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  • PETA Angers Black People. Again

    (The Root) — PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — is known for its radical methods, including decorating donated furs with fake blood. On Tuesday reports surfaced that the group was claiming that eating chicken could cause underdeveloped genitals in baby boys. No, seriously. PETA wrote an open letter to the founder…

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  • NBA's Andre Drummond Woos Actress on Instagram

    The Internet is a weird place. You have access to your favorite Hollywood and sports stars, and you can occasionally see them interact with each other. Right now all eyes are on Pistons center Andre Drummond and singer-actress Jennette McCurdy, former star of the Disney show iCarly. Theirs is a modern love story: Boy Instagrams…

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  • Twitter Fillets New York Times Writer

    (The Root) — I know, I know. I’m just as tired of talking and hearing about twerking as you are, but some people out there just can’t leave it alone. The latest person to attempt to step into the unneeded scientific dissection of black folks via twerking is the New York Times’ Teddy Wayne. Wayne’s…

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  • Sheryl Underwood Slams Natural Hair

    (The Root) — Twitter was not happy with Sheryl Underwood on Sunday. On an “encore presentation” of her CBS show The Talk that aired Aug. 30, Underwood railed against “nappy” “Afro” hair during a discussion about Heidi Klum saving her children’s hair after it had been cut. Klum’s children with ex-husband Seal have “huge Afros,”…

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  • Romeo Miller Instagrams Car Crash

    Hearts across the Internet sank at the thought that this talented man, so full of promise and light, could have been so much as scratched. But we can relax. He’s OK. He’s OK, guys. He’s OK. Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

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  • Rumors of Dave Chappelle 'Meltdown' Go Viral

    (The Root) — Late last night, tweets began to fly from audience members of a Dave Chappelle show in Hartford, Conn. Though all tweets confirm that Chappelle did, in fact, walk offstage — there is video of him walking off as Kanye’s “New Slaves” plays — details vary among those who claim they were in…

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  • Fast-Food Workers Strike: Twitter Debates

    (The Root) — The issue of a living wage has been on quite a few minds, and lips, recently, what with the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in which Martin Luther King Jr. led the call for fair treatment and employment. On Thursday, just ahead of the Labor Day…

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  • Katrina: Reflections 8 Years Later

    (The Root) — Do you remember where you were when the news of Hurricane Katrina found you? The images of the storm are burned into our minds: hoards of people yelling into news cameras for help, citizens paddling through the streets in boats in search of survivors. Those of us outside the affected areas sat…

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  • Twitter: Happy 55th Birthday, Michael Jackson!

    (The Root) — For Michael Jackson’s fans, it’s hard to believe that the music great has been gone for five years. Today was not for mourning, though. MJ fans, celebrities included, took to the Internet to remember the legend. On Twitter, folks tweeted their favorite songs and pictures and sent well wishes into the universe.…

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  • The March on Twitter: A Recap

    (The Root) — The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington was commemorated in major ways both online and offline. Offline, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to hear rousing speeches from prominent black figures including the family of Martin Luther King Jr., Oprah Winfrey and President Barack…

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