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  • Singer Chrisette Michele to Perform for Trump and His Minions

    I guess a paycheck is really a paycheck when you’re a struggling R&B singer. Just ask Chrisette Michele. According to the New York Daily News, the singer is slated to perform at the Piss Ball—I mean, inauguration—this week. The “source” says that the performance was being kept under wraps because Michele’s team feared criticism. Allegedly,…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • If You Name It Love Jones, They Will Come

    In 1997, when my college roommate and I left the premiere of Love Jones, we headed to the nearest drugstore to find a lipstick to match Nina Mosley’s. My best friend got Nina’s haircut. I teased her mercilessly, but I was secretly envious. I bought the soundtrack, the VHS and, later, the DVD. Find any…

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    The Root Staff

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  • 16 of the Sleepiest (Read: Not Woke) Black People We Know

    If you’re reading The Root, chances are you at least know what it means to be “woke.” It’s a level of consciousness that questions mightily and refuses to take things at face value. It’s not quite Hotep, but if you’re woke, you’ve allowed yourself to see what’s real: systemic racism and a very strong disadvantage…

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    Danielle Young

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