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Transgender Deaths: Where Is the Outcry?
(Special to The Root) — On Aug. 14 Tiffany Gooden, 19, a black transgender woman, was stabbed to death on Chicago’s West Side. She was found dead just three blocks from where Paige Clay, 23, another black transgender woman, was discovered in April with a gunshot wound to the head. Just four days after Gooden’s…
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Respect Our First Lady, Please!
In a piece for Essence, The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas disagrees with an artist’s statement that there were “obvious reasons” for depicting Michelle Obama as a slave. Mrs. Obama’s face was super-imposed on “Portrait d’une negresse,” a popular 19th century painting by French artist Marie-Guillemine. My reaction? Let’s just say it was a…
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Romney Could Bottom Out With Black Voters
“Gov. Mitt Romney is currently positioned to garner an historic low rate of support among African-American voters,” according to a BET survey of 800 black voters in swing states released on Monday. “Only two percent of African-American voters in our poll currently support the Romney/Ryan ticket. The data indicate the traits that are pushing African-Americans…
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Calendar of Events: 2012 DNC
Mary C. Curtis is a Roll Call columnist and contributor to NPR and NBCBLK. She has worked at the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Charlotte Observer and Politics Daily and as a contributor to the Washington Post. She is a senior facilitator for the OpEd Project at Cornell and Yale universities. Follow her…
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'Roughing It Easy' on the Road
(The Root) — With all the talk about soaring gas prices, the last vehicle travelers are likely to consider when they’re thinking about going on a road trip is a recreational vehicle. But Elbert Smith Sr., president of the National African-American RV’ers Association, says that travelers should think again because the vehicles are not the…
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Working to Understand the Welfare Debate
(The Root) — There continues to be vigorous debate between the Obama administration and supporters of the work mandate contained in sweeping welfare-reform legislation crafted in 1996 by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich and signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton. The argument stems from the decision by the federal Department of Health and Human Services…
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The GOP's Rainbow Coalition
(The Root) — As the Republican National Convention kicks off in Tampa, Fla., there are a few things you can bet on: a red, white and blue decorating theme, endless repetition of the term “Obamacare” followed by a chorus of jeers and a diverse parade of speakers making the case for the GOP team of…
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On Hampton's Hair Rules
(The Root) — When I hit the campus of Hampton University as a senior in the fall of 2007, I had one thing on my mind: Free the Jena Six. The Iraq War made me pay attention, Hurricane Katrina angered me, the murder of Sean Bell left me disillusioned, but when I heard the story…
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Racist Code Words or Truth Telling?
How serious was Joe Biden’s mistake in saying to a black audience in Danville, Va., last week that Republicans are “going to put y’all back in chains?” How about Touré, the writer turned MSNBC commentator, who apologized for his language after saying last week that Mitt Romney’s campaign was sending coded racial messages? “I know…
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Actor Kal Penn on Obama, Asian Voters
(The Root) — Actor-activist Kal Penn fits the dual description better than most. The 35-year-old star of films, including the Harold & Kumar comedies and the acclaimed drama The Namesake, left a recurring role on TV’s House for the White House Office of Public Engagement, where he worked on the Obama administration’s youth outreach. Penn,…