culture
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Don Lemon Talks to the ‘I Hate Being Black’ Guy
Don Lemon had an interesting guest on his CNN show, CNN Newsroom, over the weekend: The Guardian columnist Orville Lloyd Douglas, who wrote the controversial article “Why I Hate Being a Black Man.” In his piece, which sparked widespread debate on the Internet, Douglas cited the negative stereotype of being a criminal, and people’s fear…
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Obama Family Attends Oregon State-UMD Game
Since president Obama took office, the family has made it a point to attend at least one college basketball game a year. That game is whenever Oregon State plays a team in the Washington, D.C. area. This year the unlucky opponents were the Maryland Terrapins, who were stunned in a 90-83 loss in front of…
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CEO Shocked by GQ Portrayal of Kendrick Lamar, Claims Racism
Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, CEO of Top Dog Entertainment, isn’t crazy about label star Kendrick Lamar landing GQ’s Man of the Year cover and accompanying story. “This week, Kendrick Lamar was named one of GQ’s 2013 Men of the Year, an honor that should have been celebrated as a milestone in his career and for…
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Texas Man Gets Death Sentence for Teen's Murder
A 31-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to death for killing a teenage babysitter who accused him of rape. Franklin Davis admitted to shooting Shania Gray, 16, at a park in September 2012, then stepping on her throat to stop her breathing, the Dallas Morning News reports. Davis was set to stand trial on a…
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The Best Man Holiday an Opening-Weekend Hit
The Best Man Holiday almost took down a Norse hammer-wielding god this weekend. In what has most Hollywood execs scratching their heads, a relationship movie starring an all-black cast almost unseated Thor: The Dark World for best at the box office, the Associated Press reports. The sequel, which was released 14 years after the original,…
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Mandela's Room Resembles ICU Ward, Ex-Wife Reports
Nelson Mandela is still unable to speak because of tubes that help keep his lungs clear of fluid, his former wife told the Sunday Independent and the Associated Press reports. According to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former South African president is “quite ill,” although he is relaxed. She added that 22 doctors are treating him at…
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Moms and Sons: Serving Time in Fake Jail
We drove home in silence, and I could tell that it was killing my son. If I had gone full-blown-hand-waving-talking-through-gritted-teeth-just-wait-till-I-can-get-you-home crazy, I might have Iet slip what was in store for him, and I wasn’t about to let that happen. No, jail would have to be a surprise. Moms raising sons alone too often find…
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On the Rise, MMA Tries to Figure Out the Hip-Hop Generation
As throngs of former collegiate wrestlers, contact sportsmen and current street fighters look to the new beacon of athletic hope that is mixed martial arts, one must recognize the shift in the talent pool. It is a shift that, although gradual, came from a place of desperation once the prospect or at least the perception…
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The Culture of Disrespect, Race and President Obama
The following is an excerpt of Charles M. Blow’s column from Sunday’s New York Times: “In an interview with the BBC this week, Oprah Winfrey said of President Obama: ‘There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs, in some cases, and maybe even many cases, because he’s African-American.’ With that remark,…
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Making the Case for the MMA
There was once a family that hailed from beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The family was surprisingly stocked with boys who all seemed to walk to the pied piper movement of their father, a martial artist. However, his form of combative exercise was not atypical to his surroundings, which spawned the fighting dance of capoeira.…