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Caravan of Trump Supporters Shouted Slurs and Other Obscenities at Bystanders During NC Parade
I imagine it must be inconvenient for Trumpsters who swear to Has-a-Black-Friend-Jesus that not all Trump supporters are racist, that nearly every loud and proud bigot who ends up getting widespread attention for one reason or another turns out to be a raging MAGA enthusiast. I, for one, can not imagine what it is about…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Don't @ Me
I’ve been waiting for this. Four years ago, I stumbled across a story about Judge Ralph D. Gants. Gants was known as a “fearless advocate for racial justice” and used his position to challenge every part of the criminal justice system. Shortly after Gants was appointed as Massachusetts’ chief justice, an attorney insisted that the…
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Medical Algorithms Have a Race Problem
Editor’s Note: This story was produced by Consumer Reports, an independent, nonprofit member organization that works to create a fair and just marketplace. Sign up for CR’s free newsletters. When Vanessa Grubbs first met Eli about a decade ago, he was a muscular man in his 50s. Grubbs, a doctor at Zuckerberg San Francisco General…
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Chadwick Boseman Laid to Rest Near Birthplace in South Carolina
Chadwick Boseman has finally and truly gone home. His body has been laid to rest at the place of his origin. According to Boseman’s death certificate obtained by the Associated Press, the late actor was buried at Welfare Baptist Church Cemetery in Belton, S.C. on Sept. 3. Boseman was born in Anderson, S. C., which…
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Simone Oliver Named New Editor-in-Chief of Refinery29
It’s no secret that amid the racial uprisings that began in earnest this spring were parallel reckonings happening across industries, including entertainment, retail, tech and media. In fact, in June, we reported on the complaints raised against several well-known media imprints as current and former employees bravely called out incidences of discrimination, sidelining, pay inequity,…
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Ukonwa Ojo Named Chief Marketing Officer at Prime Video and Amazon Studios
We’ve got a special Prime Delivery of news because marketing pro Ukonwa Ojo is now a boss at Amazon Studios! On Wednesday, Ojo was announced as the new Chief Marketing Officer of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. Taking over duties from Andy Donkin (who will take on a currently unnamed new role at Amazon), Ojo…
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Trump: This Is All Bob Woodward’s Fault
On Wednesday, excerpts from Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, began popping up online. From those snippets, we learned that President Trump not only knew that the coronavirus was deadly but he was literally told this pandemic would be the worst moment of his presidency by one of his advisers. The president…
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MLK/FBI First Look Clip: How Martin Luther King Jr. Became the 'Most Dangerous Negro' After the March on Washington
Today, Martin Luther King, Jr. is lauded as an American hero—a direct contrast to the actual reality of an activist whose own country terrorized him. In the upcoming documentary MLK/FBI, that very contradiction is explored in depth. From the press release provided to The Root: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered today as an…
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Where White People Are Scarier Than Monsters: The Hidden Black History of Lovecraft Country
On Sept. 16, 1968, 51 years before HBO aired the first episode of its groundbreaking horror series, Carol Jenkins found herself in Lovecraft Country. Jenkins, a 21-year-old door-to-door encyclopedia saleswoman, sprinted away from a pack of bloodthirsty monsters chasing her through the tiny streets of Martinsville, Ind. She ran for the first home she could find…
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Want a Best Picture Oscar Nomination in 2024? The Academy Requires You to Step Up Your Inclusion Game
The Academy is changing—and we don’t just mean its members. As part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday that it will be enacting new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars eligibility in the Best Picture category. That’s right, if you want the biggest and…