Draymond Green Claps Back At ‘Angry Black Man’ Title, But Fans Say ‘C’mon, Bruh’
Wait, Is Zendaya Already Married? Here’s What We Know, Courtesy of Law Roach
Could the New Pope Be Black?
Paul Pierce Completes This Painful, Embarrassing Task After Betting Against The Knicks…and Losing
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Embraced by Fox, Juan Williams Blasts NPR
Juan Williams lashed back at NPR Thursday and Friday over his Wednesday night firing, as the network’s CEO acknowledged it bungled Williams’ dismissal and black NPR employees tied Williams’ departure to their diversity concerns. The story was proving to be bigger than anyone imagined. Some American Muslims, meanwhile, wondered whether the episode would make matters worse…
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Spurned Columnists Question Selection Process for Obama Meeting
Did White House Decide Who Represents Trotter Group? An attempt by the White House to reach out to the nation’s organization of African American columnists has resulted in anger and resentment on the part of those in the group who were ignored or, worse, disinvited. Some lost money when they made travel arrangements to Washington…
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White House Stands by Black Bloggers
Except for the posting of a smart-phone video of President Obama greeting black bloggers and journalists — a video that found its way to the Drudge Report — the White House does not believe that ground rules for the Monday session were broken, according to the White House liaison for African American media. Controversy over the meeting,…
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Obama Courts Black Journalists, Bloggers
Democrats Budget $3 Million to Reach African Americans President Obama stopped by a “black online summit” at the White House Monday as part of an outreach to African American journalists and bloggers before the midterm elections, an effort that includes the Democratic National Committee spending what it calls an unprecedented $3 million to reach the…
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A Contrite Rick Sanchez Returns to Diversity Issue
“I Went Into the Interview With a Chip on My Shoulder” Ousted CNN anchor Rick Sanchez appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday and said his controversial comments last week were wrong and offensive, but added that “I went into the interview with a chip on my shoulder” because of the lack of Hispanics,…
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VIDEO: The Root Interview: Ntozake Shange
In this exclusive interview with The Root’s contributing editor Harriette Cole, playwright-poet-novelist Ntozake Shange talks about the strokes that almost took her life, the new novel she wrote with her sister and what she told Tyler Perry when he told her he wanted to adapt her Tony Award-winning choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered…
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If Jews Controlled the Media, So What?
Few Address Question as Sanchez Apologizes to Stewart Ousted CNN anchor Rick Sanchez broke his silence on Wednesday about his firing, saying he had apologized to late-night comedian Jon Stewart “for my inartful comments from last week.” Those comments, made in an interview for a satellite radio show, excoriated Stewart for hailing from a middle-class…
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CNN Fires Anchor Rick Sanchez
Action Follows Tirade on His Bosses, Jews, Jon Stewart CNN announced Friday that “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company” after the anchor “lashed out on Thursday at his perceived enemies — CNN brass, Jon Stewart and Jews,” in the words of Hunter Walker, writing earlier in the day for the Wrap. Sanchez went…
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Janet Cooke's Hoax Still Resonates After 30 Years
Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the day these words appeared on the front page of the Sunday Washington Post: “Jimmy is 8 years old and a third-generation heroin addict, a precocious little boy with sandy hair, velvety brown eyes and needle marks freckling the baby-smooth skin of his thin brown arms. “He nestles in a…
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AUDIO: Racist Voice Mail Illustrates Debt-Collection Abuse
The Root obtained the audio clip below from a source at the National Association for Consumer Advocates, a group that helped Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) craft the End Debt Collector Abuse Act (EDCAA) bill. Though the clip depicts the behavior of just one California debt collector, it’s the kind of virulent harassment that has become…