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The Arc is the spine of this project: 40 essays, one chronological argument, five analytical lenses.

This site should read like a structured archive, not a loose category list. The Arc is the entry point; the lenses help you move through it with intention. Empty sections stay hidden until they are live.

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Summer Walker’s New Album, ‘Still Over It’ Projected to Hit #1 on Billboard 200

This past Friday brought us the highly anticipated follow up to Summer Walker’s 2019 album, ‘Over It,’ and Black Twitter is drowning out the final embers of Hot Girl Summer with their tears.

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Michael B. Jordan and Serena Williams Partner in Million Dollar HBCU Giveaway

They may not be your common cast of characters on the Shark Tank, but these venture capitalists are faces we’d love to see on screen. Our favorite leading man, Michael B. Jordan, and tennis superstar, also known as the sister in our head, have recently teamed up to offer an unheard of opportunity to HBCU…

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Black Ad Agencies Matter

During the height of AMC’s Mad Men season, The Root debuted a Mad Men Black People Counter which tracked the number of Black faces on the show from week to week. Though the show was fictional, what isn’t fictitious is the
fact that diversity, equity and inclusion for the BIPOC community has not always been a…

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Saturday, November 6, 2021

Paula Patton Says She is Black, Not Biracial

This week while promoting her new BET+ series, Sacrifice, actress Paula Patton sat down to chat with SiriusXM’s Urban View The Clay Cane Show about the reprisal of her role as entertainment lawyer Daniella Hernandez.

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Tragedy strikes Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival: 8 dead and dozens injured

It was the first night of Travis Scott’s Astroworld Fest when tragedy struck. The evening ended with eight people dead and several others injured, according to authorities. An estimated 50,000 concertgoers were in attendance at the Houston music festival, noted the Houston Chronicle, with the bulk of the injuries…

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