culture
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Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder Creates Charity but Misses the Mark
While the NFL set rules to issue fines over the use of the N-word, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder still has no plans to lose the team name that many Native Americans have argued is a slur. Instead, Snyder is out to prove that the team moniker isn’t offensive by creating a charitable organization called…
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Ex-NFL Safety Darren Sharper to Remain in Jail
A Los Angeles judge has refused to release former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper from jail. Sharper, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that he raped and drugged two women last year, is awaiting trial in Los Angeles, the Associated Press reports. He was released earlier on $1 million bail before being charged with…
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Which State Has the Most Segregated Public Schools? (Hint: It’s Not in the South)
New York state’s public school system is the most segregated in the country because most of the state’s schools have virtually no white students. The majority of the state’s school population is African American and Latino, adding to the growing concern that connects educational problems with lack of diversity. The schools are often poverty-concentrated and…
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Judge Joe Brown Doesn’t Think He Was Out of Line. He's Contesting Charges
Looks like Judge Joe Brown isn’t going to take his contempt charges lying down. In an interview with Good Morning America, Brown insisted that he hadn’t done anything wrong, and he would repeat the actions that got him sentenced to five days in prison, The Associated Press reports. According to him, he did something that…
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Fronting: We Need to Stop Living the ‘Fabulous and Broke’ Lifestyle
Last week, designer, A-list socialite and girlfriend to Mick Jagger L’Wren Scott committed suicide, hanging herself inside a $5.6 million New York City apartment. “Within hours,” according to the New York Post, “Scott’s life was revealed to have become an elaborate facade.” Her lifestyle—at least the one she showcased on Instagram—included fancy vacations arrived at…
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Man Rescues Baby Left in Stroller
Michael Allen looked out of his Harlem apartment window Sunday night and saw a stroller outside in the 30-degree weather. He put on his coat and went down to investigate. When Allen looked inside the stroller, he was shocked to find a baby boy with “eyes like a doe” staring back at him. The baby…
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White Woman in a ‘Chocolate City’ Shirt: Is It Wrong?
I’m a white female cyclist in Washington, D.C., and like many of the street cyclists in the area, I ride with members of several different cycling groups, including the awesome guys at Chocolate City Cycling. Recently I was given a CCC T-shirt, but I feel weird about wearing it in public, especially outside the context of group…
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Racism in High School Sports: Sign of a Bigger Problem
Have you ever Googled the terms “racism” and “high school sports”? Well, if you ever wanted to lose faith in humanity a few degrees more than you may already have, then a brief survey of the year’s most-reported high school sports stories have been about race. Race this, race that. When it comes to the…
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Shaqtin’ a Fool: Ex-NBA Center Under Investigation for ‘Horseplay’
Former NBA Center Shaquille O’Neal is the subject of an assault investigation by Atlanta police after alleged “horseplay” incident in which a co-worker was injured last year, ESPN reports. According to a police report, the incident is alleged to have occurred May 9 and was first reported to police July 2. Local authorities have not…