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When the Scholar Becomes the Jezebel
Some scholars feel that in academia on a college campus, the problems of the outside, “real” world don’t exist, but that’s not always the case. For Tamura A. Lomax, a post-graduate student who wrote a gutsy critique of a senior male colleague’s work, she learned this the hard way. Instead of praise, she writes on…
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20 Essential Black Kung Fu Connections
Friday’s arrival of the long-awaited RZA martial arts flick The Man With the Iron Fists is in some ways the culmination of a 40-plus-year love affair between black America and kung fu mythology. (As RZA told The Root recently, the fact that he has co-written, directed and starred in his own karate film is the…
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Poll: Racial Prejudice Has Risen Since 2008
(The Root) — America is just as prejudiced as it was four years ago — maybe a even a little bit more, says an Associated Press poll released recently. WASHINGTON (AP) — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds,…
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Faith, Crime and Africa: Not Debate-Worthy?
Debates Skipped Faith, Justice, Southern Hemisphere “Criminal justice reform may top the list of third-rail political issues to be strictly avoided on the campaign trail. And, perhaps as expected, it didn’t rear its head at any of the presidential debates,” Farai Chideya wrote Wednesday for Columbia Journalism Review. “Politicians from both major parties tend to…
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Black TV Watch: Family Pets and Hip-Hop Vets
(The Root) — What do you get when you add a woman dressed as a man dressed as a woman, a dead hamster, a broken relationship and an up-and-coming rapper? Monday night in black TV. (Drops mic and walks away.) Basketball Wives L.A. (Monday, 8 p.m. ET, VH1) “I’m glad I was able to move…
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Sue Simmons Explains 2008 On-Air Obscenity
It was the stuff of viral-video legend when New York anchorwoman Sue Simmons used the f-word on live television in 2008. The Daily News reports that the longtime broadcaster said she was actually playfully talking to her co-anchor, Chuck Scarborough, and thought she was off the air. Simmons, who retired from NBC News earlier this…
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Obama's Day, Oct. 18: 'Daily Show' Taping
WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart from Washington, DC en route Manchester, New Hampshire. The departure from the South Lawn and the arrival at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport will be open press. Later in the morning, the President…
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3 Thoughts on the Uppercut Heard Round the Internet
Very Smart Brothas‘ Damon Young reflects on the role that he believes gender played in the recent punch by a Cleveland bus driver, and wonders whether it’s problematic that he wasn’t more upset by the violent footage. … [T]hat uppercut heard ’round the internet reminded me of the fact that some men — myself included —…
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Obama's Day, Oct. 16: 2nd Presidential Debate
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart from Williamsburg, Virginia en route Hempstead, New York. The departure from Newport News International Airport and the arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport are open press. In the evening,…
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Same-Gender-Loving Black Greeks Shouldn't Surprise Us
Writing at Ebony, Ravi K. Perry says that the reaction to a wedding video featuring his fraternity brothers does not speak to the truth of black Greek organizations. In March of 2006, I officially became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, as a sole line member of the Toledo (OH) Alumni chapter in…