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Judge of Characters: Black Women Make the World a Better Place
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Trust black women—well, except Omarosa Manigault Newman and Stacey Dash. But in general, black women will not steer you wrong. Ninety-eight percent of black women voted for Doug Jones in Alabama, and yes, black men showed up at the polls, too, against Roy Moore, with 93…
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Omarosa: ‘Donald Trump Is Racial, but He Is Not a Racist’
After being ousted from her job as communications director in the Office of Public Liaison at the White House, Omarosa Manigault Newman still wants to stand behind the man who has had the opportunity to fire her not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times in the last 15 years. Omarosa claims in a…
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Omarosa Leaving the White House for Lucrative Career in Unemployment
Omarosa Manigault Newman, reality star and aunt who brings store-bought pound cake to Thanksgiving dinner, is leaving her post in the Trump administration and her position as Black Person in the Trump administration. According to CBS News, Manigault Newman resigned Tuesday to “pursue other opportunities,” effective Jan. 20, 2018. She has served as assistant to…
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Looks Like Omarosa Is Getting Too Big for Her Britches in the White House
We all know at least one person who got a really good job and immediately let it go to their head. Before they even got their first paycheck, they were already showing out, acting like they were running things and generally making a fool of themselves. In the Trump White House, that person is Omarosa…
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Jemele Hill’s Regret on ‘Supremacist’ Tweet
Trump Spokeswoman: ESPN Host Should Be Fired 800 Invited Guests Pay Tribute to Jim Vance Omarosa Reportedly Isolated in White House Photographers of Color Let Editors Know They Exist Nina Garcia Named Editor of Elle Magazine Columnist Says ‘NFL Doesn’t Respect Humanity’ Mike Hodge Dies, Activist on TV, in Newsroom Lowery Book on Police Relations…
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Apparently, Omarosa Was the White House’s Willona From Good Times
Ever since Omarosa Manigault was hired by the Trump administration, she has been the most prominent of “Trump’s blacks,” even though no one can explain what she actually does inside the White House. Was she hired to reach out to black America? Is she simply a token employed to give the Trump administration street cred?…
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Omarosa Might Be Pushed Out for ‘Triggering’ Trump
The Trump administration might have a new secretary of stepping and fetching soon, since reports are beginning to surface that Omarosa Manigault is being pushed out of Trump’s inner circle by chief of staff John Kelly. According to a report by the Daily Beast, Manigault is the first casualty of the former general’s efforts to…
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Why I Participated in That Hot-Mess Panel With Omarosa at NABJ Last Week
“It’s gonna be a shit show. Why are you participating in a shit show?” “It’s not gonna be a shit show.” “It’s totally gonna be a shit show, and I specifically remember you saying last year you want to AVOID shit shows.” This was pretty much the exchange between me and The Root’s editor-in-chief, Danielle…
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Black Journalists, ‘The World Needs You’
April Ryan, Charles Blow Sound Alarms at NABJ A ‘Hot Mess’ at NABJ, With Ed Gordon, Omarosa White House reporter April P. Ryan declared that “for the last seven months, I’ve been under attack,” and New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow said that the Trump administration’s threats to press freedom “may be existential”—central to…