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April 2009

273 posts

John Hope, the Prince Who Refused the Kingdom → theroot.com
Mar 31, 2009

March 2009

406 posts

Lord of the Ring → theroot.com

My boyfriend wants to give me an engagement ring for my birthday, and I’m all with it—except I know it’s going to be too small. He’s an understated kind of guy in general, and he makes a really…

Mar 31, 2009
Re-discovering black people → theroot.com

ABC’s “Good Morning America” is doing a series called “Black and White Now” where I guess they are trying to figure out when racism will be over or not. They got a three-part series jumping off this…

Mar 31, 2009
Ice Cube Plays Racist Cop in New Comedy → theroot.com

Here we go again.  First, it was Bernie Mac in Guess Who?

Mar 31, 2009
Was My Job Shipped to Mexico Because I'm Black? → theroot.com

Those of us who have been black for a while will find this news as shocking as a new report proving that the sky is still blue, but a recent study has suggested that workplace discrimination may…

Mar 31, 2009
Desperate Times, Desperate Crimes  → theroot.com

Over the weekend I spoke to my sister, whose brother-in-law ran into some trouble in Atlanta. While leaving Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, he stopped to check on what appeared to be a…

Mar 31, 2009
Do Difficult Times Deepen Discrimination? → theroot.com

Though many of you already in the workforce will find this news as shocking as word that the sky is still blue, a recent study has suggested that workplace discrimination may actually increase…

Mar 31, 2009
FBI Probes Anti-Black Vigilante Killings → theroot.com

Score one for investigative journalism.

Mar 31, 2009
Monday's Headlines → theroot.com
Mar 30, 2009
Is the Auto Show Over in Detroit? → theroot.com

By now, a Monday morning downer on the front page shouldn’t faze me. But when the White House announced that GM and Chrysler had still not come up with meaningful enough restructuring plans to…

Mar 30, 2009
Does Europe Still Heart Obama? → theroot.com
Mar 30, 2009
Stanley Crouch: On Lady Obama → theroot.com
Mar 30, 2009
Job One → theroot.com
Mar 30, 2009
Enjoy Natalie → theroot.com
Mar 30, 2009
What's the Difference Between an HBCU and a "Huckabee CU?" → theroot.com

Denist Stewart’s piece in THE ROOT today describes the truly difficult and ungainly process of raising coin that is going on at historically black colleges and universities nationwide. Though…

Mar 30, 2009
Mr. Cali, Cali, Cali, Man... → theroot.com

Interesting piece on THE BEAST this morning regarding President Obama’s curt dismissal of marijuana legalization:

[T]he usually long-winded president—who famously admitted to his own youthful…

Mar 30, 2009
Are Senior Citizens Safe? → theroot.com

This weekend’s shooting spree at the senior-care facility in Carthage, N.C. has me concerned: Senior facilities are frighteningly unsafe. You can walk into the AIG headquarters and front-desk…

Mar 30, 2009
Sean Levert and The Child Support Solution → theroot.com

One year ago today, singer Sean Levert died in jail while being held for felony non-payment of child support, and while the jail has changed its policies about dispensing meds to prisoners,…

Mar 30, 2009
A UNC-UConn Final Makes the Most Sense → theroot.com
Mar 30, 2009
The Ring's The Thing → theroot.com

I am engaged and thrilled—love my fiancé, love his family.

Love that my family is happy our families will be joined, and

That his family feels the same way.

Mar 30, 2009
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