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Remember This? Malcolm, Dru, Neil and Olivia on 'The Young and the Restless'
(The Root) — There’s been quite a bit of implausible drama over the four decades since The Young and the Restless came on the air, but to celebrate its birthday, we thought we’d dust off a clip featuring our favorite love square (?) on the soap opera: the iconic sisters, Olivia and Drucilla (Tonya Lee Williams…
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Time to Stand Up for Adria Richards
(The Root) — I want Adria Richards to know that I support her. I want to use whatever platform I have — big or small — to shout down the disgusting sexist vitriol that exploded all over the Internet after Richards, a veteran of Silicon Valley, dared to use her own platform to do the…
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Tunisian Rapper Sentenced for Anti-Cop Lyrics
A Tunisian court has sentenced Weld el 15 to two years in jail in absentia for insulting the police in a case likely to fuel debate over free speech under the Islamist-led government. Find out more about the rap video that led to his conviction at The Burton Wire. Read More: http://theburtonwire.com/2013/03/25/education/tunisian-rapper-gets-jail-term-for-speaking-out-against-bad-cop-lyrics/ TheBurtonWire.com is the…
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5 Love and Money Lessons From J. Cole
From Black Enterprise’s Darren Sands: Would you believe me if I said … that it took me a while to come around on J. Cole’s first single from his forthcoming album? I’m not quite sure why. If not for the embarrassment I felt when a friend very badly sang Miguel’s desperate and syrupy, “baby, I…
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Another Affirmative Action Case for the Supreme Court?
The U.S. Supreme Court is already considering the highly charged Fisher v. University of Texas case, a challenge to the school’s use of race as a consideration in its admissions process, and now it’s taking on another affirmative action case: Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the New York Times reports. The case concerns…
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When Blacks Were Part of America, but Not
(The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. By the mid-19th century, the fine arts were playing an important role in shaping the self-image of America. A…
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Race and 'The Real World'
(The Root) — This weekend, thanks to MTV’s marathons of retro seasons of The Real World, I accidentally time-warped back to 1992. Remember that year? George H.W. Bush lost the presidency to Bill Clinton, “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston set musical records and the City of Angels burned with the riots over…
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Black Women Won't Be Erased Here
(The Root) — When I was in my first semester of journalism school, a well-meaning professor pulled me aside to offer some constructive criticism. He was one of my favorites, a great teacher and an accomplished editor at an award-winning newspaper. He’d noticed a theme in the stories I’d pitched or written for his class…
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Of Course, Ben Carson Will Never Be President
(The Root) — If you don’t know who Dr. Ben Carson is, you should. He’s a hero and role model to millions who — with hard work and “gifted hands” — traveled from working-class Detroit roots to become head of pediatric neurosurgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the first physician…
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On Gun Violence, Listen to the Children
Writing at the Huffington Post, Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman makes the case that it’s time to protect kids, not weapons. My friends are dead. I saw the bad man. He was next to me when we ran out.” “I played ball with him. Now he is dead.” “My friend got killed cause…
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