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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: A Racist In the Sun
In 1951, the great American poet Langston Hughes, in his poem, “Harlem,” asked: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore—And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load. Or does…
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Surprising to Exactly No One, R. Kelly Married Aaliyah So She Couldn’t Testify Against Him, According to Witnesses
There’s been a new development in the case of the publicly prosecuted Pied Piper predator R. Kelly (Sorry, I love alliteration almost as much as I love dragging Kellz so I just really couldn’t help myself.) At this point, I’d like to think that I don’t need to make a case for why, if any…
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Bank Calls Cops on Black Man Trying to Deposit Checks From Racial Discrimination Settlement, Wins Itself a Fresh New Lawsuit
You can try your boyfriend. You can try your wife. You can try that vegan diet your one annoying friend swears by. But don’t you dare try Sauntore Thomas from Detroit. Thomas, who recently won a racial discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, Enterprise Leasing Company of Detroit, received his settlement checks this week. Thinking…
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Antonio Brown Turns Himself In After Alledged Assault on Moving Truck Driver
NFL wide receiver and free agent Antonio Brown turned himself in to the Broward County jail Thursday night, according to Sports Illustrated. Brown and his trainer, Glen Holt, are accused of attacking a moving truck driver on Tuesday. He faces charges of felony burglary with battery, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and criminal mischief. A…
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It Took Them 130 Years, but Pasadena Police Have Appointed Their First Female Deputy Chief. And She Black!
California is thought by many to be the be-all-end-all of progressive states. Apparently, though, there are even pockets of the Golden State that come tardy to the party of breaking down gender and racial barriers. But hey, better late than never, as they say. According to ABC7, the Pasadena Police Department has just appointed its…
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Here’s How Many People Police Killed in 2019…We Think
On Oct. 14, 2019, 12-year-old Akeelah Jackson was returning to her St. Louis home from a Family Dollar store. As she crossed the street, an unidentified St. Louis County police officer was pursuing a traffic violation at 59 mph on a street zoned for 30 mph, according to the St. Louis American. When the car…
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Student Refuses to Move Seats. Professor Calls Police Because That’s Normal
So if the last couple years or so have made something apparent, it’s that white people love calling the police over bullshit. I think it’s up there with reruns of The Office and putting marshmallows in dishes that clearly don’t need it as their top three favorite things. Seriously though, fruit salad is perfectly fine…
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San Francisco to Remove Cash Bail Requirements
In the last few years, the topic of cash bail has come under renewed scrutiny. The practice inordinately affects the poor and communities of color. Luckily, the city of San Francisco has taken a huge step towards reform. CBS News reports that recently elected District Attorney Chesa Boudin will no longer require cash bail to…
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Residents of a Pittsburgh Suburb Want Police Fired After They’re Caught Violently Restraining a Black Teenage Girl on the School Bus
West Mifflin, Penn., community members called for the firing of two police officers caught on video last month violently yanking back the head of a 15-year-old girl on a school bus. The outcry against the officers has been building throughout the week, starting with a council meeting on Tuesday, reports KDKA-TV. “You have two grown…
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More Than Half of Homeless Families Are Black, Government Report Says
More than half a million Americans experienced homelessness in 2019—a number that has slowly ticked upward in recent years. Of the families that make up that number, the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress finds that 52 percent are black. Of an estimated 568,000 Americans who were without shelter last year, individual black Americans comprised…