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Black Listed - Today's Top Stories Around the Web

01 White Privilege, Quantified News & Views Statistical evidence of White privilege The Atlantic's Joe Pinsker reports on a study showing how real racial discrimination is
02 NBA pioneer Earl Lloyd dies at 86 Entertainment & Culture Earl Lloyd dies ESPN reports on the death of Lloyd, the first Black man to play in the NBA
03 D.C. Shrugs Off GOP Threats, Legalizes Recreational Weed Anyway News & Views D.C. legalizes marijuana Slate reports that the district is the first place east of the Mississippi where recreational weed is legal
04 Three years after Trayvon Martin killing, two women's lives intersect News & Views Evers-Williams, Fulton connect CNN reports on the recent meeting between the widow of Medgar Evers and Trayvon Martin's mother
05 On Being A Little Black Girl News & Views The racism little Black girls face At Role Reboot, Khadijah Costley White writes on her experience as a student
06 MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Hopes Trayvon Martin 'Whooped The Sh-t Out Of George Zimmerman' News & Views "I hope Trayvon whooped Zimmerman" The Huffington Post reports that the MSNBC host made the remarks in a speech at Cornell University
07 Kanye West Performed a Fire New Song at the Brit Awards Entertainment & Culture Kanye debuts "All Day" Jezebel reports that West performed the fiery new track at the Brit Awards
08 No federal charges for Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin death News & Views No fed charges for Zimmerman USA Today reports that the Justice Department didn't find enough evidence to charge him for the death of Trayvon Martin
09 The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' News & Views Chicago police had secret facility The Guardian reports on the compound, the domestic equivalent of a CIA "black house," where suspects were beaten and not allowed contact with lawyers
10 Derrick Rose to have knee repaired Entertainment & Culture Rose to undergo knee surgery ESPN reports that the Chicago Bulls guard has a torn meniscus in his right knee
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