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Introducing the 'Next Generation' Black Conservative?
The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, is under way in Washington, D.C. It’s the first annual gathering since the Republican Party’s big election wake-up call about its relationship with nonwhite Americans, and the conference theme is “America’s Future: The Next Generation of Conservatives. New Challenges, Timeless Principles.” So who exactly will be in that next…
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How Early Should I Prep My Kid for College?
(Special to The Root) — “What is the best way to prepare your young child for his or her educational future? My son is only 10 years old, but I had him start a college journal last year. In it he states what college he wants to attend, what he would like to study, what…
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He Hasn't Called Lately. Should I Drop By?
(The Root) — “I was dating a guy who told me he was having financial problems. Recently his cellphone was shut off. I have no other means of contacting him, and it has been a week. He lives in my neighborhood. Should I stop by or assume we are done?” —T.U. Unless it’s an emergency…
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A 'Good Guy With a Gun' Is Dead
(The Root) — If Wayne LaPierre’s claim that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun” were true, Master Trooper Junius A. Walker of the Virginia State Police would be alive and well today. Instead, the 40-year veteran officer known for his gentle demeanor —…
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Time to Stop Celebrating 'I Have a Dream'
Writing at the Huffington Post, Catherine Meeks makes the case that we’d be much better off focusing on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter From a Birmingham Jail. … I think that we should place a moratorium on the Dream speech. I do not want to celebrate it and will not until I see the ideas…
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Halle Berry's Grown and Can Decide When to Cover Up
Writing at Clutch magazine, The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas defends the actress’s decision to go strapless on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. I thought about that woman and her boobs and my unresolved thoughts about what’s appropriate last night when I was reading about le scandal, i.e. what Halle Berry wore on her…
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Racism Is Bad for Our Bodies
In a piece for the Atlantic, Jason Silverstein presents evidence that profiling, beyond just raising legal issues, also carries health risks. … A growing literature shows discrimination raises the risk of many emotional and physical problems. Discrimination has been shown to increase the risk of stress, depression, the common cold, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and mortality.…
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No Black Pope, but Twitter Has Jokes
We were warned over a month ago that it was possible but very unlikely that Pope Benedict XVI’s successor would be black. Yet some people evidently kept their hopes up that one of the African cardinals who were semi-in the running would be the next leader of the Catholic Church. When the white smoke was…
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Quiet Bias: The Racism of 2013
(The Root) — America is not yet done with the illness of racism, the electoral success of Barack Obama notwithstanding. Yet most white folks don’t want to talk about or hear about race anymore. And a good many black folks fret that it is strategically wiser for us to let it alone for now. I…
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