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New Daily Show Host Trevor Noah Can Broaden America’s View of Africa
Trevor Noah Could Puncture One-Dimensional View of Africa “In his 2012 comedy special That’s Racist, one of Trevor Noah’s funniest stories is about AIDS, and other dumb questions Americans ask Africans,” Arit John wrote Monday for Bloomberg News. ” ‘The best ignorant conversation I had was in California, in a place called Malibu,’ he tells…
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Why President Obama Liked The Wire
President: Emulate “Humanizing” of Drug Criminals President Obama told the creator of the legendary HBO drama “The Wire” on Thursday that efforts to reform the criminal justice system should include local newscasts showing the humanity of those charged with nonviolent drug crimes. “Part of the challenge is going to be making sure, number one, we…
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Why President Obama Liked The Wire
President: Emulate “Humanizing” of Drug Criminals Simon, a onetime Baltimore Sun reporter, told the president, “The guy who was the model for the character Omar in ‘The Wire’ was a real guy named Donny Anders. I never thought I’d be saying his name in the White House. He’s a guy who lived the life on…
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18 Mariah Carey Songs You’ve Probably Never Heard
Editor’s note: This week we’re celebrating the birthdays of phenomenal performers who not only share late-March birthdays but who also have voices that have defined their generations. On Monday we honored the Queen of Funk, Chaka Khan. On Wednesday it was the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, and on Thursday we celebrated the boss, Diana Ross. Today…
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Queen: 10 Times Aretha Franklin Stole the Show
Editor’s note: This week we’re celebrating the birthdays of phenomenal performers who not only share late-March birthdays but who also have voices that have defined their generations. On Monday we honored the Queen of Funk, Chaka Khan. Today it’s the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Then, on Thursday, it’s the boss, Diana Ross, and on Friday, the…
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Why White Guests Clamored to Check In to Edwin Berry's Hotel
Who was the first American businessman to furnish hotel guest rooms with amenities and toiletries? As a young man, when the circus came to town, he set up a refreshment stand outside the big top. He had one at the train station, too. The cook’s apprentice-turned-hotel owner was praised upon his death as “the leading…
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US Army Investigates Alleged ‘Racial Thursdays’ at Alaska Base
The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that soldiers on a base in Alaska were given a pass to hurl racial slurs at one another during so-called Racial Thursdays, according to Army Times. The soldiers are members of 2nd Platoon, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, a member of the unit told the Times. The…
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C-SPAN Hilariously Trolled on Air by ‘the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’
There’s nothing like being trolled live on air, and C-SPAN recently had the unfortunate experience of being on the receiving end of a trolling caller. During an episode of C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, live calls were being taken from people who wanted to share their opinions about the various roles of Congress in U.S. negotiations. Everything…
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Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 513 Recap: "M-A-N-A-I-C"
So today I’m going to try something new. Since I’m always complaining that this show is trying my spirit, I’m going to evaluate episode moments via an arbitrary points system and see if we come out positive or negative.* Yandy sits with Melatonin to justify why she brought her fiancé’s employee down to her office…
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Why People Just Don't Give A Fuck About College Athletes Being Exploited
Last week, a friend joked that the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament should be national holidays. No one gets any work done anyway, he said, so why not just give everyone those two days off? This was not the first and will not be the last time I’ll hear someone make a…