
We all know that rapper Jay-Z is in pretty well with President Obama. You’ve seen the pictures that he and his wife, Beyoncé, have taken with Obama. The president has even gone on record to say he’s a fan of Jay-Z’s music. And earlier this week, Jay-Z revealed in a Hot 97 interview with Angie…
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