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The Root is a digital magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary and news from a variety of black perspectives.
New York, NY
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2020 provided moments of positivity in the form of movies & TV , & the internet showed out!
We think most of us got into the lemons-int0-lemonade business to laugh in order to keep from crying.
And that’s why The Root’s The Blackest Awards exists: https://t.co/2teQfdmKZg https://t.co/PXkW93j3TG
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Golden Globes' HFPA States the Obvious: 'We Need to Bring in Black Members' https://t.co/WLLS9KTSR5 https://t.co/pGHkBtERUT
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Deathloop and Sifu Come Out Swinging During Sony’s First State of Play of 2021 https://t.co/a9jZwEXjLz https://t.co/rRS7yOn0HH
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PageTurners: The Literary Journey of Black Voices https://t.co/7T8HEFejVI https://t.co/uXmN66Teei
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Auntie Unfiltered Sits Down With Vanessa Bell Calloway https://t.co/wYmQKV1Ypa https://t.co/kjTMtMrXoI
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: How to Be an Anti-Antiracist https://t.co/2D05Ju3WTr https://t.co/mn8kIE2f17
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Make It Rain With TwitCoins: Is There Anyone You'd Pay to Read Their 'Super' Tweets? https://t.co/yaL4shj5e1 https://t.co/isOArkS0si
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! Nah, It’s Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing the Script for the Next Superman Movie https://t.co/e2qk9Yy0Cw https://t.co/oZZ1HIFpIi
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'Love Is the Strut. Hate Is a Stumble': The Root Presents It's Lit! Salutes the Black Bottom Saints With Alice Randall https://t.co/tyJ6mDcu15 https://t.co/o7vRBje8Fg
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Conservative-Funded Group Asks Supreme Court to End Affirmative Action in College Admissions https://t.co/NSgoDdTI7m https://t.co/fVZjrpAFhS
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Michigan, Northwestern Announce George Jewett Trophy to Honor Big Ten's 1st Black Player https://t.co/EPlXA22YeQ https://t.co/iMd3sBZuLX
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Why Does LeBron James Have to Keep Telling White People He Will Not Shut Up and Dribble? This Time, It's a Fellow Athlete https://t.co/C6gPyCkwDU https://t.co/bbCMpn4wq2
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O-T Fagbenle Will Be the Barack to Viola Davis' Michelle in Showtime Anthology Series, The First Lady https://t.co/LhbOfVX992 https://t.co/v34iBkmG10
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Bundles on Bundles in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices https://t.co/LbjptW8tIV https://t.co/28NWchV5Pv
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Mitch McConnell Says He'd 'Absolutely' Support Another Trump Presidency Despite Trump Calling Him a 'Political Hack' https://t.co/AzeJvwSXJ2 https://t.co/eKpb8ApQJz
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Georgia High School Teacher Tells Class Breonna Taylor's Death Was Her 'Criminal' Boyfriend's and Her Own Fault https://t.co/4LkFSlAzYA https://t.co/EXAkOgV8uH
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Raise your hand if you’ve heard:
✅Black people don’t like dogs
✅Dogs shouldn’t go inside
Author @JoshundaSanders breaks down the complex history between Black folks and man’s best friend but also the joy they can bring, especially in a pandemic: https://t.co/IEYdXyRLDw https://t.co/VR3DNmqDj0
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Black Dog Lovers? The Complex Relationship Between Black folks and Man’s Best Friend https://t.co/q0pAayyRY1 https://t.co/FPB5oMyKdG
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28 Days of Black Joy: Cannabis Is the Blackest Thing Ever https://t.co/FOopUjWF4f https://t.co/O1fKJNR4lQ
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