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Soul Singer Sharon Jones Dead at 60
Legendary singer Sharon Jones passed away Friday at the age of 60 after battling pancreatic cancer. Jones, who was part of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, was born in North August, South Carolina in 1956, and raised in Brooklyn, NY. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Sharon Jones has passed away after a heroic…
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Dear Racist White People
Editor’s Note: This is a repost from an article that was posted to Facebook yesterday, that was deleted by Facebook. Earlier: In seventh grade I punched a boy in the face. He deserved it and I didn’t regret it afterward; I actually felt pretty good about it. After taking his verbal and physical abuse for…
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Watch: The Root Staff Tries Patti LaBelle's Cakes and Cobblers
Last year, Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pies went viral with the help of James Wright Chanel’s hilarious video. The pies, which are exclusively sold at Wal-Mart, flew off the shelves and launched Chanel as a viral sensation. LaBelle even has a cooking show premiering soon on the Cooking Channel, where she’ll show off those much-talked-about…
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#TrumpsComingChallenge Has Students Running for Cover
High school and college students across the country are not only protesting the upcoming president but also going viral in the process with the #TrumpsComingChallenge. From Instagram to YouTube and Twitter, videos have been uploaded showing students fleeing after someone yells “Trump’s coming.” The challenge is based on Toy Story, when the toys would flee when…
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Kanye West Says He Would Have Voted for Trump, Gets Stuff Thrown at Him During Concert
If a racist reality-television personality can become president, then why not Kanye West? During his Pablo Tour stop in California on Thursday night, the rapper stopped performing several times to wax poetic about politics; including the fact that he “would have” voted for Racist McRacist Face. Which basically means, West did not vote at all.…
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Dear Racist White People: Don’t Write a Check Your Ass Can’t Cash
In seventh grade I punched a boy in the face. He deserved it and I didn’t regret it afterward; I actually felt pretty good about it. After taking his verbal and physical abuse for what seemed like forever but in all likelihood was probably only for a marking period, I stood my ground. It happened…
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Baltimore City Teacher to Students: You'll End Up 'N–gers' Getting Shot
Updated Thursday, Nov. 17, 2:02 p.m. EST: According to ABC News, the teacher in the video has been fired: Earlier: A Baltimore City teacher has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. Erica Esha Deminds posted a video showing her son’s unnamed teacher at the Harlem Park Elementary School in Baltimore kicking a student out…
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Shirley Caesar Responds to #UNameItChallenge
Greens, beens, potatoes, tomatoes … you name it! Chances are you’ve been singing Shirley Caesar’s song in your head recently because of the viral #UNameItChallenge that has rocked social media. The creativity that has been used to mash Caesar’s song to dance and movie clips has made for hilarious pieces of social media fodder, and…
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Shannon Sharpe Puts Phil Jackson on Blast for Stereotyping LeBron James and His 'Posse'
Shannon Sharpe has become a force to be reckoned with when it comes to his sports and cultural commentary. And on Wednesday’s episode of Undisputed, Sharpe had a few words about Phil Jackson referring to LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter as a “posse.” During the segment, Sharpe brought receipts to show that Jackson previously…
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Forget About a Safety Pin; This Button Says a Lot More
What beats a safety pin as a sign of solidarity? Well, wearing a button that says you’ll catch a beatdown if you catch a person being a bigot. Writer and editor Margaret Killjoy is the genius behind the buttons that read, “I will do my best to [f—k] up any bigot who [f—ks]’ with you.” The $1…
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