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The Privilege of Being Remembered Like a Dead White Man
Did you know that houses owned by black Americans are undervalued by an average of $48,000 per home? Combined, this makes for 156 billion dollars in lossesāa discrepancy called a āsegregation tax.ā I didnāt know this either, until a recent study by the Brookings Institute articulated exactly how pervasive this brand of bias is, and…
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My Little Girl Turns Three Today. Hereās a Story About My Dad, Her āPeepawā
In the summer of 1990, each day the weather and his schedule permitted, my dad and I would leave our rowhouse on Mellon Street and walk four blocks up Hays Street to the basketball courts lurking behind what was then Peabody High School. Once there, weād park at one of the āgoodā hoops ā either…
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Things That Are Racist, Ranked
50. Gravity. 49. Cold weather. 48. Stop signs. 47. Chicken-fried steak. 46. Astrology. 45. Male pattern baldness. 44. Kawhi Leonardās laugh. 43. Gout. 42. Daylight saving time. 41. Internet browsing and chat histories. 40. White people, generally. 39. Colonoscopy prep. 38. Wet socks. 37. The apartment buildings that are erected in urban spaces after theyāve…
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10 Awkward AF Things That Soliciting Blurbs for Your Book Also Feels Like
The writing of blurbsāthe succinct quotes of praise from an authorās peers that exist on a bookās front and back coversāhas become a ānuclear arms raceā that can drain blurb writers of their most valuable asset (time), writes Marie Myung-Ok Lee yesterday in an extensive feature on this quirk of the publishing industry. (A piece…
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Throw Away Your Romaine Lettuce and Then Put the Rest of These Trash Foods in the Trash, Too
Jello Green bean casserole Turkey lunch meat Dates Boiled hot dogs Cottage cheese Coconut water Tiramisu Candy corn Easter Peeps Iceberg lettuce All puddings Mountain Dew Beets Turkey bacon Chicken nuggets Gin Pumpkin-flavored anything Hard-boiled eggs Caviar Prunes Hard pretzels Marriott Rewards Continental Breakfast sausage gravy Muffins Brownies Relish Unsweetened iced tea Coffee Sauerkraut Beer-battered…
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Racist White Woman Sues Bank of New York Mellon; Claims She Was Fired Because She's a…Racist White Woman
Perhaps there should be a section at Giant Eagle or Whole Foods (or any other supermarket with a bakery) thatās solely devoted to racist pastries. Racist donuts, racist cookies, racist pies, racist cannoliāa one-stop shop for all of your bigoted baked goods. You could even have racist bakers who specialize in flakey racist sweet treats.…
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Video: Kool-Aid, Lotion, Washcloths, Rihanna, and More Things We're Thankful For
While in town for The Root 100 several days ago, Panama and I were compelled to shoot a video articulating the many things we have to be thankful for. That it also happens to be Thanksgiving soon has absolutely no relevance whatsoever. Weāre just two naturally thankful ass niggas. (In fact, āThankful Ass Niggasā was…
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Like Many Black Women, Kim Porter Was Under a Doctor's Care and Still Died. That's Terrifying
To prepare for the expected birth of our second child next month, my wife and I are enrolled in one of those new age birthing classes where the bulk of each two-hour-long session is devoted to language and connotation. (āDonāt say birthing canal. Say birthing stream, because streams are calming.ā) I am bored out of…
