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California School Board President Resigns After Wife’s Racist Tweets About Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
I really don’t understand white people, y’all. Like, how are they out here marrying racists and then being all, “Well, I don’t agree at all with what my partner said, but, you know…” *points at white skin and shrugs* Our latest example of spousal racism takes us to San Francisco, where a school board president…
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Cardi B's Reebok Collab Launches Friday the 13th—With a New Spin on 'Bloody Shoes'
Friday the 13th has always been a day that raises eyebrows, so it’s only fitting that this Friday, Nov. 13 should be the day perpetual eyebrow-raiser Cardi B drops her first-ever footwear collection with Reebok. The raptress initially teased the collaboration during her birthday weekend last month with an immediately sold-out limited drop, but as…
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Like an Actual President, Biden Gives Thoughtful Speech Promising 'Your Vote Will Be Counted'
Almost-President-elect Joe Biden gave a speech in Wilmington, Delaware Friday night that signaled a hopeful return to baseline decency in the White House, and a move away from the crazy-making public statements we’ve gotten used to from the current President. “We don’t have a final declaration of victory yet,” Biden said, while flanked by VP…
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‘The Squad’ Is Still in the Building as AOC, Omar, Pressley and Talib All Win Reelection to the House
It’s no secret that the 2020 election has been and continues to be stressful AF. It’s been particularly stressful for progressives whose attitudes appear to range from uncomfortable uncertainty to complete doom and gloom amid election results already reported that make it clear that, regardless of who wins the presidency, America is showing its racist, conservative…
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Is Your Black Professor White? A Pop Quiz
Apparently, “POC” stands for “professor of color.” An anonymous essay posted on Medium accuses Kelly Kean Sharp, an assistant professor of African American History at Furman University, of lying about her Hispanic heritage when she described herself as a woman of Mexican descent. According to the post, Sharp’s now-deleted Twitter account identified her as “#Chicana…
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Loni Love, Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley Headline New Mocha Podcasts Network: 'There’s Strength When We Unite'
You might not be familiar with the name Shelia Eldridge, but you should be. With more than 25 years of experience in broadcasting, integrated marketing, event activation, corporate communications and public relations, as well as clientele that has included the likes of Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, En Vogue, the O’Jays and others,…
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Gospel Community Mourns the Loss of Legendary Singer Rance Allen: 'He Will Surely Enrich the Heavenly Choir'
This one hurts. On Saturday morning came the news that Bishop Rance Allen, the legendary gospel singer and minister who gave us “Something About the Name of James” and could sing circles around every single last one of your favorites, had transitioned. He was 71. On The Rance Allen Group’s Facebook page, Ellen Allen, Allen’s…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Ditch and the Dookie – A Movement in Three Parts
Today’s mailbag is just one long story that’s actually three long stories that began a few months ago. when I wrote an article about Pete Buttigieg: From: Tammie H.To: Danielle Belton When you write articles about white people need to do this and white people did this again you are part of the problem. You…
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White Supremacist Group Recorded Plotting Paramilitary Trainings, Insists They’re Totally Not Domestic Terrorists or Anything
Secret recordings published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) revealed that a white nationalist group plotted paramilitary training for its members. According to CNN, the SPLC acquired about 83 hours of phone calls from over 100 people linked to The Base, a white nationalist organization. One of the calls involved the vetting of a…
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'A Mammogram Can Save Our Lives': Mary J. Blige Joins The Root for a Discussion About Breast Cancer Awareness
“I’m a voice to help people get informed about how a mammogram can save our lives” —Mary J. Blige, Singer-songwriter text When Mary J. Blige’s aunt died of breast cancer, the news was both shocking and devastating. “I didn’t find out that she died from breast cancer until she died,” said the nine-time Grammy winner.…