culture
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Kanye’s Antics Make Him Look Worse Than Ever
At the risk of launching into yet another tired and curmudgeonly tirade on the failings of modern hip-hop, perhaps it’s time to launch into yet another tirade about black emcees. Once a cultural crowning achievement expressing social and political change, hip-hop continues its top-40 bling-pop descent into a purgatory of meaninglessness. It’s been equally captivating…
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3 Black Teens Arrested for Disorderly Conduct While Waiting for School Bus
Over Thanksgiving break, three basketball players from Edison Tech High School in Rochester, N.Y., were arrested for disorderly conduct. But the teens and their basketball coach are saying they did nothing wrong. According to WROC-TV, the teenagers were waiting downtown with about 16 other teammates for a school bus to take them to a scrimmage…
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White, Wealthy South Baton Rouge Wants to Secede From Poor, Black Northern Areas
Some residents of south Baton Rouge, La.—a predominantly affluent and white area of the city—want to secede from the city and create a new one named “St. George,” the Raw Story reports. A study by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber has already concluded that incorporating a new city would most likely end in Baton Rouge…
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Man Killed for His Beats by Dre Headphones
A 21-year-old Philadelphia man was shot and killed yesterday over a pair of Beats by Dre headphones while children play nearby, NBC 10 reports. Christian Massey was on his way to his friend’s house when he was approached by a man who demanded his headphones. Massey ran and the man opened fire shooting five times.…
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Track Star Jesse Owens’ Olympic Medal to Be Auctioned
An Olympic gold medal won by African-American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens is being auctioned off, the Associated Press reports. The medal, won at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, is currently held by SCP Auctions, one of the largest auctioneers and private sellers of important sports memorabilia, and represents a significant part of African-American—and world—history. When…
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Hasidic Man Latest Victim of ‘Knockout Game’
The “knockout game” has claimed another victim, this time a Hasidic New York man was sucker-punched while walking along a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, street Sunday night, the New York Post reports. While details are sparse on this most recent attack, according to the New York Post, this makes the 10th victim in the city in a…
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Shoppers Flock to Malls Over Holiday Weekend, Don’t Buy Much
The four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend is traditionally considered the biggest shopping period of the year. To get shoppers into the mood to burn through cash, retailers cut prices dramatically. But this year, a record number of buyers made their way to malls, and instead of spending dough, they browsed. According to the Associated Press, a…
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NBA Rookie Can’t Touch Salary in Trust Fund
Michael Carter-Williams transition into the NBA wasn’t long. In his first game with the Philadelphia 76ers, he finished with 22 points, 12 assists, 9 steals, 7 rebounds and just one turnover in 36 minutes, in the season-opening victory over the Miami Heat. His nine steals were an NBA record for a rookie in his first…
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The Pitfalls of Parenting
Hitting your child is bad. (But don’t yell at me for writing it. Yell at science. Multiple studies say so.) Most school districts have moved away from corporal punishment entirely, and even though you will find some very staunch pro-“whoopings” enthusiasts, they remain greatly outnumbered by the multitudes who think that any hitting of a…
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Was a Black Man on the Titanic?
Editor’s note: This article was originally published Dec. 2, 2013. For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an…