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Books by Black LGBTQ+ Authors To Explore This Pride Month
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The Burden of Socializing While Black
(The Root) — This scenario may or may not sound familiar to you: You’re the only black person (or one of few) at a predominantly white social event. A friend’s wedding, perhaps. The DJ throws on a ubiquitous hip-hop hit, one you might find on a Now That’s Music! compilation album. You like the song…
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Won't Work for Free? You're an 'Urban Whore'
Supporters immediately started the #StandingwithDNLee hashtag on Twitter when this news broke last Friday, which later resulted in an apology from Biology Online. Oh, and the editor dude was also fired. Black Twitter — with the help of some allies — wins again. If you want to see what’s hot on black Twitter, check out…
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'Values Voters' Inspire Mass Virtual Eyeroll
(The Root) — The Values Voter Summit, an annual political conference for social conservatives, started on Friday, and the “take back America” crew wasted no time in stirring ire.After hecklers interrupted his speech, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that it was President Barack Obama who sent “paid political operatives” to distract him from delivering his…
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Surprise! Twitter's Board Is All White, All Male
(The Root) — We know the stats: Black folks overindex on Twitter. Latinos do, too. According to a 2012 Pew study, 26 percent of black Internet users are on Twitter, compared with 19 percent of Latino users and 14 percent of white users. Women generally use social networking sites more than men, and they make up…
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Did You See Kanye on 'Kimmel'?
If you want to see what’s hot on black Twitter, check out The Chatterati.Akoto Ofori-Atta is the editor of The Grapevine. Like her Facebook page and follow her on Twitter.
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Hey There. I'm Your New Grapevine Editor
(The Root) — Hi, ya’ll! I’m Akoto, and I’m your new Grapevine editor. The illustrious @BrokeyMcPoverty has moved on from her post here as your uproarious Twitter rabble-rouser and faithful steward of all things black on social media, which means that I’ve been left with quite a tradition to maintain. And if you can’t tell,…
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Azealia Banks Explains Black Culture
(The Root) — Harlem, N.Y., rapper Azealia Banks is not a newcomer to Twitter controversy. It can be argued that Banks’ Twitter rants have defined her career more than her music. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old star took to Twitter to defend appropriation of black culture by white artists. “So white people reappropriating black culture isn’t…
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Halloween Tweet Riles Up Black Twitter
(The Root) — Dear @RookieMoms, big mistake. Big! Huge! On Monday the popular parenting blog Rookie Moms tweeted, “Do you have a chubby, bald, dark-skinned baby? I have some Halloween ideas for you! DM me if I don’t sound nuts.” Black Twitter responded quickly and mercilessly, taking Rookie Moms to task for the racist implications…
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Twitter Responds to Cory Booker and the Stripper
(The Root) — As news spread about Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker’s Twitter exchange with a Portland, Ore., stripper, Twitter was quick to respond, as usual. Most users, however, were uninterested, saying that the reveal was a “nonscandal” and a “nonstory,” more interested in the fact that a vegan strip club — where the woman…