culture
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Mistrial on Murder Charge in Michael Dunn Case
Updated Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m. The jury in the Michael Dunn murder trial, in the murder of Jordan Davis, is deadlocked on the charge of first degree murder and the lesser charges of second degree murder. The judge declared that charge of murder to be mistried. Michael Dunn has been found guilty of attempted second-degree…
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Marvin Sapp Will Sing for Free So You’ll Listen to His Message
What do education and music have in common? A lot. That is probably why renowned gospel artist Marvin L. Sapp and the Black Alliance for Educational Options decided to team up to increase awareness about the academic choices that parents of young black students have and also produce a moving, spiritual concert that everyone can…
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White California Gun Owner Lied About Being Shot by a Black Man
When Brent Thomas Posada ended up with a gunshot wound to his abdomen earlier this month, he thought it would be easy, well, to blame a black man, the Daily News reports. After police found the 34-year-old man at his Redding, Calif., home at 8:18 p.m. on Feb. 1, he told officers that he was…
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White California Gun Owner Lied About Being Shot by a Black Man
When Brent Thomas Posada ended up with a gunshot wound to his abdomen earlier this month, he thought it would be easy, well, to blame a black man, the Daily News reports. After police found the 34-year-old wounded man at his Redding, Calif., home at 8:18 p.m. on Feb. 1, he told officers that he…
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Teleka Patrick Still Missing, Not Spotted at Wal-Mart
Investigators in Michigan thought they had a good lead when they received a tip that a woman resembling Teleka Patrick had been spotted at a Wal-Mart in Battle Creek, Mich., WZZM 13 reports. An employee reported seeing a woman who resembled Patrick near the store’s jewelry counter about 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Kalamazoo County…
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Certifying Your Minority Business Opens Doors to Opportunity
There are often plenty of things working against you in business, so when you have an advantage, you should take it. It never hurts to get a leg up in business, and minority certification could help. There are two things that certification can do for you: give you access to contract opportunities and give you…
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Twitter Bashes Nicki Minaj for Malcolm X Cover Art
Rapper Nicki Minaj is apologizing for using a popular photo of civil rights icon Malcolm X and captioning it with a racial slur for her new song’s cover art, the Associated Press reports. On Wednesday the eccentric artist posted the photo to her website and Instagram and was quickly slammed across social media for using…
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How Nicki Minaj Photoshopped Malcolm X’s Legacy
Nicki Minaj’s just-released single “Lookin Ass Niggas” is a grandiloquent takedown of black men who have failed to live up to her personal standards of manhood—defined in terms of drug using and dealing, sexual prowess, employment (or lack thereof), wealth and other measures of material status. The lyrics alone raise important questions about the values…
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The Root Recognizes: Shark Tank’s Daymond John
Editor’s note: The Root Recognizes is a new ongoing series that highlights the newsmakers, innovators and up-and-comers you should know. When wide-eyed business owners walk down the corridor of the hit TV show Shark Tank, there is only one investor they will stand before who created a $6 billion enterprise that gave birth to a new wave…
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Tyson Beckford’s Nephew Allegedly Stole Truck Before Causing Deadly Crash
The man responsible for a deadly early-morning crash on Wednesday that killed a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus driver in New York City is said to be the nephew of model Tyson Beckford, the New York Post reports. According to reports, 23-year-old Dominic Whilby was drinking at a Fashion Week party with his uncle hours before…