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Apply for The Root Editorial Fellowship Program Today!
(The Root) — Is it your dream to have a cutting-edge journalism career? Are you an information hoarder with a wide-ranging news obsession — from gun control to the sequester to racism on Mad Men? Do you know who Desiline Victor is and why her story matters? Do you follow influencers on Twitter? Do you…
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No, Neither Asians nor Blacks All Look Alike
(The Root) — “I work in pharmaceutical sales in a territory that doesn’t have much racial diversity. Recently I greeted a young lady who works at one doctor’s office I visited with the wrong name. I’d confused her with the other Asian receptionist. She replied, ‘Oh, so we all look alike?’ or something to that…
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z: Pop Music's 1st Billionaire Couple
With ad campaigns and business ventures complementing multimillion-dollar tours, it’s no surprise that Jay-Z and Beyoncé have plenty of money (after all, there’s a rumor that they now have a $4 million private island), but now there’s a rough number on their wealth — and it looks like a record. The International Business Times is…
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Poisonous Substance in Parcel Sent to Obama
Updated 12:21 p.m. EDT: Secret Service officials say the letter tested positive for the poison ricin and was from the same sender who mailed the letter to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) that also tested positive, NBC News reports. Federal officials told NBC News that they believe they know who sent the letters, but no arrest has…
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Actor Larenz Tate Advocated for Job Opportunities for Urban Men
Actor Larenz Tate and Buffalo Wild Wings franchise owner Karim Webb recently participated in a media roundtable luncheon hosted by the California Community Foundation (CCF) for its BLOOM program (Building a Lifetime of Opportunities and Options for Men) in Los Angeles. The actor has partnered with the restaurant entrepreneur to advocate for employment for urban…
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Youngest Black Hedge Fund Owner Opens Investment Firm for Black Institutions
Fredrick D. Scott on Monday announced that he was creating Fredrick D. Scott, LLC, a venture capital and private equity firm that will invest in and acquire” minority-focused financial and banking institutions.” Scott was the head of ACI Capital Group, LLC (ACI), a investment banking and advisory firm that managed with $3.7 billion in assets.…
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Will This Jockey Take the Derby Back to Its Black Roots?
On May 4, 29-year-old Kevin Krigger will become the second black jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby since 1921. His presence — and his designation as a top-10 favorite by the man who trained last year’s winner — is reminding observers of the post-Reconstruction era, when African-American men dominated the race under very different…
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Quote of the Day: Marian Wright Edelman
Read the quote 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. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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Confessions of a Hair-Weave Addict
In a piece originally posted at Dog Park Media, filmmaker Erikka Yancy gets brutally honest about her history with racial identity and beauty. It was a long road to recognizing my racial identity crisis. I did not realize it in junior high when I basked in the glory of being told by my friends that…
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Boston Explosions: 'Please Don't Be Arabs or Muslims'
Writing for Al-Jazeera, Khaled A. Beydoun says that he’s been preoccupied with the identity of those responsible for the bombing and what it could mean for American attitudes. I texted my friend at 7:47am EST, extending well wishes for a “successful and prosperous race”. Like the 23,181 runners who left Hopkinton dreaming about breaking the…
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