The Snob
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This Snob has! I was busy cranking out stories for new site NBCBLK, The Root and ATTN, I even took over The Grapevine blog at The Root for my ace, Yesha Callahan for a few days. I wrote about the tragedy of Bobbi Kristina Brown and about that “Olivia Nope” who graced the pages of
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Over the weekend people learned of the passing of Miss Jessie’s co-founder Titi Branch. I wrote this piece for the Daily Beast about her life and legacy.
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Over the weekend ATTN ran a story about my experiences with racism growing up in North St. Louis County in Florissant, Mo., not far from Ferguson. Check it out.
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… there are a lot of people with felony convictions who served their time who also deserve just as many chances as a violent teenage Mark Wahlberg received. Wrote a post about it for The Root. There are 5.85 million Americans with felony convictions, but most don’t get the Mark Wahlberg treatment, but instead of
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Wrote a piece Thursday for ATTN on the Twitter hashtags that have evolved out of the Eric Garner case. When there were no indictments in Garner’s death the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite emerged, featuring white people telling tales of crime without punishment. Black Twitter users responded with #AliveWhileBlack, telling stories of everyday discrimination. More evidence we still
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For The Root Wednesday I wrote a response to the non-indictment of an NYPD officer on charges of killing Eric Garner. Garner was unarmed when Officer Daniel Pantaleo held him in an illegal chokehold. While I wasn’t surprised by the Grand Jury’s ruling I was really disappointed.
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