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Kuumba & Chill: Netflixâs Doyenne Jasmyn Lawson Is Out Here Doing It for the Culture
As we continue on our Kwanzaa trek this year, today we celebrate Kuumba, or creativity, a place whereâletâs be frankâblack folks excel. From Black Twitter to music of practically every genre; from comedy to cooking; from politics to fashion, we are nothing if not creative. Kuumba is defined as: âTo do always as much as…
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Kwanzaa Shout: Richelieu Dennis, the âEssenceâ of Cooperative Economics
TodayâDec. 29âthe Kwanzaa principle celebrated is Ujamaa, or âcooperative economics,â and there was very little debate as to who personified the âessenceâ of this concept, simply defined as such: To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. Richelieu Dennis, founder of the and CEO of SunÂdial…
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The Women of GirlTrek, in Their Literal Movement for Black Women, Radiate Collective Work and Responsibility
The Kwanzaa principle for today, Dec. 28, is Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility. Ujima means building and maintaining our community together and making our brothersâ and sistersâ problems our problems while solving them together. Vanessa Garrison and Morgan Dixon, the founders of GirlTrek, embody the principles of collective work and responsibility. Their eight-year-old outfit organizes black…
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Habari Gani?! Kujichagulia! Marshawn âSpark the Bluntâ Lynch Goes Beast Mode for Self-Determination
For each day of Kwanzaa, the African-American cultural holiday that eschews the typical commercialism of the holiday season, we will be highlighting a person or persons from the past year who exemplifies the principle of the day. Kwanzaa was created in 1966 to uplift a sense of community through the principles of unity, self-determination, collective…
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About That Kwanzaa Life: The Ladies of KFC Were the Embodiment of Umoja in 2018
As with last year, The Root is celebrating the blackest holiday of them all! For each day of Kwanzaa, we will be highlighting a person(s) from the past year who exemplifies the principle of the day. Kwanzaa remains an African-American cultural holiday that eschews the typical commercialism of the holiday season, and uplifts a sense…
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Take That Selfie Thing to the Next Level: The 2018 Root Self-Care Gift Guide on Black (AF) FridayÂ
Last year we did a gift guide on being woke; this year, we desperately want to awaken from this nightmare of the Trump administration and its hell-bent mission of disenfranchising and subjugating those who are not rich, straight, white, male, and morally bankrupt. Fear notâwe have a balm, a safe space, some product (this being…
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Steve Stoute Once Again Disrupts the Future With His New UnitedMasters Venture. First Partnership? The NBA
 In his myriad years in the music industry, Steve Stoute has proven himself a major player and a game changer, too. Hailed as a marketing genius by some, the man who began his career as road manager for Kid & Play has grown and evolved to become a label exec, an advertising mogul and,…
