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Jamaica Kincaid Rejects the 'Angry Black Woman' Label
For Harriett blogger Kimberly N. Foster agrees with author Jamaica Kincaid’s rejection of the “angry black woman” label that critics try to stamp on her work, saying that it wouldn’t be an issue if she had “blond hair and blue eyes.” Jamaica Kincaid is one of the preeminent literary voices of our time. That’s why…
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Quote of the Day: Barbara Jordan
Read The Root’s coverage of Barbara Jordan 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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Where is the 'Love Jones'?
Damon Young writes: Love Jones is held in such high regard because Ted Witcher was so obviously in love with everything he put into this movie. More than just a drama, it was an ode to black culture, to Chicago, to music, to movies, to love, to words, to sex; a paean to the possibilities of…
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Crowdfunding Safe Births for Women in Developing Countries
Kangu.org – a philanthropic platform that enables donors to crowdfund safe birth environments for pregnant women in developing countries – announced the launch of a new gift-giving feature, just in time for Mother’s Day. The tool allows users to contribute to the cost of critical medical services provided to a mom-to-be, on behalf of a…
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Twitter Watches the Met Gala
(The Root) — Everyone knows that Twitter loves an occasion to live-tweet, and it got just that with the streaming of the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala on Monday. If you’re scratching your head wondering just what that is, it’s been described as being “like a fancy prom — except in a museum.” Known…
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Mississippi Death Row Inmate Willie Manning Granted a Stay
UPDATED Tuesday, May 7, 5:07 p.m. EDT: The Mississippi State Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning, according to the Jackson Free Press. He had been scheduled to be put to death today at 6 p.m. at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Earlier: The state of Mississippi…
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Is Charles Ramsey Being Exploited?
(The Root) — On Tuesday morning, the Internet welcomed its latest viral superstar. Video of an interview with Charles Ramsey, a Cleveland man who helped rescue three missing local women, has been making the rounds online since the story broke. Less than 24 hours in, there are multiple memes and auto-tuned videos of Ramsey’s account.…
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Tim Wise's Film to Take Aim at White Privilege
Prominent scholars such as Michelle Alexander, Charles Ogletree and Imani Perry are just a few of the big names who will appear alongside anti-racist author and educator Tim Wise in the film White Like Me. It will be an exploration of race and racism in the U.S. through the lens of whiteness and white privilege,…
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Watch This: Chris Kelly's Eerie Last Freestyle
TMZ has obtained a video of Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly just hours before his untimely death. Recorded at his Atlanta home, it shows eerie footage of the artist trying to rap and spit rhymes about a room “full of dead bodies.” TMZ says the disturbing lyrics were part of a track he had been…
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Scientists Back Kiera Wilmot
(The Root) — Here’s a bit of inspiring news in the saga of Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old Florida student who found herself in hot water after a science project went bad: Scientists across Twitter are showing their support for her by tweeting stories about the things they blew up in the name of science. Wilmot,…
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