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The First White President The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy. This essay is drawn from Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book, We Were Eight Years in Power.

IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO STATE the obvious of Donald Trump: that he is a white man who would not be president were it not for this fact. With one immediate exception, Trump’s predecessors made their way to high office through the passive power of whiteness—that bloody heirloom which cannot ensure mastery of all events but …

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‘Insecure’ Nigerian actress Yvonne Orji to star in ‘Night School’ with Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish – TheGrio

Yvonne Orji, of “Insecure” fame, is set to join the cast of the comedy Night School alongside Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish. This will mark Orji’s feature film debut. The film, which is based on a story written by Hart, follows a group of adults who are all forced into attending night classes in the hopes …

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It’s time to stop using Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ as a guidebook for the Congo – Lynsey Chutel

Joseph Conrad sailed up the Congo River more than 100 years ago and yet the novella based on his experience remains the African guidebook for many contemporary writers. Heart of Darkness, first published in 1899 as a three-part magazine serial, tells the story of a steamboat captain navigating a primitive Africa and the brutalities of …

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American country singer and songwriter Don Williams has died at the age of 78 (video)

A rep confirmed that the Hall of Fame member died after a short illness, leaving the country music world in shock. The death of the legendary singer who is regarded as one of the greatest and certainly most distinctive voices in country music history, comes two years after he officially retired from music. Williams' is …

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