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A Brief History of the FBI’s Most Wanted Lists
Assata Shakur is just the latest in a long list of black revolutionaries who have been among the FBI’s most sought-after criminal suspects, Jamilah King writes at Colorlines. History of the Lists To understand how the FBI’s Most Wanted lists work, it’s important to know how they were developed. At their core, the lists are…
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Racism in 2013: Just Get Over It?
Writing at the Huffington Post, Theodore Johnson says that “move on” is the most ridiculous of propositions when it comes to concerns about African-American stereotypes. In a recent article written about the African-American-watermelon stereotype for Huffington Post/TEDWeekends, I wrote that its deep iconography persists years after it should have spoiled and died on the vine.…
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My Racist Experience at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
It’s the little indignities that slowly devastate your soul,” the Huffington Post‘s Seema Jilani writes in a piece about what she says was “white privilege on display.” … They refused to let me through. For the next half hour, they watched as I frantically called my husband but was unable to reach him. Then something…
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Aunt Viv: I Felt Demonized, Beaten Up and Crucified
Janet Hubert, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s original Aunt Viv, last made headlines for a dramatic open letter calling talk-show host Wendy Williams a “demon” and “devilish.” Now she’s put herself in the spotlight again, telling Yahoo’s OMG! that both Will Smith and Alfonso Ribiero, who played Carlton, were “bad kids” on the set of…
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Twitter Pays Respect to Malcolm Shabazz
(The Root) — Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X (aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz), was killed in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday morning. According to the Amsterdam News, he died from injuries sustained after being either shot or thrown off a roof while he was being robbed, but the reports on his cause of death have not been…
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Malcolm X's Grandson Killed in Mexico
The Amsterdam News is reporting, and the U.S. Embassy has confirmed, that Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, has been killed in Mexico. Unconfirmed reports say he died early Thursday morning from injuries sustained when he was thrown off a building or shot as he was being robbed in Tijuana. “I’m confirming, per U.S. Embassy,…
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Wet Seal Settles Racial-Discrimination Case
(The Root) — An email from a former Wet Seal president of store operations instructing a district manager to “clean the entire store out” by firing black managers and saying that “African Americans dominate — huge issue” was at the center of a lawsuit against the teen-fashion retailer that was settled on Wednesday. The NAACP…
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American Airlines Treats Social Media Stars
(The Root) — Apparently, being Twitter-famous has its perks. As of Tuesday, American Airlines has teamed up with Klout, a website that tracks users’ influence on social media sites, to offer perks to folks with the most pull online. Among the available hookups: admission into the American Airlines Admirals Club, a lounge that offers free…
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Shorter Names Can Mean Higher Salary, Research Suggests
So you want to make more money? It may be time to shorten your name. Using its 6 million members to analyze name-length and factors such as salary level, industry and location, the career site TheLadders says it behooves moms everywhere to shorten names — since its research says that not only is there a…
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Ryan Leslie on Black Mozart, New Perspectives and a New Business Model
Ryan Leslie, sitting in the courtyard of a warehouse in the west side of Manhattan one recent evening, is as relaxed as he could be. It’s a seasonably warm night, and he’s got dark glasses on, which shield his eyes from the studio light shining on the several bottles of Don Julio, and a margarita…
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