the chatterati
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Dear White People Creator Responds to Netflix ‘Boycott’
Justin Simien, the creator of Dear White People, has a few words for the special snowflakes who are boycotting Netflix because the upcoming series’ title and subject matter have them shedding white tears. Shortly after Netflix announced the premiere date of the 10-episode series, some white people got all butt-hurt because: “Dear White People” sounds…
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Reporter Says Omarosa Manigault Threatened Her at the White House
It looks as though Omarosa Manigault is throwing her weight around in the office and becoming a bully just like President Colt 45. According to the Washington Post, April Ryan, a White House reporter with American Urban Radio, says that Manigault physically intimidated her outside the Oval Office last week. Ryan told the Post that…
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Geraldo Rivera Quits Yale After University Removes Slavery Supporter’s Name
Geraldo Rivera, former talk show host, current Fox News contributor and, most importantly, the man who didn’t find anything in Al Capone’s vault, decided to resign from his voluntary position at Yale University after the school decided to change the name of a residential college that honored a slavery supporter. Rivera was an associate fellow…
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A Tribe Called Quest, Chance the Rapper, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and the Time Resuscitated the Grammys
Whether they were showing us how magical black women can be, making political statements, paying homage to a GOAT or taking your ass to church, the black artists who performed at Sunday night’s Grammys gave the world something to talk about. I praised sweet baby Jesus for allowing Beyoncé to perform within the first half…
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Solange Wins 1st Grammy and Shares Frank Ocean’s Grammy Diss
Solange won her first Grammy Sunday night, but unless you were tuned into the Recording Academy’s Twitter account or social media, you probably wouldn’t have known that because the win wasn’t aired. Solange won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance for her song “Cranes in the Sky” from her 2016 album A Seat at the…
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Adele Showed Exactly What Solidarity Looks Like: Of Course Beyoncé Was Robbed at Grammys
I can’t really pinpoint exactly when Adele realized that Beyoncé was robbed of a couple of Grammys, but as she took the stage during Sunday night’s award show to accept the Grammy for Album of the Year, she showed that solidarity was more important than a gold award. Adele swept the categories in which both…
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Did Anthony Bourdain Just Figure Out What’s Wrong With Steve Bannon?
Editor’s note: We, here at The Root, are fully aware that this photo has been photoshopped. We are also aware that Bannon is a white nationalist. And, we are acutely aware that former president Obama had his faced darkened to appear more sinister and where we’re y’all then? Lighten up. And don’t come for us…
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Poor Betsy, Blocked From Entering a DC Public School
It’s safe to say that Betsy DeVos still hasn’t been inside a public school. ABC 7 News caught a glimpse of what happened when the new education secretary tried to enter a Washington, D.C., public school. Operative word here is “tried.” Brave protesters blocked DeVos, and she was quickly escorted back into her blacked-out SUV.…
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Misty Copeland Publicly Denounces Under Armour CEO’s Pro-Trump Stance
Misty Copeland isn’t letting the fact that she’s endorsed by Under Armour get in the way of her speaking out against the company’s CEO, Kevin Plank, and his pro-Donald Trump stance. The ballerina took to Instagram to explain why she disagrees with Plank. Earlier this week, Plank said, “To have such a pro-business president is…
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Anthony Anderson’s Mother Taught Him How to Perform Oral Sex
Anthony Anderson got a little too candid for Conan O’Brien this week when he divulged that his mother was the one who taught him how to perform oral sex. “I’ll just cut to the chase: My mother taught me how to go downtown,” he said. “My mama taught me how to eat the cookie. Oral…