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White People's Responsibility to End Racism
In a piece at the Huffington Post, Darron T. Smith, Ph.D., writes that white racism is a systemic phenomenon that is deeply woven into the fabric of our society — and needs to end because it has a corrosive effect on the minds, bodies and souls of all Americans. … Dealing justly with American racism…
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Detroit Faces Financial Crisis, Has No Plan to Fix It
The Detroit News is reporting that for the second time in a year, a state review team has found that the city is in a financial emergency that requires Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to get involved. But this time, if Snyder agrees that a financial emergency exists, the governor’s choices are more limited. He could…
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Limbaugh on Sequester: 'I'm Ashamed of My Country'
Rush Limbaugh says talk of a sequester has made him ashamed of his country: The conservative talk-show host lambasted President Obama and other Democrats on Thursday, accusing them of playing politics and creating political tension and public anxiety over a sequester. “Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in my life, I am ashamed of…
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Ohio Woman Claims She Was Fired for Obama Vote
A southwest-Ohio woman who says she was fired because she voted for President Barack Obama has filed a lawsuit against her former defense-contractor employer, according to the Columbus Dispatch. But the employer claims that the woman was laid off for economic reasons. Patricia Kunkle’s lawsuit accuses Dayton-based defense contractor Q-Mark Inc. and its president of…
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Boehner: Sequester Result of Obama's 'Failed Leadership'
As polls show Barack Obama leading the GOP in public support on major issues, Republican leaders are increasingly seeking to cast the president in a negative light. To that end, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently penned a scathing rebuke of President Obama, blaming him for the nearly $1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts set to…
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Don't Get Too Excited About Jay Taking Bey's Name
(The Root) For the past couple of days, our social networks have been all abuzz with a piece of “news” from gossip sites, blogs and radio stations, including Philly’s Hot 107.9: that hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has merged his last name with his wife Beyoncé’s (and used hers first, at that), meaning he’s officially “Shawn Knowles-Carter.”…
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Oscar Champ Sounds Off on Image Awards
As we gear up for the 2013 Academy Awards, airing Feb. 24, The Root is speaking with black Oscar winners and nominees — past and present — about the prestigious honor. (The Root) — Seeing Quincy Jones’ name listed as a composer for the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night forever changed Russell…
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Here's How We Destroy the Color Complex
In an interview with Ebony‘s Chris Williams, Drexel University Africana-studies professor Yaba Blay suggests ways in which we can begin to do away with the mindset that’s such a source of suffering within the black Diaspora. EBONY: What are some of the discussions that can be conducted inside and outside of the classroom about the…
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NRA Chief's Racial Rant Hides Larger Truth
(The Root) — Last week Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, wrote a troubling column for conservative outlet the Daily Caller. In it, the 64-year-old gun-rights advocate painted a horrifying picture of a postapocalyptic world in which African Americans from “south Brooklyn” and Hispanic members of “Latin American drug gangs” were such a…
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I Won't Be a Side Chick. But Can I Call?
(The Root) — “I like a guy, but he has a girlfriend. He’s flirty and admitted he’s attracted to me, but I’ve been blunt that I won’t entertain anything more than a friendship unless he’s single. He agreed. Curious — is it wrong of me to reach out every now and then just to say…
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