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  • White Pa. TV Anchor Fired After Racial Comments Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit

    A white Pittsburgh TV news anchor who was fired for racial comments she made in a Facebook post about a shooting she covered is now fighting back: She has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit saying that she would not have been fired for her remarks if she were black, the Washington Post reports. Back in…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • It’s Not Now, nor Was It Ever, President Obama’s Job to Cure Racism

    In the coming weeks and months and, surely, the years after President Barack Obama actually leaves office, much time will be spent examining his political legacy from all angles. Already, writers like me are examining the Obama record on LGBT issues, while others concentrate on his record on the economy, foreign policy and the environment.…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • How Social Media Is Helping to Change the Image of Young Black Dads

    When mainstream media paints a picture of black fatherhood, the image is usually marred by racialized prejudices and stereotypes about black manhood in general. Case in point: Remember the little boy who fell into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo, resulting in the death of the endangered silverback gorilla, Harambe? (Of course you do.)…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Racism in Asian Countries and Fear of the Black Male

    “Now the Chinese are talking s—t about us, too?” My friend Keba semiwhispered, wide-eyed, leaning into her MacBook Pro. We were sitting side by side in the café, and she had just complained about how much time Facebook was sucking. “What happened?” I asked without turning away from my screen, brow wrinkled, frustrated from my…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Mother Emanuel Holds Services of Remembrance, a Year After Mass Shooting at the Church

    Exactly a year ago, the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., was left reeling after a horrific mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine victims, including church pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. Today, Friday, the church is remembering those parishioners, embracing the community with a message of love, as it remember those…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Man Who Threatened Black Mizzou Students Sentenced to Probation

    A white Missouri man who threatened black Mizzou students on social media after the University of Missouri’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned amid protests over his mishandling of racial abuse has been sentenced to probation, Reuters reports. Boone County Circuit Judge Kevin Crane sentenced 20-year-old Hunter Park to five years’ probation for the threats he made in…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Ironic Homophobia Is Still Homophobia

    Earlier this week, Panama and I made a trip together for VSB-related business. We met with a group of people interested in our long-term goals for the site. During this conversation, they expressed how unique they believe VSB to be, especially in regards to our (collective) candor, tone, and irreverence with race-related and race-adjacent topics. This…

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    Damon Young

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  • Fired Fla. Cop Brings Black Girlfriend as Witness to Prove He’s Not Racist

    One of the four Fort Lauderdale, Fla., cops who were terminated as a result of a racist-text-message scandal brought his black girlfriend to court for an arbitration hearing as proof that he was not racist, CBS Miami reports. Former Police Officer Jason Holding is fighting to get his job back, and his girlfriend, Perpetua Michel,…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Parents of Texas 12-Year-Old Injured by Rope Around Neck on School Trip File Lawsuit

    The parents of a 12-year-old black girl who came home from an overnight school trip with a severe rope burn around her neck filed a lawsuit Monday against her Waco, Texas, private school as a result of the injury, the Dallas Morning News reports. The lawsuit points fingers at both the Live Oak Classical School…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Roof Seeks Bench Trial

    Dylann Roof, accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., is seeking to be tried and, if found guilty, sentenced by the court rather than a jury, Reuters reports. Roof, attorneys noted in a filing in federal court, would like to waive…

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    Breanna Edwards

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