culture
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Stop and Frisk and … Give Us Your Weed?
Stop and frisk continues to be controversial, and the New York Civil Liberties Union made another allegation on Wednesday. NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman charged that in addition toharassing too many minorities, police also rack up a sizable number of marijuana arrests through stop and frisk that probably wouldn’t happen otherwise, according to the Daily…
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Oklahoma Mom Delivers Baby Boy During Tornado
Giving birth is tough enough, but delivering a child during a tornado is an amazing feat. And that’s just what Shay-la Taylor did to bring son Braeden Immanuel into the world, reports the Huffington Post. At 3:30 p.m., the tornado touched down, flattening the building. Only 25 other patients and staff were left in the…
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Tiger Woods Accepts Garcia's Apology, but Will Sponsors?
When Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia joked that he’d serve Tiger Woods “fried chicken” for dinner earlier this week, he probably didn’t realize that the quip could cost him his TaylorMade sponsorship, reports the Daily Mail. The Spaniard’s … abject apology for a remark that carries racist overtones — fried chicken is stereotypically a food associated with…
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On Listening to 'New Slaves' With White People
Writing at Noisey, Ernest Baker explains why, although he thinks Kanye West’s new single is “27 times better if you’re black,” he hopes that white listeners will attempt to understand its message. … It’s not that white people can’t enjoy “New Slaves,” or that they’re all so dense as to not be able to grasp…
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'Scandal' Withdrawal: It's a Real Thing
(The Root) — Thursday nights will never be the same (at least until September). After last week’s head-exploding closing line — “Dad?!” — fans of ABC’s cultural phenomenon Scandal have been left with a gaping hole in their social calendars. What to tweet about? What to actually talk about? What’s a gladiator to do without…
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GOP Candidate: Three-Fifths Clause Was 'Anti-Slavery'
Virginia’s Republican nominee for lieutenant governor is either very confused about the constitutional clause that counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes, or else very creative (read: wrong) in his interpretation of it. Talking Points Memo is reporting on Wednesday on a statement that E.W. Jackson made, disagreeing with a…
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Chief Keef Arrested Again
Chicago rapper Chief Keef was arrested near Atlanta this week just two months after he was released from custody in Chicago for a probation violation, the Chicago Tribune reports. The controversial 17-year-old artist (real name: Keith Farrelle Cozart) was charged with one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct for smoking marijuana in a hotel room. Chief Keef, 17,…
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Yes, Fried-Chicken Jokes Are Racist
(The Root) — When I heard that a golfer had made a “joke” about Tiger Woods and fried chicken, I had to double-check to make sure it wasn’t 1997 all over again. That was the year Frank “Fuzzy” Zoeller was asked for his thoughts about Woods’ impending success at the Masters, and he joked about…
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Tornado Victim Identified: Ja'Nae Hornsby
Among the first victims to be publicly identified after the tornadoes that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday is 9-year-old Ja’Nae Hornsby, whose father told news station KJRH that her body was found in the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School. “She was just a big ball of energy; she was lovable. You couldn’t not love…