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White Woman Berates Bakery Worker With the N-Word. This Time the Karen Is a Mother of Biracial Children
It’s not the most groundbreaking story: a white woman in New York City has been caught on camera calling a Black person the n-word. In this case, the woman in question unleashed the racism against a bakery worker who wouldn’t serve her the bagels she was demanding because she was not donning a mask. The…
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28 Days of Black Joy: Chosen Family
Friends, how many of us have them? I do, and it’s been life-saving during this global ponderosa. Having women as friends has always been my default. As a child I was surrounded by amazing women, so I naturally gravitated to that as I got older. Genuine male friendships were not nonexistent, but those connections were…
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Since Ted Cruz Couldn’t Stay In Cancun, Someone Sent a Mariachi Band to His House
Texans without heat in the freezing temperatures were still thinking about their senator and his missed vacation when they came up with the brilliant idea to send a little bit of Cancun to his home just to show him how much they care about him. On Sunday, a mariachi band played outside the home of…
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Trump Impeachment Trial, Day 3: House Managers Make Their Final Arguments
House impeachment managers will be making their final arguments beginning Thursday afternoon in the Senate trial that decides whether former President Donald Trump will be convicted of inciting the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The final push to impeach Trump follows the second day of the impeachment trials during which House Democrats, led…
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Don't Call Them 'Urban Issues': Why the Biden-Harris Administration Needs to Address Black Interests for What They Are
“To the extent that the Biden-Harris administration understands the power of their rhetoric and is willing to work with all kinds of groups throughout the country to ensure that African-American interests remain at the forefront of their agenda, that’s important.” — Ravi Perry Ph.D., Chair of Political Science, Howard University text Howard University professor Ravi…
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Ma Rainey Director George C. Wolfe on the Legacy of Race and Black Artists in the Entertainment Industry
“We’re all caught up trying to figure out how to have our stories told, how to protect those stories, how to be paid [what we feel is that we deserve], how to fight and protect those stories so they don’t get diluted or transformed. —George C. Wolfe, Director text Know your worth. Period. This idea…
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Feds Join Probe Into Police Killing of Casey Goodson, Who Family Says Was Shot While Carrying a Sandwich
The FBI and the Department of Justice will join the Columbus police investigation into the police killing of Casey Goodson Jr., a 23-year-old Black man who was fatally shot last week in Columbus, Ohio by a sheriff’s deputy. U.S. Attorney David DeVillers announced federal authorities’ involvement in the investigation, which will be conducted alongside the…
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Accused Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Free After Posting $2 Million Bail
The teenager charged with killing two unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters during a demonstration over the killing of unarmed Black men is free from a Wisconsin jail after posting bond on Friday. A Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson announced that 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney paid a $2 million cash bond set by a Wisconsin judge…
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Is Your Black Professor White? A Pop Quiz
Apparently, “POC” stands for “professor of color.” An anonymous essay posted on Medium accuses Kelly Kean Sharp, an assistant professor of African American History at Furman University, of lying about her Hispanic heritage when she described herself as a woman of Mexican descent. According to the post, Sharp’s now-deleted Twitter account identified her as “#Chicana…
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Saving Lives on the Frontlines: 3 Root 100 Honorees Names You Need to Know
“We are just doing the best we can. It is a medical war zone who were unprepared for. ” – Arabia Mollette, Emergency Physician, 2020 The Root 100 Honoree text Each year, The Root 100 list celebrates Black achievement by honoring the top pioneers, leaders, activists, and public figures in the African American community. During this…