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UMBC’s NCAA Tournament Upset Shines Light on Academic Black Excellence
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA basketball tournament history when it defeated top-seeded Virginia 74-54 Friday night. But as the New York Times points out, the school is known for producing the most black students who go on to complete combined M.D.-Ph.D. programs. “When I think about who…
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Everybody’s Talking About the ‘Penis Facial,’ and It Doesn’t Mean What You Think (It’s Worse)
Today in “Things we wish we didn’t know about” news: This morning I had the unique pleasure of explaining to my colleagues here at The Root what a “penis facial” is. Slang connotations notwithstanding, it wasn’t what they thought. It was worse. The discussion started rolling when The Root’s weekend social media editor, Corey Townsend,…
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Doug Jones and the Democratic Party Just Screwed Black Voters … Again
There is a saying that “no good deed goes unpunished.” My grandmother, a slight woman whose values still trickle down through four generations, and who radiated love and wisdom as if she were our family’s own self-contained solar system, once showed me the scars on her legs from being bitten by a police dog and…
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The Stress of Parenting While Black Can Take a Toll on Mental Health
My son is only 2 years old—he’s loving and outgoing. He runs to strangers with open arms, saying “Hug” in his cute little voice. He laughs heartily and shares his toys regardless of the other child’s color. But most importantly, he’s free. I want him to keep that freedom for the rest of his life.…
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Report: White Men Stockpile Guns Because They’re Afraid of Black People
In a clear case of reverse racism, an obscure, little-known discipline called “science” has revealed that the vast majority of gun owners are uneducated white males who think black people are preparing to launch a sneak attack against the Caucasians any day now. A new article in Scientific American by Jeremy Adam Smith (yes, “American”…
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National Geographic Snatches Its Own Wig Over Racist Past
This may come as a surprise to no one, but [stage whispers] National Geographic (along with many other publications) used to be hella, obviously racist. Shocking. I know. But as it turns out, we don’t even need to lash out at Nat Geo for its racist past, as the world-renowned magazine that explores science, geography,…
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The New York Times Finally Recognizes the Legacies of These World-Changing Black Women
On Women’s Day, the New York Times published an interactive collection called “Overlooked,” a series of obituaries written for notable figures who are long gone but for myriad reasons were not recognized by the Times when they died. In it, the Times acknowledges that over the years, it has repeatedly neglected to recognize notable women…
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#HereWeAre: Is It the ‘Year of the Woman’ (Again), or Are We Just Marketable (Again)?
In March of 1993, I was a high school senior, soon to enter the predominantly (but not exclusively) female enclave of Sarah Lawrence College. Coincidentally, that year, the Academy Awards themed their ceremony “Oscar Celebrates Women and the Movies,” putting their own spin on what the media was calling “the Year of the Woman,” which…
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I Got My AncestryDNA Results Back, and I’m About 40 Percent African. I’m Going to Wakanda!
I got my results back from AncestryDNA. About damn time, too. I was like a crackhead, checking my email every single day HOPING I’d get an email letting me know that my results were ready and available, and every day there’d be nothing. At some point, I almost called them like they were holding up…
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Florida Teacher Claims Her White Nationalist Podcast Was ‘Satire’
Dayanna Volitich, the Crystal River, Fla., middle school social studies teacher who was recently accused by HuffPost of hosting a white nationalist podcast, has confirmed that the podcast is hers. However, Volitich, who ran the show under the pseudonym “Tiana Dalichov,” claims that the whole thing was satire. WFLA-TV, an ABC News affiliate, published a…