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  • Calif. Businessman E.J. Jackson, Known for Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaways, Dies

    The founder and president of Jackson Limousine Service, E.J. Jackson, died of a heart attack Tuesday at the age of 66, the Los Angeles Times reports. For over 30 years, the South Los Angeles businessman provided Thanksgiving dinners to thousands of families and individuals and was known for his annual turkey grocery giveaway. “Some people…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Website Allows White People to Offer 'Reparations' to People of Color 

    There is a new website called Reparations that, as its name implies, allows white people to offer what they can to people of color, who can also request help for specific items or needs, the Washington Post reports. “I invite People of Color to ask for what we need to feel better, be happier, be…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • 5 Of The Blackest Hip-Hop Albums Ever Released

    You know how every so often the alleged literati (I say alleged because the literati meeting place [Facebook] is filled with ignoramuses of the highest order) of the Black community get into a pseudo-discussion about what constitutes a Black movie? Is it a Black movie if it has Black people, the back of Forest Whitakers neck,…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • And They Wonder Why We Say "F*ck The Police"

    In a recent article posted on the Washington Post’s website entitled, “I’m a cop. If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me”, former Los Angeles Police Department (the same local jurisdiction that housed the infamous Rampart Division and the scandal) officer Sunil Dutta offered a police officer’s perspective on how to deal with…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Lessons (Thus Far) from Ferguson: How Not To Handle Any Situation Ever

    When the smoke finally clears from Ferguson, Missouri, and there are answers or justice or whatever is going to happen that will push Mike Brown’s death from the front pages into history books and year-end-lists, there will be a time to reflect on the many lessons learned here. Obviously, I say this in a sarcastic…

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    Panama Jackson

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