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Rihanna Announces 2nd Fashion Collection on Instagram
(The Root) — Rihanna took to Instagram today to announce that she is officially working on a second River Island collection. This black-and-white photo shows Rihanna hard at work with designer Adam Selman. With 217,000 likes so far, it’s fair to say that her public is anxious for the debut. Read more at Glamour. Tracy…
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Twitter Tackles 'Black Privilege'
(The Root) — On Friday, April 26, 2013, a fairly offensive Tumblr blog entitled “This Is Black Privilege” made its way to Twitter, promptly ticking off tons of black people. The purpose of the blog, according to its FAQs, is to “educate the uneducated” on the privileges that black people unfairly enjoy, such as BET,…
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Twitter Responds to 1st Gay NBA Player
(The Root) — In an upcoming issue of Sports Illustrated, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins announces that he is gay, making him the first openly gay man to actively play as a professional in an American team sport. In the article, slated to run May 6, 2013, Collins said that when he was younger, he…
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Amazing Pictures of Your Favorite '80s Ladies
(The Root) — If you were around in the 1980s, these pictures, which have been floating around on Tumblr, should move you in a very special way. The women pictured, of course, are Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen — actresses, sisters, and possibly your pretend friends-mothers-aunties. This picture was taken in 1988, and in the…
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When 'Scandal' Nearly Killed Twitter
(The Root) — Each week, Shonda Rhimes whips Twitter into an absolute frenzy with an hour of plotting, scheming and fast-talking on Scandal, the political thriller starring Kerry Washington that has taken TV by storm. Even if you don’t watch the ABC show, you can always tell when something major happens by taking a look…
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Relationship Coach Gets No Love
(The Root) — For better or worse, self-styled “relationship experts” are all the rage. Everyone is in on the act — rappers, actors, singers and seemingly every other person on Twitter. Some have managed to collect thousands of followers, but for every fan there are probably at least 10 people who are, shall we say,…
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So You Want to Be a Relationship Expert!
(The Root) — Something amazing is happening today. Your favorite musical icons from the 1990s are putting down the microphones and picking up the pens (or paying someone to do it for them) and writing books giving relationship advice aimed primarily at black women. The success of Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like…
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The Coolest Black Nerds You Know
(The Root) — As Black History Month comes to a close, so, too, does our series on the history of the blerd. It’s been a wild, informative ride, no? From Crispus Attucks to Jack Johnson to Public Enemy, blerds are everywhere. They have been forever, and you didn’t even know it. Today’s blerds are loud…
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Blerd Power
(The Root) — Our Black History Month series on the history of the blerd continues! We’ve traversed from the blerd’s beginnings at the dawn of America, and this week we follow the blerd from the mid-20th century to the rebellious end of the century. This was a time of thunderous social change, and though you…
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Revenge of the Blerds
(The Root) — Welcome back to The Root’s Blerd History Month series. If you’re just joining us, we’re taking a humorous look at the origins of the “blerd” — the black nerd — which has recently become a thing. The Internet has been all abuzz with blerds over the past several months, and we want…
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