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Marriage Is Great, but LGBT People of Color Need Job Security
Lack of legal protections for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in two-thirds of the 50 states means that more people live in poverty because they don’t have the same rights as other Americans, Imara Jones writes at Colorlines. As the Supreme Court weighed arguments on same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John Roberts…
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The Huxtables Were Awesome: Statistical Proof
OK, maybe it isn’t statistical proof that the Cosby Show’s Huxtable family was the best ever, but there’s certainly some data reminding us that the fictional clan was widely loved. In a recent survey, TV fans of all races liked the idea of being a part of their tightly knit and stereotype-defying African-American household. From…
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On Sex, Race and Tyga at Harvard
In a piece for Manifesta magazine, Joshua Hernández and Rachel Cheong, two “self-identified feminists of color on the Ivy League grind,” take on the issue of the rapper Tyga’s invitation to perform on their campus. The takeaway: Controversy aside, it’s time to come together as a community to fight racist patriarchy. Let’s start off by…
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Jay-Z, Beyoncé Embarrass White House Again
(The Root) — Having previously shared my thoughts on the first couple’s close association with hip-hop’s first couple, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, I vowed not to address the issue again, since I’m not a fan of treading over the same territory in my writing. But I relented today at the behest of a TV producer. While…
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Beyoncé, Jay-Z in Cuba: Views From the Ground
(The Root) — Beyoncé Knowles made waves last week when she and husband Jay-Z visited the Cuban capital, reportedly to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. But if the king and queen of hip-hop headed south in search of peace and tranquillity, they had another thing coming. Crowds gathered in front of their hotel, surrounded them…
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Stars You May Not Know Are of Color
(The Root) — It’s been 30 years since Flashdance found its way into our hearts and into the 1980s dance-movie canon. It was also when we were introduced to actress Jennifer Beals, a svelte brunette who later revealed that she was part black. Who knew? Here are other black and Latino celebs who have incited…
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The 13 Best Dance Movies of All Time
When Flashdance opened on April 15, 1983, most critics hated it. Even the late, great Roger Ebert dissed it. But the story of a Pittsburgh welder-exotic dancer (played by Jennifer Beals) who dreams of joining a ballet company became a box office hit that inspired other dance movies, as well as that ’80s jumbo-sweatshirt and…
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Graduation Season: Who Gets the First Lady and Why?
(The Root) — It’s spring, and that means first lady Michelle Obama is preparing to make the graduation rounds. On the schedule this year: Commencement addresses at Eastern Kentucky University, the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School for Health Sciences and Engineering at Historic Pearl High and HBCU Bowie State University. According to…
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Another Republican Racial Controversy
(The Root) — The days when some speculated that the first black president or vice president would be a Republican now seem as much of a distant memory as the days when cellphones were considered a novelty. But not too long ago, black Republicans including Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice were among the party’s most…
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Jay-Z's 'Open Letter': 'Turned Havana Into Atlanta'
Having apparently graduated from beef with other rappers, music mogul, entrepreneur and Cuba fan Jay-Z has released ‘Open Letter,’ a track it seems he threw together to give a piece of his mind to the Florida Republican politicians who criticized the fifth-anniversary trip that he and Beyoncé took to the island nation. From the Huffington…
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