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Born Into This: Romeo Miller on Failure, Success and Entrepreneurship
Believe it or not, Romeo Miller’s first job as a child was selling yo-yos and Pokémon trading cards. Yep, the actor-rapper-producer formerly known as Lil’ Romeo (who is also a child of hip-hop royalty) had a lil’ hustle growing up. Go figure. Now, decades later, Miller is at the helm of a hip-hop empire and…
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Calling Out Donald Trump’s ‘Thug-ocracy’
For an hour after Sunday’s Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debate, cable news commentators critiqued the performances of the key players in an event in which the tawdry subject matter represented a new low in recent American politics. The pundits analyzed which statements appealed to which base and, by and large dispassionately, whose style was more fitting—until…
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Ben Carson: Trump’s Lewd Tape a Progressive Conspiracy
Dr. Ben Carson, who with boxing promoter Don King and Theresa “Omarosa” Manigault is vying for the title of Donald J. Trump’s most conspicuous African American supporter, wrote Saturday that the release of lewd comments by Trump is part of a conspiracy by progressives. The surgeon and former GOP presidential primary contender said he believes…
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Watch: Insecure Is Lit
To let Issa Rae tell it, her new HBO series, Insecure, is lit AF. We’d have to agree. Similar to her breakout web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Insecure explores themes familiar to millennials, but from the black perspective. And note that there is no singular black experience. “This is not going to be…
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Mike Pence May Not Be Donald Trump, but He Offends Just the Same
Pundits and pollsters declared Republican Mike Pence the winner of Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, but that doesn’t mean that like his running mate, Donald J. Trump, Pence didn’t manage to offend many African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans. The debate, the first to be moderated by an Asian American, Elaine Quijano of CBS News, a…
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The Root’s Young Futurists, Where Are They Now: Jordan Williams
Some might say that Jordan Williams is a natural-born entrepreneur. The Atlanta native started his first business at 10 years of age with Kids Toys Inc. Years later, the resourceful teen and his friend Brandon Iverson founded a clothing line, Young Moguls Brand. The 2015 Young Futurist has since gone on to be selected for…
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Watch: Ava DuVernay on Mass Incarceration, White Fear and Black Joy
White fear exists. It has been manufactured, encouraged and proliferated through the centuries. From it spawned a damning system based on inequality: the prison-industrial complex. “The reason that we have mass incarceration is because of white fear,” Ava DuVernay told The Root. DuVernay is a prolific director, and her latest project is 13th. The sobering documentary…
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Dems to Spend ’7 Figures’ on Ethnic Media This Election
The Democratic National Committee plans a “seven-figure” advertising blitz “to engage and energize communities of color across the country in the final stretch of the campaign,” the DNC announced on Monday, easing perennial concerns particularly among black media that they would not receive advertising dollars reflective of their loyalty to the Democratic ticket. Benjamin F.…
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Watch: Cory Hardrict on Fulfilling Your Destiny
Over a decade ago, Cory Hardrict got on an airplane to Los Angeles with $75 and a dream. The Chicago native moved to the West Coast, an unfamiliar place, knowing that he wanted to act. “Life is about risks,” said Hardrict. The actor continued, “You can take a great risk and get a great reward, or you…
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Is Black America Having a Crisis of Confidence With Police, Media?
Is this what happens when fear of police violence combines with mistrust of the news media? “Imagine thinking that out of the 197 black people who’ve been killed by police this year, one of them could have been you,” Taryn Finley wrote Friday for Huffington Post BlackVoices. “This thought process, unfortunately, is all too familiar…