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  • SnapBlack: 12 Black Snapchatters You Should Follow

    Snapchat has quickly risen to become the favorite social media platform for people over the age of 12. Let’s be honest; when the platform first launched in 2012, teenyboppers flooded the app, and we grown folks rolled our eyes at the fleeting social engagement. But something happened last year. Snapchat became popular with millennials, older…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Tommie Smith and John Carlos to Join 2016 Olympic Team at White House

    Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the U.S. Olympic sprinters who raised their fists during the 1968 Olympics, will join the U.S. Olympic team at the White House next week for its meeting with President Barack Obama, the Charlotte News & Observer reports. In the last week, the tide has continued to turn for the two…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Lyin’ Ryan Lochte’s DWTS Debut Thwarted by Protesters, Turns Into a Lochte Love Fest

    Protesters interrupted lying Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte’s debut on Dancing With the Stars Monday night. According to the Washington Post, Lochte had finished dancing with partner Cheryl Burke and was receiving his critiques when two protesters stormed the stage. The two men were grabbed by security and escorted out before Los Angeles police took them…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles to Publish Memoir 

    It’s a great year to be Simone Biles. The powerful gymnast recently wowed us all on the world stage at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, bringing home five medals in all. Four of those medals were gold—ranking her among a small, elite group of gymnasts who have done the same in a single Olympics. And…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • White America’s Definitive Code of Conduct for Black Athletes

    Recently, black athletes have faced an enormous amount of scrutiny for their untoward behavior. They have continually sullied the regard and expectations of the virtuous masses of the noble, patriotic public by showing contempt for the spectators, fans and America itself. As such, we have assembled one of the whitest teams since (insert hockey team…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • The Military Isn’t a Monolith: An Open Letter From an Active Duty Officer to Colin Kaepernick

    Dear Colin, Your decision to stage a silent protest against racial injustice by remaining seated during the national anthem is one of great courage and intestinal fortitude. Your protest and follow-up comments have been met with excessively vitriolic reactions, including condemnation by members of the military on whose behalf detractors purport to castigate you. Members…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Young Girl Finds and Returns Stolen Olympic Gold Medal 

    In June, Olympic canoe racer Joe Jacobi’s car was broken into and someone stole the gold medal that he won at the 1992 Olympics in Spain, WSB-TV reports. But fortunately for him, a 7-year-old girl in Atlanta by the name of Chloe Smith found the medal in a pile of trash while out walking with her dad. According…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Jackie Robinson in 1972: 'I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem; I Cannot Salute the Flag'

    Jackie Robinson, in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, described the moment when he realized that he could not “stand and sing the anthem,” nor “salute the flag,” which calls to mind recent statements made by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Robinson strongly indicted this nation on charges of racism, classism and bigotry: There I was, the black grandson…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • NBC Reportedly Upset Over Al Roker’s ‘You Lied’ Rant

    Apparently it is only white men who can express themselves passionately and not be knocked for it (see Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, John Madden). Today-show anchor Al Roker is reportedly in hot water with NBC brass over his exchange with co-host Billy Bush over admitted liar Ryan Lochte, a tête-à-tête that went viral in the days…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Rio Police Charge Ryan Lochte With Filing False Robbery Report

    “Bad boys, bad boys, whatchu gonna do? Whatchu gonna do when they come for you?” Seems as though the police in Rio de Janeiro aren’t playing when it comes to Ryan Lochte’s lies. Lochte has been charged by Brazilian police with filing a false report over the gas station incident that occurred during the Rio…

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    Yesha Callahan

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