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  • 5 Times George Michael Showed His ‘Blue-Eyed Soul’ to Black America

    As 2016 continues to troll us with loss after loss (Muhammad Ali, Prince, Ron Glass, democracy, etc.), the news on Christmas Day that British singer George Michael died peacefully in his home at age 53 was saddening and yet strangely predictable. Michael’s greatest hits in the ’80s and ’90s made him a peer of Prince,…

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  • The Blackwashing of President Obama’s Legacy 

    There is a deeply embedded danger in the collective black American consciousness to defend the cultural and political blackness of President Barack Obama. On the surface, his very presence  in the Oval Office is an act of political revolution, an unprecedented response to this nation’s inherent anti-blackness. But when his destructive neoliberal politics prioritize white…

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  • Israeli Prime Minister Attacks Obama Over UN Resolution

    For a second consecutive day on Sunday, the prime minister of Israel denounced President Barack Obama’s administration, publicly accusing it of having orchestrated Friday’s United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Jewish settlements in occupied territories, according to the New York Times. Despite denials from Washington, Benjamin Netanyahu publicly decried the fact that the United States refrained…

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  • Stephen A. Smith Gets Real About ESPN, Race and His Obligations to Black Viewers

    Whether you love him, hate him, quote him or only know the Saturday Night Live Jay Pharoah impressions of him, everyone has a #hottake about Stephen A. Smith. Smith is the senior host of First Take (after his longtime co-host, Skip Bayless, left the show earlier this year), the No. 1-rated sports show on the…

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  • Kwanzaa Turns 50 This Year. Are You Celebrating?

    Get your kinaras (candleholders) out. Kwanzaa’s turning 50, and it’s time to celebrate. Kwanzaa, the seven-day celebration that honors African-American and Pan-African culture while affirming black pride, begins Monday and runs through Jan. 1. Dr. Maulana Karenga, who heads the Africana-studies department at California State University, Long Beach, established the holiday in the midst of the…

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  • Watch: President Obama ‘Sings’ ‘All I Want for Christmas’ in Viral Video

    Alas, as we stare down the barrel of President Barack Obama’s last 25 days in office, BaracksDubs has gifted us a treat for Christmas. ​ Established four years ago, the popular YouTube channel, which has showcased videos of the president “singing” “Jumpman,” “Sexy and I Know It” and “Thriller,” has brought the heat once again by taking words…

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  • Have a Very Obama Christmas

    The holidays are here, and we’re gushing over the Obamas. C’mon, it’s the end of the year, and people tend to get reflective around this time. Don’t judge. Still, the first family, the first black first family, for the past eight years have lived in a house built by slaves and have represented this country…

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  • The Black Christmas Music Debate: If ‘Santa Baby’ Isn’t on Your List, Your List Is a Fraud

    I love Christmas … but I really love Christmas music. I’m the kind of guy who will start listening to the Yuletide classics immediately after Halloween—and only if I wait that long. While I love the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Christmas Time Is Here,” and I can appreciate Frank Sinatra’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,”…

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  • Ebola Vaccine Is 100 Percent Effective: New Study

    In some really great news to end the year, an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus has proven 100 percent effective in trials, according to a new study reported in the Lancet medical journal Thursday. Since the end of 2013, Ebola, a highly infectious and deadly virus, has killed more than 11,300 West Africans, including many…

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  • Watch: The Root Staff Executes the Battle of the Fruitcakes 

    The holidays are here, and what would the holidays be without fruitcake? For many, the answer would be “a time to share love with friends and family, just without a fruitcake.” Touché. Still, here at The Root, we acknowledge that to some, fruitcake is a tradition. So The Root staff decided to put this Christmas…

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