Were there black pirates? Plus: Aretha Franklin Had Beef With Johnny Rockets Employee Over D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T

	July 28, 2014 SIGN UP       FORWARD TO A FRIEND      LIKE US        FOLLOW US  Were There Black Pirates?  BY Henry Louis Gates Jr. Monday, July 28, 2014, at 3:00 AM EDT Aretha Franklin Had Beef With Johnny Rockets Employee Over D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T BY Yesha Callahan Monday, July 28, 2014, at 7:42 AM EDT Let's Stop Describing Ourselves as 'Minorities' BY Hope E. Ferguson Monday, July 28, 2014, at 3:00 AM EDT   How Media Missed that Black Women Do 'Have it All' BY Keli Goff Monday, July 28, 2014, at 3:00 AM EDT No 'Rainbow Families': Canadian Fertility Clinic Refuses to Match White Patients With Nonwhite Donors  BY Stephen A. Crockett Jr. Monday, July 28, 2014, at 7:44 AM EDT Times Square Spider-Man in Web of Trouble  BY Stephen A. Crockett Jr. Monday, July 28, 2014, at 8:14 AM EDT   Copyright 2014 The Root | Privacy Policy The Slate Group | c/o E-mail Customer Care | 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 410 | Washington, D.C. 20036 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend