culture
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Why Black Girls Are From the Future
Clutch magazine‘s Evette Dionne traces the origins of the #BlackGirlsAreFromTheFuture hashtag and explains why it has caught on as a digital movement. The hashtag garnered steam on Twitter and has since connected with black women on Tumblr and Facebook. The rapid growth of #BlackGirlsAreFromTheFuture is not coincidental because it easily connects to women within our…
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Are You Ready to Learn About Brian McKnight?
(The Root) — Brian McKnight is not the romantic love-song writer many people might expect. The silky-voiced singer-songwriter behind hits like “One Last Cry” and “Anytime” is also the same man behind 2012’s viral “adult” song “If You’re Ready to Learn.” McKnight said the lyrics to the shocker instructing a woman on how her “p—sy…
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I'm Taken but Want to Get Back With My Ex
(The Root) — “My ex is still in my life even though we’ve been apart since 2009; we dated for a few months. We haven’t seen each other in four years and talk every day, even though I’m taken (and unhappy) and he’s single. We never had sex during the time we dated. There are…
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Why Football Supports Gay Marriage
In a piece for USA Today, Domonique Foxworth, president of the NFL Players Association, says that it would be in the best interests of all Americans for the Supreme Court to strike down discriminatory legislation that denies gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. And he argues that the tradition of athletes means standing…
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Scariest Part About Rick Ross' Rape Line: Men Really Do It
Ebony‘s Jamilah Lemieux says that the Miami rapper’s latest troubling verse speaks to a major cultural issue. By now you have likely heard about Rick Ross’ controversial lyric on once-and future-struggling rapper Rocko’s new track “U.O.E.N.O” (NSFW): “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it / I took her home and I…
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MLK's Children: They Have a Scheme
(The Root) — It must be the incurable cynic in me, or a twisted sense of humor, or some other flaw in my character. But whatever the reason, I just can’t get upset by the latest news about the alleged perfidy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s children. That’s the story broken the other day by…
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Black Leaders Not New to Marriage-Equality 'Bandwagon'
There been a lot of talk this week about the “bandwagon effect” kicking in when it comes to support for marriage equality. As MSNBC’s the Maddow Blog put it, politicians “see their colleagues do the right thing, and they hurry to join the club before it’s too late.” Consider the last week in Democratic politics.…
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Why Black Dolls Are a Big Deal
Writing at Jezebel, Laura Beck recalls having a meltdown as a white 5-year-old who found only black dolls in one particular toy store. That unusual experience, she says, speaks to the value of little girls having dolls that look like them — and the larger issues revealed by the fact that black and brown children…
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Can 'The Game' Remain the Same?
(The Root) — There were a lot of tears from fans and actors alike during last night’s emotional premiere of BET’s hit dramedy The Game, which returned for its sixth season by saying goodbye to two of the show’s main characters. Since it landed on the cable network in 2011, cheerleaders for the original CW…
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Mom and Aunt of Baby-Shooting Suspect Arrested
The mother and aunt of 17-year-old De’Marquise Elkins, who is accused in the fatal shooting of a baby in his stroller in Georgia, were arrested on charges that they lied to authorities about the case, the Associated Press reports. Authorities haven’t yet said exactly which false statements the women made: The slain child’s mother, Sherry…