Florida Karen Arrested After This Alleged Atrocious Act Toward Two Black Kids Blowing Bubbles
The Tea Behind Brit Eady Suing Bravo For $20 Million
Frank Sinatra, Other Anti-Racist Icons Who Were Down For Black Folks
Internet Is Divided Over Toddler’s Perfect, Sexy Catwalk
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What Being 'Black in America' Really Means
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Attendees arrive at The Root and Black Web 2.0’s “Black in America 2” event. Young, black academics and professionals in the Washington area came out to Bus Boys and Poets to watch the program and participate…
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The Ayatollah: "Yay, Ahmadinejad!"; Critics: "Nah, Son. Nah."
From BBC: Senior Iranian political figures appear to have snubbed the formal endorsement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was among those not at Monday’s ceremony, state TV said. Another former president, Mohammad Khatami, was also absent, as were defeated election candidates Mir Hossein…
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Stephon "Starbury" Marbury on TV – It's Not Pretty
Former Celtics player and free agent Stephon “Starbury” Marbury is on TV. You heard right. Starbury has pulled off his shirt, bleached his teeth and joined the rising popularity of Justin tv. And yes, it’s a bit like watching a train wreck and a provocative single-camera born again Christian ministry. Starbury has basically set up…
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Another Arrest in Harvard Murder Case
From NewsOne: A man arrested in a deadly shooting inside a Harvard University dormitory has been taken from a Manhattan court in handcuffs to face first-degree murder charges in Massachusetts. Jason Aquino waived extradition at his arraignment Friday in Manhattan Criminal Court. He was arrested Thursday at his Manhattan home. His attorney didn’t immediately return…
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New HIV Strain Discovered in Cameroonian Woman
From Al Jazeera: A new strain of the virus that causes Aids has been discovered in a woman from the West African nation of Cameroon. The virus strain appears to come from gorillas but researchers said the woman has likely been infected by another human, not an animal. “We have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus…
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Life Ain't Right If You're White
As a young black man living in America nothing concerns me more than the plight of the privileged older white man. Before you give me that look let me explain why: If they’ve got it bad, imagine how much it’s gonna suck for me. See, I’m making sense now, aren’t I? That’s why I was…
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Making School Cool
It was the sort of conversation writers dream of stumbling upon. Walking my clothes back home from the laundromat, I ended up behind two young men from Brooklyn — both of them black, male and no older than 19. They were engaged in a discussion about higher education, the best part of which went like…
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The Real Affirmative Action Babies
Last Sunday, veteran Washington Post journalist Juan Williams and conservative author Shelby Steele wrote two opposing op-eds on the pending death of affirmative action. Williams opined that Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was too optimistic when she predicted that affirmative action, born with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, had at most 25 more years to…
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Professor Can Laugh at His Arrest Now
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — Henry Louis Gates, Jr. said Sunday he has been able to joke about his arrest by a white police officer that led to a national debate on race, but he also has received death threats and bomb threats. In his first public appearance since meeting with Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley…