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Habari Gani?! Imani! The Black Women of Alabama Embodied Faith in 2017
Faith. George Michael crooned about it; black people in America somehow maintain it—even if it’s the size of a mustard seed—time and time again. Faith, or Imani, is the last principle of Kwanzaa, the weeklong black cultural holiday started more than half a century ago. This entire week, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root shone…
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Nah, White Women … You Can’t Have This One
In the aftermath of black people showing up out of nowhere—like little Kenard who snuffed out Omar on The Wire—to kill Roy Moore and the “alt-right’s” dream of making the documentary Mr. Molester Goes to Washington, everyone wants a little bit of credit. The Democratic Party is saying, “I told y’all.” The pundits are giving…
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Y’all Don’t Deserve Black Women
One thing is certain. Y’all don’t deserve black women. On Tuesday the Alabama Senate race took place. Roy Moore, a repugnant alleged serial child molester who believes that women should not have the right to vote, civil rights should be scrapped and slavery was lit, lost by a hair. Doug Jones, Moore’s opponent, was carried…