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If You Ask Why I've Never Been to a Place You Assumed I've Been to Before, the Answer Is Probably 'Because I Was Broke'
I get it. I am a person who is a) black; b) makes a living where I often write about things specifically related to blackness; c) calls himself a “professional black person”; and d) has an upcoming book titled What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker (which, if you weren’t aware, is available for pre-order.)…
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Meet Morgan Dixon, the Black Girl Magic Behind the Incredible Nail Art on TNT’s Hit Series Claws
Morgan Dixon never imagined she’d oversee nail art on a hit TV show. In fact, she says she’s not completely sure how Claws even found her. “I wasn’t a part of the pilot and last season I was actually just an additional nail tech … somehow I just worked and became the key [nail artist]…
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Good News: The Ms. Foundation Is Making a Major Investment in Women of Color
Finally, some good news to come out of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day: On Tuesday, the Ms. Foundation for Women announced a new strategic plan (PDF) which “will route $25 million to grassroots organizations led by, or serving, women and girls of color over the next five years in an effort to improve outcomes for…
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She Ain't Sorry: Beyoncé Gets Revealing and Reflective for Vogue's September Issue
Stop debating who wore the flower crown first—or best—and focus, y’all: Beyoncé just made having a FUPA fashionable. Okay, maybe not fashionable, but entirely normal and acceptable—especially post-baby (or three). It’s just one of many revelations the star makes in Vogue’s September issue, which was famously shot by 23-year-old black photographer Tyler Mitchell—the first in…
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Trump Supporter Calls C-Span, Threatens to Shoot Don Lemon
Proving Donald Trump’s constant criticism of the news media isn’t at all dangerous, a Trump supporter called a live national television show and threatened to make America great again with the attempted murder of two CNN journalists. During C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on Friday, a man who referred to himself as Don from State College, Penn.,…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White Advice for Black People
Hey guys, sorry there was no mailbag last week. It’s all Yesha’s fault (Not really, but she’s not in today so … trust me, she did it). I’m sure no one even noticed, but I received some mail that said I should apologize for leaving y’all hanging. Sometimes, instead of arguing and crying so much,…
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Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher Set To Appear In New Star Wars Film
Billy Dee Williams will reprise his role of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode IX, Entertainment Weekly reports. Joining him are Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016, and Mark Hamill, who will return as Luke Skywalker. Director J.J. Abrams will use previously unused footage of the Fisher to conclude the story of Leia Organa, according…
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Mother Says Medics Denied Her Daughter an Ambulance Ride Because They Assumed She Couldn't Afford It. Her Daughter Died Days Later
Hillsborough County, Fla., has suspended four fire-rescue medics for refusing to give a black 30-year-old woman suffering stroke symptoms a ride in an ambulance. According to the victim’s mother, she and her daughter, Crystle Galloway, were told they couldn’t afford the ambulance ride. Galloway had just given birth to baby via a cesarian section five…
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Pre-Yeezy: Complex Magazine Unpacks Kanye's First Fashion Label, Pastelle
2008 was a very interesting year. A massive recession hit mid-summer, a writer’s strike paralyzed Hollywood, Barack Obama was elected, and the 2018 CFDA [Fashion] Influencer honoree Kim Kardashian looked like this: (Fun fact: It was also the year yours truly released her first album). 2008 was also the year Kardashian’s future husband, Kanye West,…