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The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon Martin
At her A Belle in Brooklyn blog, The Root contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas takes on commentators who seem to think that Trayvon Martin’s blackness made him a threat even though he was unarmed: “They killed my son and now they’re trying to kill his reputation,” Trayvon’s mother Sybrina Fulton told reporters on Monday. Officially,…
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Race on 'Mad Men': What Could Satisfy Us?
Since Mad Men is back with us and the year is 1966, it looks as if the handling of race on the show will finally be more up front than it has been before. In the Season 5 premiere, black people picketed the ad agency Young & Rubicam and had water bags dropped on them…
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Crazy Talk: Racist Soccer Tweets
Prosecutors in the United Kingdom are seeking to clamp down on racist tweets aimed at celebrities and high-profile soccer players, with one student facing jail after posting a string of racist messages about a seriously injured athlete. When Bolton player Fabrice Muamba collapsed during a game and his heart stopped for more than an hour,…
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Living While Obama: Rose Garden Nomination
Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim (second from right) and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listen while President Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 23. President Obama announced his nomination of Kim to succeed Robert Zoellick as president of the World…
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Black, Female and in Charge
These 20 black female business leaders have all shared the same title: chief executive officer. But they’re also known as mentors, philanthropists and role models with business savvy and ambition that transcend race and gender. During Women’s History Month, we took a look at their career trajectories and history-making successes. Glass ceiling? If there was…
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The Story Behind 'Ni–er Brown' Pants
The confusion has been cleared up, and Abercrombie & Fitch is off the hook in the latest incident of racist descriptors attached to clothing — but that doesn’t mean the Twittersphere has calmed down at all. From Gawker: Twitter is freaking out over brown cargo pants which appear to be sold by Abercrombie and Fitch…
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Obama Girls' Privacy Is Hard to Protect
Obama girls’ privacy is hard to protect: White House officials on Monday urged websites to take down a wire-service report about a spring-break trip to Mexico by Malia. It underscored the difficulties of maintaining the privacy and security of President Obama’s underage daughters in a digital world. Life sentence for white Mississippi teen who killed…
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Did Trayvon Martin Shooter Use a Racial Slur?
Did Trayvon Martin shooter use a racial slur? A Florida TV station is saying that George Zimmerman, who shot and killed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin, might have muttered “f—-ing coons” under his breath on the 911 tape, but it’s difficult to tell for sure. Listen for yourself. Michelle Obama on Letterman show: The first lady…
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Black Hollywood: Still Shuffling?
In 1987, Robert Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle put a satirical spotlight on the struggles of African-American actors, through the tale of Bobby Taylor’s battle to find roles that didn’t make a mockery of his race. Twenty-five years later, The Help is a box-office success story, Red Tails has put black history on the big screen and…
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5 Black Films We'd Watch Anytime
Ask Twitter on any given day to define a #classicblackmovie and you’ll find a wide range of opinions, from Mahogany and Claudine to The Best Man and The Wood to even, um, Belly and I Got the Hook Up. One thing’s for sure: Ask any black film junkie to rattle off a few of his…