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  • MSNBC's O'Donnell on #DAPL: US Was Founded on Dishonesty and Genocide

    In about four minutes, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell reminded liberal white America that it has the blood of indigenous people on their hands. In a riveting segment on Aug. 26, O’Donnell called what is happening in North Dakota to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe a “morally embarrassing reminder” of the genocide that Europeans committed in the…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Former Atlanta Cop Indicted on Felony Murder in Death of Unarmed Black Man 

    A Fulton County, Ga., grand jury has indicted a white former Atlanta police officer on felony murder, among other charges, in relation to the death of an unarmed black man who was inside a vehicle, the Associated Press reports. James Burns was also indicted on charges of aggravated assault, making a false statement and two counts…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Colin Kaepernick and America's Black Hype Men

    On Friday, Colin Kaepernick took a stand by taking a seat. He said enough with black death and quietly sat as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played. When asked after the game about his stance, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback eloquently explained: “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • White Lives Matter Classified as a Hate Group 

    White Lives Matter, a white nationalist group that opposes the Black Lives Matter movement, has been declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which keeps track of extremist groups in the nation, the New York Times reports. “The White Lives Matter website says their movement is dedicated to the preservation of the…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • How Censoring Facebook Affects the Fight for Black Lives

    Earlier this month, Baltimore County police tried to serve a black mother with an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court for a traffic violation. But the picture many saw told only one side of the story.  Police killed the woman, Korryn Gaines, and her 5-year-old son was wounded in the altercation. She had…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Colin Kaepernick Shows That #BlackLivesMatter Even When His Career May Not

    San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose last Friday to remind America that black lives matter. It’s a laudable goal, and one for which he should be commended. The role of the black athlete in addressing pressing social issues has moved from the “risk it all” activism of the 1960s to the “Republicans buy…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • Ariz. High School Student Forced to Remove ‘Black Lives Matter’ Shirt

    A 10th-grade student in Arizona who arrived at her high school picture day in a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt was told to take it off because it violated the school’s dress code, reports KPNX. Mariah Havard wore her tee to Buckeye High School and was told to go to the office, where the assistant principal…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Let White Leaders Defend Institutional Racism; Let Black Leaders Defend Black Lives

    If one looks and listens closely, black reform advocates and charter leaders are responding to the mythology that black people don’t want charter schools or reform in general. For most black folk, however, not liking reform equates to not liking institutional racism, which impacts our communities no matter how many black and brown people an organization hires.…

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    Andre Perry

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  • High School Alumni Raise Money to Create Scholarship in Philando Castile's Name 

    Alumni from Central High School in St. Paul, Minn., banded together over the weekend to host a fundraiser in order to raise money for a scholarship meant to honor Philando Castile, the Star Tribune reports. According to the report, more than 500 attended Sunday’s event—which included music, food and kids’ activities—at the St. Paul’s Dunning Recreation…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • White Lives Matter and the Lost Art of Shutting the F Up

    I consider myself a practitioner of a dying art form that is slowly disappearing from society. Long before it was an internet acronym or a text message abbreviation, this unique skill was passed down to me as a man who was raised by a single mother in a house with three other sisters. I honestly…

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    Michael Harriot

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