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Kanye Is the Opposite of 'Anti-Celebrity'
(The Root) — Articles like this one probably annoy Kanye West. Attempts to analyze the litany of quotables that tumble out of his mouth during any given interview are nothing but white noise to the hip-hop star, who in a recent sit-down with the New York Times, dubbed himself an “anti-celebrity” — and also the…
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Dunkin' Donuts Customer Hurls Racist Slurs Over Not Getting a Receipt
A recent viral video shows the phrase “the customer is always right”, isn’t always true. Taylor Chapman, a 27-year-old woman from Broward County, Florida, can be seen in the video going off on Dunkin’ Donuts workers after claiming an employee the night before didn’t honor the company’s policy of comping her meal after forgetting her receipt.…
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Affirmations by Kanye: 8 Most Egotistical Quotes
Say what you will about Kanye West (and many people, including all of Twitter and President Obama, will join you), but the man loves himself. Here are some highlights from his, um, very confident recent interview with the New York Times. Look in the mirror and repeat some variations of these as affirmations if you’re…
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'Fisher v. University of Texas': A Refresher
(The Root) — Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the case surrounding a white plaintiff’s challenge to the constitutionality of the diversity-based admissions policies of the University of Texas, is back in the news, with the Supreme Court decision coming any day. But it’s been a while since it was argued way back in…
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Why Hiding a Jury Won't Help Zimmerman Trial
In a piece for Slate, Emily Bazelon explains why sequestering a jury, especially in such a high-profile case, does not work. She bases her argument on Supreme Court rulings and suggests that allowing jurors to live at home and read what they want won’t affect their final decision. In fact, it will help them be…
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Quote of the Day: Ralph Ellison on Culture
Read more from Ralph Ellison 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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Not Everyone Can Go Natural
Teronda Seymore explains in Clutch magazine why her idea to go natural backfired horribly. By being afraid of “the big chop” and not cutting off her relaxer before transitioning, she ruined what was supposed to be a personal journey — and her tresses. It craved that creamy crack. I was relieved to find some under…
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N-Word, Rap and Black Friends: Awkward?
(The Root) — “I’m a 34-year-old white male. Me and most of the guys I work with and play in a basketball league with listen to the same music: hip-hop (old and new) and rap. Of course some songs have the n-word in them. I’m one of the only nonblack guys in the group, which…
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Trayvon Martin: On Trial?
It will be Trayvon Martin who will be judged in the trial, writes Eric Mann in ColorLines, not his murderer. Mann compares Trayvon’s character assassination to his own experience with anti-police-brutality campaigns during the 1960s. When I worked in the Newark Community Union Project in 1966-1968 in the city’s black south and central wards, we…
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New Twitter Account 'Live-Tweets' 1963
(The Root) — This year marks the 50th anniversary of the year 1963 and the momentous things that happened therein. The assassination of Medgar Evers, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, the March on Washington — many of the events that spring to mind when you think about the civil rights movement happened…
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