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Green Book Writer Nick Vallelonga Faces Stop Sign—Deletes Twitter Following Backlash Over 2015 Anti-Muslim Tweet
There’s no sugar-coated way to say it—Green Book is in deep shit. The film, based on the (supposed) friendship between Tony “Lip” Vallelonga and acclaimed pianist Dr. Don Shirley, is just what the white “I have black friends” audience ordered to soothe their souls for another year. Following its Golden Globe wins, many people took…
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Harlem and Hijabs: Model Adesuwa Aighewi Turns Director With a Celebration of Muslim Beauty
When Adesuwa Aighewi opened the Chanel couture show in early July with her locs flowing over her Lagerfeld-designed suit, heads turned. But Aighewi created another head-turning moment, making her production and directorial debut in a short film for Love magazine, celebrating the incomparable beauty of Muslim culture through a group of Harlem women raised in…
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Muslim Inmates Finally Granted Meals During Ramadan After Days With No Food
Inmates in Washington state have been losing more than 20 pounds each during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan because of prison policies, according to a lawsuit brought by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR contends that during Ramadan, prison officials are refusing to provide prisoners with food between sundown and sunrise, the only time…
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Black Ramadan and the Importance of Finding Community in Isolation
When I was a child, my mom would tell me stories about Ramadan in our homeland of Comoros. Some parts weren’t the most idyllic—the idea of fasting under mosquito nets without air conditioning that close to the equator is not my concept of pleasant by any stretch of the imagination. The one part that I…
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Mahalo for the Holidays! Sephora Features Its 1st Afro-Hawaiian Beauty … and So, So Much More
That skin. That glow. That hair. Sephora’s 2017 holiday campaign features a new crop of models—freshly plucked from their very own stores. We got hip to this via Anne Branigin, The Root’s news fellow, and instantly fell in love with Afro-Hawaiian curve-tastic beauty Taíja, giving us urban-Moana realness. (Yes, we know the character Moana isn’t…
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Cleveland Finds Out This Week if It Made History by Electing 1st Muslim to City Council
It is strange to still hear about political “firsts” in 2017. The immediate reaction is often, “How did it take this long for [fill-in-the-blank] to happen?” Last month’s elections created about half-a-dozen significant political firsts in municipal and statewide elections that ranged from totally unexpected to “Wait, that just happened for the first time?” A…
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What If Mass Killers Were Muslim or of Color?
Columnists Say Reaction Would Be Far Different Election Day Produces Diverse Array of Winners Resentment of Black Wealth Seen in Anthem Debate Trump Appears to Pursue Vendetta Against CNN Calderon Becomes First Afro-Latina Evening News Anchor Worldwide, Youth Being Taught News Literacy HuffPost Talks to 13 Asian Americans About Eyes A Random Street Survey on…
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Why the French Election Matters to Black America
I get it; Americans are busy. We have a crumbling infrastructure, a president who wants to take us to war with Canada (Canada!) and a Justice Department that clearly changed its slogan to “Just-Us.” However, if that’s not enough on your plate, there are other places—worldly, important places—that also have political situations that matter to…
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ISIS Thrilled Over Donald Trump Victory, Hopes His Reckless Actions Lead to Civil War: Report
Islamic extremists reportedly rejoiced after learning of Donald Trump’s stunning presidential victory and are hoping that the president-elect’s “reckless actions” will “lead to a civil war,” USA Today reports. “Rejoice with support from Allah, and find glad tidings in the imminent demise of America at the hands of Trump,” the al-Minbar Jihadi Media network, which…
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Why Brexit Should Scare The Shit Out Of You, Explained
What is Brexit? Brexit is the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. “Brexit” is a catchy portmanteau of “Britain” and “exit.” They withdrew from the European Union? How? There was a vote. And the Leave forces defeated Remain 52 percent to 48 percent. How did this vote even happen? What was the impetus for this? There are…