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Dave Chappelle Didn't Melt Down - 0 views
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"I just watched Dave Chappelle quit stand up. Out in the Comcast Theater in Hartford, Connecticut, shivering in the open air, I can't think that this is anything else. I felt this coming just five minutes after the silver curtain had dropped dramatically, by which point the former Comedy Central star had barely gotten any jokes out."
Opinion: The problem with Devious Maids goes far beyond Hollywood - 1 views
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Six years ago, I had a deal with Lifetime Television to develop my bestselling novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club, as a TV series. It soon became clear that the relationship wasn't going to work, when two executives insisted that my pilot outline "wasn't Latin enough," because it told of middle class, educated American women who happened to be Latina.
Unapologetic and Refusing to Remain Silent - 0 views
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This article was written primarily by four Harvard College students, with crowdsourced contributions from the student community at large. The authors have chosen to remain anonymous out of concerns for their safety. This weekend, current Harvard College students and recent alumni received racially charged e-mail death threats from an unknown sender who has continued to...
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in light of today's discussion!
Government Agent Set Up Fake Facebook Page In Woman's Name - 1 views
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At first glance, the Facebook profile is the perfect deception. Purportedly belonging to brown-haired woman named Sondra Prince, it shows her driving a car, splayed across a white BMW, hugging two young children. If someone were to stumble across the profile, which still exists, there would be little way for them to know the truth: The profile is a fake.
WATCH: Ferguson flash mob interrupts St. Louis Symphony with Requiem for Michael Brown - 0 views
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Attendees at Saturday night's performance of the St. Louis Symphony were treated to an addition to the evening's scheduled program when a flash mob of protestors serenaded the audience with a civil rights song dedicated to slain Ferguson teen Michael Brown.
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Anita Sarkeesian cancels Utah State speech after mass-shooting threat - 0 views
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Video game critic, feminist and blogger Anita Sarkeesian canceled a Wednesday speech at Utah State University after the college received an email threatening violence if she lectured, school officials said. Sarkeesian is a pop culture critic whose series of videos under the Feminist Frequency banner analyze sexism in mainstream video games.
I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discriminati... - 0 views
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I knew the day would come, but I didn't know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent fears: the day their child is called a nigger.
#MammyJezebelSapphire - Medium - 0 views
The problem with 'thug' cuisine - 2 views
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Editor's note: Bryant Terry is an Oakland, California-based healthy eating advocate and author of "Afro-Vegan: Farm Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed." Follow him on Twitter @bryantterry. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author.