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"A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby," by artist Kara Walker, on display inside the former Domino Sugar Refinery, Brooklyn, NY. (AP/Richard Drew)

How to encounter a black woman’s body: The politics of Mammy Sphinx

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(Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

“Not going to lie down and take it”: Black women are being overlooked by this president

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Dr. Dre (Reuters/Adam Hunger)

Hip-hop’s profane victory: How corporations co-opted black cool

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Dr. Maya Angelou (AP/Jeff Daly)

Yes, Maya Angelou was a doctor: A lesson for the ignorant

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Elliot Rodger (YouTube)

White guy killer syndrome: Elliot Rodger’s deadly, privileged rage

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(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=695715'>thelinke</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

No trigger warnings in my class: Why you won’t find them on my syllabi

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Towson University debate team members Ameena Ruffin and Korey Johnson, after winning the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) national championship. (Handout Photo)

“I was hurt”: How white elite racism invaded a college debate championship

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Michelle Obama (whitehouse.gov)

I want these girls back: America, Nigeria and what’s really at stake

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Leslie Jones, Colin Jost on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

“SNL’s” cringe-worthy truth: Leslie Jones’ slavery sketch was shoddy — but important

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Donald Sterling, Cliven Bundy (AP/Mark J. Terrill/Reuters/Jim Urquhart/photo collage by Salon)

White racism won’t just die off: No utopia awaits when retrograde attitudes like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy’s are gone

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This image provided by the US Army shows new Army grooming regulations for females. (AP/US Army)

The politics of black women’s hair: Why it’s seen with skepticism — and a need to discipline

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Relisha Tenau Rudd (AP/FBI)

A black girl’s constant fear: Why I thought I’d never live to see 33

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Stephen Colbert, Michelle Goldberg (michellegoldberg.net/AP/Cliff Owen)

It’s not about you, white liberals: Why attacks on radical people of color are so misguided

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(Reuters/Yuri Gripas)

My white liberal frenemies: When Twitter exchanges reveal untrustworthy allies

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(AP/Alex Brandon)

In support of #CancelColbert: Why Stephen Colbert needs to make this right

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Phylicia Rashad in "The Cosby Show," Kerry Washington in "Scandal" (NBC/ABC)

Hollywood’s post-racial mirage: How pop culture got gentrified

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How I confronted Tyler Perry: A surprisingly frank phone call yields real results

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Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)

The war on black intellectuals: What (mostly) white men keep getting wrong about public scholarship

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Sasha and Malia Obama (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Black girls’ zero-sum struggle: Why we lose when black boys dominate the discourse

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Rachel Jeantel, Creshuna Miles (Reuters/Jacob Langston/CNN)

“Post-racial America” is a dangerous lie: Why the fantasy is naive, insidious and deadly

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Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn (Reuters)

Michael Dunn and open season on black teenagers: The onslaught of white murder

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(ESPNU)

The vile pain of racial taunts: Marcus Smart, DMX and white supremacy’s sick power

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Barack Obama (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Seeing black male humanity: How the president can take on the Prison-Industrial Complex

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Macklemore, Kendrick Lamar (Reuters/Danny Moloshok/AP/Brad Barket)

Macklemore’s useless apology: Grammys and the myth of meritocracy

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