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Mrs. O and Beyoncé: A Problematic Love Fest?
(The Root) — Maybe you’ve heard about the ongoing love fest between Michelle Obama and pop star Beyoncé Knowles. Their public girl crush stems back to at least April 11, when Beyoncé posted an image on her blog of a handwritten note, fawning all over the first lady. “Michelle, is the ultimate example of a…
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Does Romney Get the Other America?
(The Root) — Last week presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign caravan rolled up to the Universal Bluford Charter School in West Philadelphia. He used the occasion to talk with cherry-picked black school administrators, community leaders and teachers about education reform. In many ways, it was Romney’s official introduction to urban America. With the cameras…
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FYI, D'Angelo: Women Get Objectified Daily
GQ magazine set the Internet ablaze earlier this week with a profile of soul singer and sex symbol D’Angelo. The article detailed his struggle with self-image and his ultimate self-exile from the music biz and the throngs of fans who loved his body more than his songs. According to Jezebel, that part of D’Angelo’s story brought…
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Vibe Magazine's Cover: No Real Role Models
The Root contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas argues in a blog post at A Belle in Brooklyn that no one at Vibe magazine really thought that Kandi and Evelyn were “your new role models.” I laughed when I saw the VIBE cover featuring Tamar Braxton, Kandi [Burruss], Evelyn Lozada, and Chrissy Lampkin all sporting f***-me…
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Heart & Soul Magazine Skips a Beat
No April Issue Amid Drama Over Unpaid Writers Heart & Soul, a health-and-wellness magazine targeting women of color, has had a rough go since it was acquired in January by a group that includes veteran journalist George E. Curry. One of its longtime writers says the staff has gone on strike to protest lack of…
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No Justice for CeCe
“I never thought I would make it past my 16th birthday. To grow up and have that thought at a young age is unsettling — the thought or feeling of knowing or expecting that today could be my last day on Earth, only because someone hates me for being the person I felt would make…
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Obama's Day, May 14: Delivering Commencement Address at Barnard
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, MAY 14, 2012In the morning, the President will travel to New York City. The departure from the South Lawn and the arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport are open press.In New York City, the President will deliver the commencement address…
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Real Mothers, Rare Style: Reader Photos
Submitted by Laurel Sayler: A photo of Laurel Sayler’s mother, Mary Sayler, taken around 1957. “Her style has always been classic, timeless and not too flashy,” Sayler said. Submitted by Ellisha Teapot: A photo of Teapot’s mom, Lenora Davis McKinney Clark, taken around 1952. Submitted by Robert Harcum: Harcum’s mother, Edith L. Harcum, in a high school photo…
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Obama vs. 'Automatic White Preference'
Study Finds Race Still at Issue in 2012 Campaign “After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue,” Molly McElroy wrote this week for the University of Washington. “However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have…
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How 'Girls' and 'Basketball Wives' Are the Same
ColorLines‘ Akiba Solomon offers the perspective of “a professional observer of race and pop culture” on what the two very different series actually have in common. “Basketball Wives” and “Girls” deploy casual racism: On “Fantasy Island,” last night’s episode of “Basketball Wives,” resident party girl Suzie Ketchum repeatedly asks if the indigenous people of Tahiti…