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Watch: Everything I Need to Know About Life, I Learned From Black ’90s Movies
They just don’t make ’em like they used to. Yeah … I’ve actually said that sentence in reference to movies; specifically, black movies. Everyone knows and boasts about the ’90s being one of the best decades for blackness on the big screen, and it’s true. Think about it. There was Boomerang, CB4, The Five Heartbeats,…
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Judge of Characters: White Gloves and Whiter Lies
This week I learned that Donald Trump Jr. earned his name fair and square and tweets just like his daddy! And it’s a good thing I learned that when my special guest, political strategist and #WokeBae Angela Rye, joined me on Judge of Characters, because how else would I have been able to unpack his…
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Journalist John Quinn, Who Insisted on Diversity, Dies
Gannett Exec Boosted Students, Journalists of Color NABJ Awards Thumbs Down to Ebony, Fox News Dana Canedy Named Pulitzer Administrator Rochelle Riley to Receive Ida B. Wells Award Urban Uprisings Helped to Change Newsrooms Dow Jones to Tackle Gender Issue Now, Race Later Short Takes John C. Quinn, described by one of the editors he…
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Watch: ‘Yo Soy Afro-Latina’
If there is one thing that Sammy Sosa, an Afro-Latino man, and his skin-bleaching fiasco has taught us, it’s to be proud of who you are. The term “Afro-Latino” (or the gender-neutral “Afro-Latinx”) is used to refer to African descendants from Latin America. For many growing up, being black and Latinx was not always beautiful.…
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Watch: Angela Rye Says Black People Shift the Culture
Here at The Root, we have a new video series we want to share with you all, and it’s called Black and Proud. In it, we get the chance to chat with a lot of our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders, so we decided to ask them about their pride in being black.…
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Watch: Filmmaker Shaka King Is Making Sure We Really See the Black Experience
Director and writer Shaka King is busy in the TV-and-film industry at the moment, but that wasn’t always the case. “It took a while, but once I started getting the work, it kept coming in. For a while I wasn’t getting shit, but ‘Mulignans’ really did a lot for my career,” says King, who hails…
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Watch: Color Complex: Untangling Black Women’s Hair
Skin color both unites and divides us. Whether you live in India, East Africa or Japan, the color of your skin shapes your identity and opportunities. Color Complex is a narrative series that explores how people of color around the world struggle for visibility and learn to navigate the prejudices and social hierarchies associated with…
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Watch: Philly’s Real-Life Superhero
The first time Ariell Johnson imagined herself as a superhero was when she laid eyes on Storm of The X-Men. “I just saw this white-haired, white-eyed black woman flying around shooting lightning at people and I was like, ‘Who is this?’” she says. “I felt like I was just kind of watching other people’s adventures…
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Watch: These Little Grads Will Make Your Day With ‘Hey Black Child’
Congratulations are in order for the 2017 graduating kindergarten class at the Academy of Knowledge in Miami. The adorable kids were tasked with reciting the iconic poem “Hey Black Child” by Useni Eugene Perkins, and it’s everything you want it to be. Check out the cuties in the video above: Hey Black ChildDo you know…
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Black Journalist in Poland Breaks Down Trump’s Visit
Anti-Migrant Government Extended Warm Welcome Suspended Fox Business Host Denies Harassment Maher Links N. Koreans and U.S. Nail Salons Editors to Reflect on 50 Years of Diversity Efforts Journal-isms Inc. Receives First Seed Grant Support for Idea of Slavery as Motivation for 1776 A Host Advises on Conducting That Great Interview Virgil Smith, Ex-Gannett V.P.,…