culture
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NYU Student Trapped for 36 Hours
A 19-year-old New York University student who lay trapped between a two-foot-wide shaft between a building and a garage for almost two days yelled for help as he drifted in and out of consciousness. Asher Vongtau also had thoughts of the movie 127 Hours, about a man who, while hiking in Utah, gets trapped under a boulder…
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Study: Online Daters Look Outside Racial Group When Approached First
Online daters are more open to dating someone of a different race if the other person initiates contact, a study has found, according to New York’s Daily News. The study, published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that the users of the free online dating site OKCupid were more likely to…
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Bodies Found in Mississippi Believed to Be Missing Family
Police found what they believe are the bodies of an African-American family that went missing on Friday, NBC10 reports. The three bodies, belonging to a man, a woman and a young male child, were discovered in an abandoned house on Tuesday close to the area southwest of Jackson, Miss., where investigators found the family’s burned…
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The History Channel Set to Remake 'Roots'
The History Channel is set to remake one of the biggest and most successful miniseries ever, Roots, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The cable network has acquired the rights to both the original miniseries as well as the book, Roots: the Saga of an American Family, from Alex Haley’s estate. Mark Wolper, son of the…
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Dolphins' Player Incognito Told to 'Toughen Up' Teammate
Miami Dolphins’ coaches reportedly asked the offensive line’s leader, Richie Incognito, to toughen up teammate Jonathan Martin, the Sun Sentinel reports. Incognito, who is currently suspended from the Dolphins for bullying Martin, may have taken those instructions too far. According to the Sun Sentinel, Incognito was given his missive after Martin had missed a voluntary…
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Jay Z's Luxe Gift-Giving May Violate MLB's Rules
Looks like Jay Z may be in hot water again. The Major League Baseball Players Association is reportedly investigating the rapper-turned-sports-agent for giving his all-star client Robinson Cano a $33,900 limited edition Shawn Carter Classic Fusion watch by Hublot, ESPN.com reports. According to the sports website, Cano received the exclusive watch, designed by Jay Z, as…
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How Diversity Will Alter Black History
(The Root)—This is part 3 of a three-part series. To see the previous stories, click here and here. Time was, the social construct of the one-drop rule made United States history either black or white. The rule emerged from the South as a way to facilitate slavery and implement Jim Crow segregation. But while the…
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Yes, Interracial Couples Can Handle '12 Years a Slave'
I’m planning to get a group of friends together to go see 12 Years a Slave, and most of us have read the reviews and are prepared for how harrowing it will be and the way it will depict the horrors of slavery. However, I’ve seen from what black friends and acquaintances share on Facebook…
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Kanye Wears Confederate Flag into Barneys
As if rocking the confederate flag wasn’t enough, Kanye West was photographed coming out of Barneys, which has been steeped in controversy after several claims of targeting black shoppers as criminals, aka “shopping while black.” According to Us magazine, which posted the photo of the egomaniacal rapper on their website, West apparently lambasted Barneys at…
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Roland Martin Hosts New TV News Show
Houston journalist Roland Martin debuted his new TV news show Monday, set to focus on the important news of the day from an African-American perspective, the Houston Chronicle reports. The platform, which has been a lifelong dream of Martin’s, is a one-hour program that will run alongside the final hour of his three-hour morning radio…