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The Hot Un-Ghetto Mess!
In California, ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger destroys his family by revealing that he had a love child with the housekeeper. In New York City, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is arrested for an alleged sexual assault on a hotel maid. In Washington, D.C., Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich runs up a…
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We Get It: Black People Like Twitter
Apparently black folks are terribly interesting. I mean, everything we do is fascinating. The way we vote. The way we dance. The way we apparently don’t say “muthaf—-er” when we’re asking for a glass of iced tea. We’re just so fascinating. So when black Americans started using the social media service Twitter, a slew of…
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Will Strauss-Kahn Sex-Assault Charge Spark Global Power Shift?
Imagine that you’re one of the most powerful men on the planet, flying first class to Paris on Air France out of the pristine and elegant Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Then imagine cops barging into the champagne-and-cashews atmosphere of the first-class cabin just before the doors shut to escort…
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Miss Wisconsin USA Charged With Identity Theft, Loses Title
Twenty-six year-old Shaletta Porterfield, Miss Wisconsin USA, resigned her position on Friday after being charged with three counts of identity fraud. Porterfield allegedly faked the signatures of three business owners’ contracts for advertising with a marketing company she worked for last summer. The businesses became suspicious when they were asked to approve ads that they…
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Hear This: Cam'ron, Musiq Soulchild and Beastie Boys
Gunz n’ Butta by Cam’ron and Vado From Raekwon to Pharoahe Monch and more, this spring has been a special one for hip-hop veterans. It almost reminds me of the autumn of 1998 with its embarrassment of hip-hop riches. Into this mix comes Cam’ron and his protégé Vado, with their album Gunz n’ Butta (a…
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Audie Cornish to Host NPR's Sunday Morning
Capitol Hill Reporter to Succeed Liane Hansen Audie Cornish, a reporter and substitute host for NPR since 2006, has been named the new host of “Weekend Edition Sunday,” NPR announced on Thursday. She “will be the new voice of Sunday mornings for millions of public radio listeners beginning this fall. Liane Hansen, who has been…
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Hip-Hop and the White House: The Top 8 Moments
The late rapper’s alleged right-leaning politics were famously ridiculed in the Game’s 2006 track “Dreams,” with a line about Jheri curl juice “drippin’ on Ronald Reagan’s shoes.” But the GOP had Eazy-E’s back. Three years after he released “F—- tha Police” with N.W.A, the National Republican Senatorial Committee invited him to a 1991 luncheon honoring…
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Black Expats 2.0
What scored highest with this crowd was an impressive answer to the question, “So, which countries have you traveled to?” Some had spent semesters studying in Spain or a year teaching in Malaysia, along with the requisite post-graduation excursions through Europe and reporting trips to sub-Saharan Africa. As for me, well, I didn’t even have…
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The Root Faves: Top Tumblrs to Follow
In an era of undying political correctness, it’s easy to forget that fervent racism still exists. I’m Not Racist but … illustrates that racism’s newest bastion may be on Facebook. Using openly accessible Facebook posts and comments, a lone college student regularly posts the unabashed racist rants of unnamed (but pictured!) Facebook users, many of…
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Will.i.am: Women With Condoms Are Tacky
The Counterproductive Commentary of the Week Award goes to Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am. ColorLines reports that the singer was “picked apart” by advocates when readers got ahold of the May issue of Elle magazine. In it he shares in an interview that he thinks women who have condoms in their homes are “tacky”: Elle:…