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  • In Defense of #TeamLightSkin

    It’s 1986, and I’m 10 years old on the blacktop at my elementary school. Several other classmates and I are using the monkey bars as a hoop and a tennis ball to shoot with. Before we begin our low-budget version of basketball, a familiar refrain goes around. “Who are you?” “I’m Michael Jordan,” one kid…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • A Note From ‘Team Light-Skinned’: Stop It, Already

    “Team light-skinned” has been rolling off people’s tongues like layups in the last few weeks, in conversation and social media alike, mostly because two-time league MVP Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors dominated the NBA this year and were in the finals, and maybe because Zach LaVine of the Minnesota Timberwolves won the 2016…

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    The Root Staff

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  • The Lightskinned Revolution Will Be Televised During All-Star Weekend

    Saturday night, at approximately 10pm EST, Kyrie Irving was competing in the final round of the 2015 three point contest. The other contestants? The “Splash Brothers” — Golden State Warriors guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson; a duo doing the exact same thing to the NBA in 2015 that Al B. Sure and Christopher Williams…

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    Damon Young

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