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Artist Hank Willis Thomas Shines Spotlight on the Power of Protest
America’s No. 1 protest artist? Forget Banksy—meet Hank Willis Thomas. The African-American conceptual artist challenges ideas and oppression through themes of pop culture. He’s gained a huge following in the art and celebrity community, among them art lover Swizz Beats. Whether it’s photography, sculptures, installations or video, the messages are deeper than they appear on…
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Judge of Characters: Wypipo Want Everything We Have, Even Our Oppression
Why are we still talking about who can and cannot say the n-word? White people, please hear me out. There will never be any occasion when you will need to use the n-word, ever. Even if Kendrick Lamar invites you onstage and the only word in the song is “nigga,” don’t say it. Censor yourself…
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Fox & Friends Pans NABJ’s ‘Journalist of the Year’
Black Conservative Gets Facts Wrong on Jemele Hill A Penalty for Nondisclosure of Diversity Info? Patricia Thompson to Direct Accrediting Group Obamas to Produce Shows, Films for Netflix 9-Year St. Louis Reporter Agrees to Drug Program Ticketing Disparities Linked to Class as Well as Race Wedding Drew Big Audience, but It’s All Relative He Wisely…
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Are You Seeking Perfection or Just a Good Fit?
In the dating world, we all start out with some idea of what we want and are looking for in a prospective partner or love interest. As we meet people who we think have potential, we tally up and score them based on our set of criteria. We’ve spoken about preferences before, and we’ve established…
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Fox & Friends Tried to Come for Jemele Hill. Our Suggestion? Don’t
Jemele Hill was recently named the 2018 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists, and Fox & Friends tried to come for her. Surprise, surprise. The folks on the Fox News show took multiple shots at Hill, namely saying that she’s jobless. “The bottom line is that she’s unemployed from hosting…
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Stacey Abrams Wins Big in Georgia and Now Has a Shot at Becoming 1st African-American Female Governor in US History
While the polls in Georgia officially closed at 7 p.m., the window of opportunity for Stacey Abrams, the first black woman to win a gubernatorial nomination for any major party in Georgia, opened up. With only 34 percent of the vote in, everybody from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to CNN to Stevie Wonder could see that…
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Let’s Clear Up Some Misconceptions About Nonmonogamy
As much as nonmonogamy and open relationships are moving into the mainstream, it has become painfully obvious that a vast majority of the people who claim to want to participate in the lifestyle don’t have a clear understanding of how it really works. I was going to make this post specifically about men, since it…
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Becky Got Kendrick Lamar M.A.A.D: Rapper Shuts Down White Fan for Repeatedly Rapping N-Word
Another day, another bold Becky. Kendrick Lamar invited a fan onstage during the Hangout Festival this weekend to perform “M.A.A.D City.” Nothing about a white girl in Alabama rapping “M.A.A.D City,” of all tracks, sounds like a good idea, but Kendrick apparently had faith that she’d be smart enough to skip lyrics like “my nigga.”…
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Media Noticeably Stingy on Naming Racial Profilers
Falsely Accused Named, but Accusers Often Aren’t Group of 10 Reports on Being Black on Campus Few Takers on Georgetown Offer to Slave Heirs What? No Animal Planet Special on Royals? Freedom Riders 50 Years After Their Mug Shots Joanna Hernandez Joining U. of Fla. J-School Suzette Hackney to Lead Indy Opinion Pages Donna Nadine…
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Zazie Beetz Is the Only Thing That Matters in Deadpool 2
“I know white superheroes aren’t your thing,” The Root’s resident Suge Knight, also known as our deputy managing editor, Yesha Callahan, said to me as she tasked me with writing about Deadpool 2. No, white superheroes aren’t my thing, but Ryan Reynolds is my thing, and even more so, Zazie Beetz as freakin’ Domino! Marvel’s…