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Stephen A. Smith: The New Don Lemon
(The Root) — Apparently, former sports journalist and current TV pundit Stephen A. Smith saw all the fun Don Lemon was having blaming black people for white people’s behavior and wanted a piece, too. This morning on ESPN’s Sports Center, Smith commented on the recent Riley Cooper controversy, essentially blaming black people for Cooper’s hurling…
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Riley Cooper's N-Word Controversy
(The Root) — The n-word just can’t stay out of the news lately. Earlier last month, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper was caught fighting outside a Kenny Chesney concert. On Wednesday, video surfaced of Cooper inside the same event, huffing and puffing inside, threatening to “fight every n—ger” there. For many, this raised the…
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Louisiana Bans Use of Social Media While Driving
Starting Thursday, living in Louisiana will mean no more making hilarious Vines of yourself singing “Back That Thang Up” as you drive to work. A new law bans the use of social media behind the wheel. Put directly, the law includes “any web-based service that allows individuals to construct a profile within a bounded system,…
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Twitter Promises to Crack Down on Threats
(The Root) — When celebrities mess up, they often take to Twitter to send out their mass apologies. This time, it’s Twitter that’s doing the apologizing. The popular microblogging site is facing a wave of criticism from people who say that threats of rape and bodily harm against women transmitted through the site are not…
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Facebook Refuses to Hand Over Pirate Information
When United Nations investigators approached Facebook for help tracking down suspected Somali pirates, Facebook basically gave them a metaphorical Kanye shrug. Though some groups and companies have obliged such requests in the past, Facebook apparently isn’t one of them, reports the U.N.’s Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. In an issued statement, Facebook said that…
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Gawker Versus Black Twitter
(The Root) — Lots of black folks on Twitter have a problem with sites like Gawker, Jezebel and BuzzFeed. Many feel that the wildly popular news entertainment sites mine what has come to be known as “black Twitter” for content, sometimes without citing or crediting the source of their ideas. In the midst of Twitter…
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Mr. T's Twitter Account Is Awesome
(The Root) — Are you experiencing an influx of fools in your timeline sorely in need of pity? Never fear! Mr. T. is on Twitter, and his tweets are completely awesome. They’re so good, in fact, that at first glance it seems like a parody account. But it’s real — he’s verified — and he…
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Twitter Tears Into Don Lemon
(The Root) — If misery loves company, it’s having one heck of a tea party with Don Lemon this week. His victim blaming and respectability policing on the heels of the devastating George Zimmerman ruling have made headlines and rubbed many the wrong way. Twitter has been karate-chopping his argument for the last couple of…
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Black Twitter's Best Screen Names
(The Root) — The black folk on Twitter are a wildly creative bunch. This has been proved time and time again with hilarious hashtags, like #BlackBuzzFeed and #PaulasBestDishes. They also have a penchant for cleverly remixing famous names to make them funnier. We saw this when Chris Brown subtweeted Rihanna, and we see it every…
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Tim Allen and the N-Word
(The Root) — Tim Allen can now be added to the list of white people who really, really want to be able to use the n-word. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Allen talks about his distaste for the euphemism “the n-word,” saying that the phrase is more offensive than the actual word…