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What is a Fuckboy and How Does One Avoid Them?
One of Amanda Seales’ best and most reliable qualities is her ability to tell it like it is. The actress (Insecure), comedian and creator of the Smart, Funny and Black traveling game show has this delightful talent of jumping on a topic, giving her opinion and then shaping thought-provoking conversations about said topic. If you…
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Ex-New York Giants Wide Receiver Victor Cruz Retires From NFL, Will Join ESPN as Analyst
Former New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz has done his last salsa in the opponent’s end zone, as the 31-year-old announced his retirement Tuesday adding that he will be joining ESPN as an NFL analyst. “As I officially close one chapter of my life and begin another, I could not be more thrilled to…
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North Carolina Middle School Teacher Suspended After Her Pole-Dancing Video Was Leaked
We all have our ways to detox and unwind. For some people, it’s taking a well-deserved nap, for others it’s maybe a little retail therapy, for me, it’s yoga, and for Kandice Mason, it’s pole dancing. Except now, Mason’s safe-space has been violated after a video of her pole dancing, which was posted to her…
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Am I Being Sensitive? A Discussion About a Business Transaction Gone Wrong
I’ve been saying for years that disrespect, even implied, is the leading cause of death for black men between birth and death. There’s something about the feeling of another man disrespecting you that makes you uneasy, even long after the (potentially perceived) slight took place. This brings me to a situation that occurred on Saturday…
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Simone Biles Is Still Making History, Is 1st Woman to Win 5 U.S. All-Around Championships
It’s still Simone Biles season, and the American gymnast is still kicking ass and taking names, which culminated in yet another historic career achievement at this year’s United States Gymnastics Championships on Sunday. The U.S. Olympic team declared that Biles is the first woman to ever win five U.S. Gymnastics all-around titles (h/t Bleacher Report.)…
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How Much Do You Know About The Russia Investigation?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible ties between the Kremlin and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has entered its second year. There have been indictments, plea deals and convictions. A lot has happened, but how many Americans actually know about it? The Root asked New Yorkers how much they really know about the investigation.…
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The Realness Podcast Tells the Story of Mobb Deep's Prodigy Through His Struggle With Sickle Cell Anemia and 'Keeps It Thoro'
If there’s a podcast out there with a hip-hop lean to it, there’s a better than 98 percent chance that I will give it a listen. Whether it’s an interview-centric show like Drink Champs or Questlove Supreme or a show that takes a look at the life of a person of interest in the hip-hop…
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The Last National Anthem
Aretha Franklin was not the Queen of Soul music. Although it is named after the music genre that emerged in the ’50s, all music is soul music. Jazz is soul music. Hip-hop is soul music. I imagine that there is someone right now eating a double kale club sandwich with extra mayo, drinking an avocado-flavored…