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Social Media Plays Major Role in Zimmerman Trial
When George Zimmerman shot the unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin nearly a year ago, it captured worldwide attention in a backlash sparked mostly by social media, the Associated Press reports. Now, sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a major presence at George Zimmerman’s trial, both inside and outside the courtroom. A witness who testified…
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Part-Time Jobs Become Permanent Fixture in US
Hiring is on the uptick in at least area of the U.S. economy: temporary work, the Associated Press reports. Part-time workers are being hired at some of the nation’s largest corporations. Combined, they account for nearly 17 million people, who have only tenuous ties to the companies that pay them. From Wal-Mart to General Motors…
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Chris Noth's Marriage Spurs Racist Hate Mail
In a surprisingly candid interview with the Wall Street Journal, Chris Noth, famous for his role as Mr. Big on Sex and the City, among others, says that his marriage last year to longtime girlfriend Tara Lynn Wilson has prompted racist hate mail. The usually private Noth expressed dismay over opponents of interracial relationships. “When…
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The Demise of Paula Deen's American Dream
What actually sank Paula Deen’s wayward American dream was not her flagrant use of the n-word but her often-stated desire to return to the legal ownership of blacks, which made her family rich, Imara Jones contends in a blog post at Colorlines. Deen’s plantation wishes and mint julep dreams burst back into public consciousness on June 19.…
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Quote of the Day: W.E.B. Du Bois on Humor
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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Are Whites Touchy About Being Called Racists?
When whites react defensively to people who call them out on their bigotry, they are struggling, in part, to reconcile themselves with a loss of white privilege, Scot Nakagawa writes in a piece at Changelab, which examines racism through a variety of lenses. I’ve often pondered the question, why are white people so touchy about being…
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Sale Items? Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt
For roughly $20,000 what could you buy? A car? A semester’s worth of college tuition? A beautiful, bouncing, black baby? According to Jezebel, in her website for NPR, the Race Card Project, Michele Norris touches on the scary reality that black children cost significantly less to adopt than any other race. Norris’ piece dives…
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Building Diversity Is Our Greatest Strength
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, which kicked the case back to a lower court of appeals, America’s educational institutions should recommit to fair and thoughtful ways to foster diversity, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous blogs at the Huffington Post. “For a country regarded as the paramount leader in…
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Michelle Obama: More Laura Than Hillary?
(The Root) — Although her husband generated most of the headlines during the first family’s trip to Africa, Michelle Obama recently generated some of her own. Last week she joined her predecessor, Laura Bush, at a Summit for African First Ladies, hosted by the George W. Bush Foundation. Obama’s remarks there stirred some controversy when…
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Boeing 777 Crashes at San Francisco International Airport
CNN is reporting that a Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines crashed while landing Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, according to an FAA spokesman. Flight 214 left Seoul’s Incheon International Airport earlier Saturday and flew 10 hours and 23 minutes to California, according to FlightAware, a website that offers tracking services for private and…
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