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D. Watkins is an Editor at Large for Salon. He is also a writer on the HBO limited series "We Own This City" and a professor at the University of Baltimore. Watkins is the author of the award-winning, New York Times best-selling memoirs “The Beast Side: Living  (and Dying) While Black in America”, "The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir," "Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope" as well as "We Speak For Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress." His new books, "Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments," and "The Wire: A Complete Visual History" are out now.

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Call it “pulling a Trump”: You don’t actually have to be winning — just look like you are

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“Hidden Fences” isn’t just a dumb gaffe: Golden Globes nails “La La Land” all night long but stumbles over black films

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Don’t execute Dylann Roof — that’s exactly what he wants

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Tomi Lahren’s selective outrage: Chicago Facebook brutality draws her ire, but she’s silent about Dylann Roof’s racism

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Don’t delay justice for Walter Scott: New Michael Slager trial is an opportunity to get it right

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It’s 2017. Can we finally have a real conversation about race?

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WATCH: The dangers of young people living life through a filtered reality

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Donald Trump, the substitute teacher of American presidents

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WATCH: African Americans have always been victims of fake news

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A media resolution for 2017: Stop asking clueless celebrities to comment on race relations

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Dear Hillary and Bernie, please start a podcast: Some holiday wishes for the people and their leaders at the end of a painful year

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Don’t go, Michelle Obama! Her Oprah interview was a powerful reminder of why she’ll be missed

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Fake news is old news to black Americans

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A nation of geniuses: Social media made us all special — now what?

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Will Obama regret not doing more for black Americans?

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Stop saying you’re “from the ‘hood”: Guys who are really from the ‘hood never say this

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Hustler-in-chief: 5 reasons why I doubt Donald Trump will complete his first term

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The Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III speaks during a prayer vigil in front of the Charleston County Courthouse as the jury deliberates in the Michael Slager trial Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. (AP/Mic Smith)

No justice for Walter Scott: Michael Slager’s mistrial is a disgrace, but not a surprise

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Bernie and Hillary, where’d you go? Your money is still good here

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The “War on Drugs” is rigged: Now that the face of addiction is white, will anything change?

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I miss the old Kanye, too: Stop treating this breakdown like celebrity gossip — it’s a cry for help

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And now, the no-thanks list: Seven terrible people, events and phenomena of 2016 that inspire zero gratitude

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