Spike Lee Goes 'Back in the Editing Room' to Rework Final Episode of 9/11 Docuseries After Criticism for Featuring Conspiracy Theorists

In his latest attempt to “do the right thing,” Spike Lee is headed back to the cutting room floor to re-edit the final episode of his newly released four-part HBO docuseries, NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½.

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'They’re Looking Down Upon Children': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Talks Teaching Antiracism With Jason Reynolds

How young is too young to learn how to be antiracist—and can you learn antiracism without a comprehensive understanding of what racism is? This is arguably the real question undergirding the otherwise inane (and wholly fabricated) fear of critical race theory. The academic field of study has never (ever)…

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California High School Cheerleaders Subjected to Monkey Noises, Racial Slurs During Football Game

A squad of mostly minority cheerleaders from a California high school were called racial slurs and were subjected to monkey noises from the opposing team’s crowd during a football game Friday.

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In Celebration of Malika Andrews Appreciation Day, ESPN Removes Rachel Nichols From All NBA Programming

After Maria Taylor’s much-publicized departure from ESPN in July, many of us were livid and assumed that veteran broadcaster Rachel Nichols had unjustly “won” the silent war between them, which was uncovered by the New York Times. But on Wednesday came the news that there would be no winners, as the sports…

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Following the Satan Shoes Controversy, Lil Nas X Calls Out the Hypocrisy in Another Blood-Filled Drop

He may be a bop-producing provocateur, but Lil Nas X also believes pearl-clutching should be equal opportunity. Case in point: on Wednesday, the rapper, who earned both headlines and the ire of Nike earlier this year with the release of a limited-edition line of customized Air Max 97s containing a drop of human blood,…

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