culture
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Watch Kevin Durant’s Emotional MVP Speech to His Mother
Just last week, Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant’s basketball hometown paper called him “Mr. Unreliable,” and on Tuesday he was crowned the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. A normally subdued Durant couldn’t fight back the emotion as he recalled the tireless effort his mother put forth in raising the family. “We weren’t supposed to be here,” he…
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V. Stiviano Adopting Two Black Teens and Facing Extortion Probe: Reports
V. Stiviano, the woman thrust into the national spotlight as the person on the other end of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist rant, is reportedly in the final stages of adopting two African-American teenage boys, according to RadarOnline.com. “V fostered two young African-American boys for several years,” a source told RadarOnline. “She had…
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Jameis Winston and the Case of the Concealed Crab Legs Continues
The case of the Heisman Trophy winner and the stolen crab legs just got more interesting, thanks to video footage that, according to the Associated Press, appears to show Florida State University football and baseball star Jameis Winston pausing briefly to avoid a police deputy before leaving a supermarket without paying for crab legs and…
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Nigeria Defends Its Actions as More Girls Abducted
On the heels of heavily armed suspected Boko Haram gunmen storming into a northeastern Nigeria village Tuesday night and kidnapping eight more girls, Nigeria’s government is defending what many have criticized as an ineffective response. “The president and the government [are] not taking this as easy as people all over the world think,” Doyin Okupe,…
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Ebony: ‘Not Your Grandmother’s Magazine Anymore’
Just departed Ebony Editor-in-Chief Amy DuBois Barnett wanted to “put some hot sauce” on her final issue of the magazine. So she spiced up June’s tribute to Black Music Month with four iconic covers featuring Beyoncé, Jay Z, Kanye West and Rihanna. Barnett spoke with The Root about what went into the cover choices, the…
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These Celebrity Men Need to Get a Grip
Many months ago I was having a conversation with a group of women about whether women could be good leaders. Yes, I know. Yes, in 2013. Anyway, I, of course, said yes, women can lead. Another woman said no, in fact, women would not make good leaders because they are too emotional (because of PMS).…
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Help! My Boss Thinks All Black Hairstyles Are Unprofessional
I’m a store manager for a major national clothing retailer. Several of my employees are African-American women who wear their hair in a variety of styles—Bantu knots, twist-outs, Afros, Marley braids. I think they look great and have no problem with them (I’m black). But the last few times my regional manager (white) has made…
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Man Imprisoned 13 Years After He’s Convicted Is Set Free
A clerical error kept Cornealious “Mike” Anderson, 37, out of prison for 13 years. As a free man, Anderson started his own construction-related businesses, married and had children. He also coached youth football and volunteered at his church. Basically, Anderson was an upstanding, taxpaying citizen. But after the mistake was caught, the Missouri man was…
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Meet the 16-Year-Old Who Graduated From College Before High School
Grace Bush has already graduated from college. That may not be fascinating in and of itself, but the 16-year-old has yet to receive her high school diploma. That graduation ceremony will happen this Friday, the Sun Sentinel reports. The clever teenager attends Florida Atlantic University High School, which has a special program with FAU that…