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Bodega Concierge Is the Answer To the “No Hoodies or Masks” Signs
Around Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy, and Harlem, a handful of bodegas have started putting up signs banning cutomers wearing ski masks or hoodies from entering the store. This new development is concerning...
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Serial Recap: Episode 10, The Best Defense Is a Good Defense
“Maybe my prejudice is showing through, but who in the world would let their daughter date a man named Adnan Masud Syed?” Serial picked a good week to talk about institutional racism in our justice...
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Only Ten Black Students Were Offered a Spot at Stuyvesant High School This...
Forget the subtle changes in the weather at this time of year, there’s really only one guaranteed way to know that spring is finally here: Reports are released about the students accepted at New...
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New York Student Gets Into All Eight Ivies, Racist Commentary Commences
Harvard: Not quite as hard to get into as some New York City public high schools, but close! High school senior Harold Ekeh accomplished a feat that is just about next to impossible: He was accepted...
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The Anti-Hillary Posters Appearing In Brooklyn Heights Are Sexist
(Photo by keegannyc/Instagram) It took just a few hours following Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign announcement, on Sunday, for anti-Hillary signage to appear near her Brooklyn Heights...
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Hate Group of One, or: The Most Awful, Racist Things Donald Trump Has Said
Republican presidential candidate front-runner Donald Trump has had quite the weekend! It kicked off with the publication of his interview with Hunter Walker at Yahoo!, in which Trump talked not only...
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“You Will Be Tokenized”: Speaking Out About the State of Diversity in Publishing
For many in the book world, the release of publisher Lee & Low’s first ever diversity in publishing survey in January 2016 offered no surprises. Publishing is overwhelmingly white (79 percent),...
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The Brooklyn 100: Mychal Denzel Smith, Writer
As a Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute, Mychal Denzel Smith has become a crucial voice writing about politics, social justice and pop culture through the lens of black male identity. His...
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Leave Leslie Jones The Fuck Alone: SNL Actress’ Website Hacked, Because The...
Because the internet is a disgusting and despicable place, SNL star Leslie Jones’ website, JustLeslie.com, had to come down this afternoon after being viciously attacked by online hackers. The...
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Hang on to Your New Sincerity, White People
When I saw Mr. Rogers appear in a post on The Awl on November 9, 2016, and when I clicked and discovered it wasn’t a joke (it was about how to find and be a “helper” in tragic times) I thought I saw a...
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