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Lee Daniels Drops the F-Bomb About Emmy Snub and Then Says He Was Just Having Fun
Lee Daniels’ Empire was doing Super Bowl numbers in the ratings toward the end of its first season, so Daniels was probably sitting high and fine just waiting to scoop up a nomination for a 2015 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. When that nomination didn’t come in—nominations instead went to Taraji P. Henson and Empire’s…
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In Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Book, It’s Clear All the Blacks Are Still Men
“I know what the world has done to my brother and how narrowly he has survived it,” James Baldwin wrote in a 1962 letter to his teenage nephew. “And I know, which is much worse, and this is the crime of which I accuse my country and my countrymen and for which neither I nor time nor…
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John Singleton on Why Black Filmmakers Need to Tell Black Stories
The coming-of-age classic Boyz n the Hood is 24 years old this July. At the recent American Black Film Festival in New York City, where the movie was being screened by Turner Classic Movies, The Root contributor Reginald Ponder had a chance to speak with John Singleton, who was 22 years old when he directed his…
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Report: Nearly All of America’s Prosecutors Are White Men
Who’s Prosecuting? Almost Always, He’s White and Male Women of Color Said to Be Especially Vulnerable “While the nation’s prisoners are predominantly people of color, the officials who put them there are overwhelmingly white,” Emily Peck wrote Tuesday for the Huffington Post, “to an extent that surprises even those who study racial bias in the criminal justice…
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Watch: Philly Cops Caught on Tape Beating, Kicking Unarmed Black Man During Arrest
Disturbing video of a Philadelphia man whose family says he was violently beaten, kicked and tased by at least a dozen officers has gone viral and prompted internal affairs to open an investigation. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, police stopped Tyree Carroll, 22, on April 4, and the encounter was captured by Los Angeles-based…
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Court Documents: Bill Cosby Paid Off Accusers and Found Alleged Victims Through a Modeling Agency
“America’s Dad” Admits Giving Women Sedatives for Sex “Bill Cosby testified in 2005 that he got Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and that he admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman and ‘other people,’ according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press,”…
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Seven Songs We Need To Retire From Cookouts, Clubs, And Other Places Colored People Congregate
After years of being exposed to White parties, I’ve gained a particular appreciation for the comfort of attending a Black party and having a general idea of what to expect musically. No getting Rachel Dolezaled when you hear a Black song starting to play and it’s suddenly remixed with EDM porn music. No sir, there…
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Columnist: It’s Nice That Univision Dumped Trump Over Mexican Insults, but the Network Doesn’t Reflect Those Immigrants
More Dump Trump Columnist Sees Irony in Univision’s Defense of Mexicans “Rapper Flo Rida, the Macy’s department store chain and football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith all had something in common on Wednesday: They’re the latest to distance themselves from Donald Trump following his remarks about Mexican immigrants,” David Bauder reported Wednesday for the Associated…
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Loving Day Captures What It Means to Be Multiracial in America
From the very first line of Mat Johnson’s new novel, Loving Day, you understand that you are in the hands of a master storyteller. In engaging, lively prose, Johnson gives us the story of Warren Duffy, a man just returned from Wales to the Germantown district of Philadelphia after his father’s death. Warren’s father has…
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7 Movies We Can’t Wait to See This Summer
It’s the summer of sequels and prequels, action and sci-fi, music and … minions. A movie theater is always a great place to escape the heat and get some (not-so-cheap) entertainment. The films planned for the rest of the summer offer a little something for all kinds of movie lovers. Take a look at a…