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Is 'Yeezus' Still Hip-Hop? Producer Rick Rubin Explains
If you’re one of the many listening to Kanye West’s newest album, Yeezus, right now, you should probably learn about producer Rick Rubin. Embedded in hip-hop’s story since the early days of Def Jam, Rubin has produced records for everyone from LL Cool J to Johnny Cash, but it was his minimalist creativity that pushed…
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50 Years Later, Myrlie Evers-Williams Remembers Medgar Evers
For America, Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the civil rights leader Medgar Evers, but for his widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, the old wounds are still fresh. This week Evers-Williams reflected on her experiences and her late husband’s legacy on NPR. The family moved to Jackson when Evers accepted a job as the…
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A White Feminist Tweets
(The Root) — Any womanist or feminist of color probably has a frustrating story of running into issues of racism and privilege with the white women fighting by their sides. They’re with you on the sexism thing, but when it comes to race and class, sometimes our fairer-skinned sisters get a little lost, though they…
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Gay Student Expelled From College, Billed for Scholarships
When Danielle Powell fell in love with her female partner, she knew her sexuality wasn’t welcome at Omaha, Neb.’s Grace University, but she didn’t expect to be expelled. However, months away from graduation, Powell was asked to leave the school and was then sent a bill to repay her school loans and scholarships, reports the…
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Flavorful Fatherhood: Black Celeb Dads
Reading bedtime stories to his daughter so that she would fall asleep did not work in the Jackson household. In an audio recording on YouTube, the actor describes how he used “colorful” language to his daughter Zoe, now 30, to close up shop for the night. “I did say, ‘Go the f—k to sleep’ to…
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Flavorful Fatherhood: Black Celeb Dads
Reading bedtime stories to his daughter so that she would fall asleep did not work in the Jackson household. In an audio recording on YouTube, the actor describes how he used “colorful” language to his daughter Zoe, now 30, to close up shop for the night. “I did say, ‘Go the f—k to sleep’ to…
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A Modern Look at Fatherhood
In an interview with Colorlines‘ Julianne Hing, artist Janine Macbeth discusses sharing gender roles. The artist talks about how mothers are actually detached from the parenting process because of how demanding their role is. She explains that to protect herself and her family, she and her husband have had to share the responsibilities of mother and…
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Taking DNA With No Search Warrant: That's a Problem
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson discusses his problems with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that permits police to take DNA samples from anyone who commits a serious crime. In an unusual position for him, Robinson agrees with dissenting conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. The words “Antonin Scalia was right” do not flow easily for me. But…
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Quote of the Day: James Baldwin on Africa
Read more about James Baldwin 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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Who Says We Aren't Patriotic?
(The Root) — Though we’re notorious for being very vocal about how we’re not celebrating patriotic holidays like the Fourth of July, there are still those among us who have a bit of red, white and blue in our hearts. Friday is Flag Day, a holiday that commemorates the adoption of the American flag. It’s…
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