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No Affirmative Action for Clarence Thomas?
(The Root) — Something occult was taking place at the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes. Smoky incense filled the air of a darkened room where Kingfish, the Frito Bandito, Charlie Chan, Tonto and the rest of the crew were gathered in a circle, chanting to the sound of exotic music. In the middle of the circle stood…
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Congress, Give Us a New Voting Rights Act
In a piece at CNN, Donna Brazile argues that it is up to President Obama to convince Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act, which has been gutted by the Supreme Court. The challenge, however, will be mustering bipartisan support in a deeply divided Congress. In an earthshaking 1965 speech to Congress and to the nation,…
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Defense of Marriage Act: More Work to Be Done
While supporters celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson argues that there’s more work to be done. The Supreme Court’s work on marriage equality is far from done. But I believe this may be remembered as the day when the nation…
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Quote of the Day: Booker T. Washington on Knowledge
Read more quotes from Booker T. Washington 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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Black Women and HIV Rates: A Reprieve
(The Root) — Usually, when Quinn Gentry stops talking, the women in the audience spend a few seconds sitting, shell-shocked and silent. Around Atlanta, Gentry’s speeches — rife with the nitty-gritty and completely true stories of women infected with HIV collected over the course of her research career — are the stuff of legend. In…
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Unhappy? Don't Act Like Kirk Frost
(The Root) — “Do you watch Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta? There’s a married couple on the show, and the wife became pregnant. Her husband asked her to get an abortion, then questioned whether the child was his. Is it me or have the men of reality TV become just as bad as the women?” —Y.P.…
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Twitter Called It: Paula Deen Hires 'Olivia Pope'
(The Root) — Another day, another public relations nightmare for disgraced and recently fired Food Network star Paula Deen. She has had a target on her back since it was revealed last week that she has said and done some pretty racist things in the past, resulting in a lawsuit, several hilarious Twitter hashtags and a cringe-inducing…
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Interracial Family: 'We Are the 15 Percent'
The bigoted backlash over the insanely adorable Cheerios ad has died down. But photographer Michael David Murphy doesn’t want America to forget that mixed love is here to stay, the Huffington Post reports. In a quest to celebrate interracial families, Murphy and his wife launched We Are the 15 Percent, a blog that features pictures…
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Wendy Davis: From Teen Mom to Harvard to Filibuster
Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth), whose filibuster of a Republican abortion bill made headlines, has a long history of persisting against tough odds, CNN reports. Davis, who stood and spoke for 13 hours on Tuesday at the Texas Capitol, reportedly went from being a teen mom to graduating from Harvard Law School. She…
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