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Inside the Explosive Delineation Debate Picking Apart Black Folk's Identity, History, and Who 'Belongs' 
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Inside the Explosive Delineation Debate Picking Apart Black Folk’s Identity, History, and Who ‘Belongs’ 

From ancestry and reparations to defining identity, the delineation movement is sparking conversations, and controversy, across Black America.
<i>The Root's</i> Ultimate Guide to Holiday Dos and Don'ts!
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The Root’s Ultimate Guide to Holiday Dos and Don’ts!

Don’t make a holiday party mistake you’ll live to regret. Check out our list of
Fred Hampton, left, head of the Illinois Black Panthers, and Dr. Benjamin Spock, right, attend a rally against the trial of eight people accused of conspiracy to start a riot at the Democratic National Convention. The rally was held outside the Federal Building in Chicago on Oct. 29, 1969. Photo: Getty Images Don Casper/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service
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Forget What JD Vance Said — Here are 13 Times White Folks Never Apologized For Bad Behavior

Despite JD Vance’s claim that white folks no longer “have to apologize for being white
NFL Might Tax Steelers’ DK Metcalf's This Eye-Watering Sum For His Sideline Move
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NFL Might Tax Steelers’ DK Metcalf’s This Eye-Watering Sum For His Sideline Move

Pittsburgh Steelers player DK Metcalf is looking at getting seriously taxed in the pocketbook for
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    Walt Swanston-NuevaEspana, Diversity Champion, Dies

    For Decades, a Go-to Person on Inclusion Efforts Visiting Press Groups Alarmed by Climate in U.S. Washington Post Sets Out to Find ‘What Unites Us’ Post-Gazette Won’t Run Dissents From Newsroom ‘Is This Norway?’ Asks Member of the Twitterverse About Axios In U.S., Supremacists Are the Extremists to Watch Short Takes Walterene Swanston-NuevaEspana, a decades-long…

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    Richard Prince

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  • Watch: The Chi Brings Black Joy, Says Actress Tiffany Boone

    Actress Tiffany Boone gets satisfaction from showing the humanity of Chicagoans. “I think people think of Chicago as a super-dangerous place. These are human beings. Nobody wants to kill someone just to kill someone,” the up-and-coming actress told The Root. Boone plays Jerrika, a natural-hair beauty from the “right” side of the tracks, in Lena…

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    Felice León

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  • Watch: Is 50 Cent a Bully or Nah?

    If you know 50 Cent, chances are you know he has a reputation for being a bully. His online presence and in-person demeanor are both intimidating, but it’s the former that causes the most trouble. But to have 50 Cent tell it, he’s not a bully! It’s learned and mirrored behavior from the people who…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Judge of Characters: Girth of a Nation

    First of all, the lies and fake news being spread from President Donald Trump have been dizzying. What’s up is down; what’s left is right. Recently, the White House physician, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, addressed the public in a press conference, claiming that the results of 45’s physical suggest that he’s in “excellent health,” seemingly…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Watch: What Would You Do for a Seat on Oprah’s Cabinet?

    There’s been a lot of talk about Oprah Winfrey running for office in 2020. We really don’t deserve a presidency from Oprah or our forever FLOTUS, Michelle Obama, but we can always dream. What would you do for an Oprah presidency? These stars let us know. Watch above.

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    Ashley Velez

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  • Trap Kitchen: Street Smarts Keep One of Los Angeles’ Most Popular Underground Restaurants Thriving 

    What happens when you decide to stop trapping in the streets and start trapping in the kitchen instead? From illegal drugs to an underground restaurant, Los Angeles’ Trap Kitchen is an example of how street smarts built a business from the ground up.

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    Monique Judge

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    Furor Over Pittsburgh Paper’s ‘Cover’ for Trump on Race

    ‘Everyone in Pittsburgh Is Equally Revolted’ HuffPost Ends Its Write-for-Free Contributor Pages Get ‘Out,’ Trump Tells CNN’s Acosta ‘Un-Presidential,’ ‘Un-American,’ Reporters Say Trump Falsely Claims Gains Among Blacks Figures Manipulated Against Muslims, Report Says El Salvador’s Mass Graves: S—holes Made-in-U.S.A. No Discipline for Suburban Chicago Cops Who Shoot Story of Serena’s Delivery Becomes Wake-Up Call…

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    Richard Prince

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  • Watch: Symone Sanders Says This Isn’t the 1st Time We’ve Had a Racist President

    Your president, Donald Trump, allegedly made a few unsavory (read: racist) comments regarding Haiti, African countries and pretty much any immigrant of color, calling their home countries “shithole countries.” While many people were shocked by his blatant racism, there are more of us who already knew of his racism. And, even further, there are people…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Watch: Kamala Harris Had Time for the Homeland Security Secretary

    Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen may have thought she was ready … but she wasn’t. She appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and claimed she did not know that Norway was predominantly white, and tried to save President Donald Trump’s statement about wanting more immigrants from there. She had the gall to…

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    Peter J. Rickards

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  • The Myth of Closure in Relationships

    In our last #TheRootAfterDark Twitter chat, we discussed the differences between “baggage” and “experience” and how to tell the difference between the two. A recurring theme among the people who admitted to still carrying around baggage from previous relationships was the idea that most of them were still looking for “closure.” Closure is a funny…

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    Monique Judge

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