Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People
Damon Young | The Root It feels counterintuitive to suggest that straight black men as a whole possess any sort of privilege—particularly the type of …
Michael Bennett’s NFL black power salute could change sports protest
Latria Graham | The Guardian If you blinked you might have missed it, because it only lasted 10 seconds – but it changed social justice demonstrations in …
Black America’s complicated relationship with the flag and its celebrations | Opinion
By Jarvis DeBerry, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune In March 1916 a reader with a “boyish hand” wrote The New York Age seeking that black …
Starting School At The University That Enslaved Her Ancestors
Leah Donnella & Mary Louise Kelly | NPR Mélisande Short-Colomb knew her family had been enslaved. But until recently, she didn’t know that …
Why Hollywood’s White Savior Obsession Is an Extension of Colonialism
Fariha Róisín, Teen Vogue From “The Blind Side” to “The Help.” In this op-ed, Fariha Róisín tackles Hollywood’s obsession with …
The Food Festival Showing How Slaves Built American Cuisine
By Mitchell Sunderland, Vice The annual Heritage Harvest Food Festival is hosted at Thomas Jefferson’s slave plantation Monticello. This year, its …
I’m Not Ashamed of Being Broke and You Shouldn’t Be Either
Brian Broome, Very Smart Brothas I am not ashamed of being broke. Broke people make the world go round. Broke people are the original recyclers, the pioneers …
I’m a Black Writer Suing Ebony for Unpaid Work. It Doesn’t Feel Good.
Shanita Hubbard, The Root Protecting open secrets in the name of community is like sweeping glass with your bare hands. It’s unwise, impractical, and …
Looking at How Black Women Are Policed in America
By Nareissa Smith, Atlanta Black Star Earlier this summer in Bakersfield, California, Tatyana Hargrove, a 19-year-old Black woman, was riding her bicycle to a …
They Know They Can’t Win; They Just Want Black and Brown People to Lose Too
Damon Young, The Root Perhaps the biggest fallacy in characterizing the type of person who supported and still supports Donald Trump—one that I’ve been …
How 1 Black Woman Goes Inside Fla.’s Toughest Prisons to Help Inmates Get ‘Free on the Inside’
Michael Harriot, The Root Facing a decade and a half in prison couldn’t stop her. Losing a loved one to suicide didn’t destroy her. Battling loss …
Singer Apologizes After Saying ‘Reggaeton Music Comes From Apes’
Michael Harriot, The Root With hits like “Despacito” and “Mi Gente,” reggaeton has finally gone mainstream (translation: White people have discovered …
The 5 Types of ‘Becky’
Michael Harriot, The Root Becky: (noun); a white woman who uses her privilege as a weapon, a ladder or an excuse. Ex: “A random Becky hit me up on …
The Daughter of the First African-American to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Is Creating Opportunities for Black Boys
By Blair Walker, Atlanta Black Star The phrase “There’s an app for that!” touches many facets of modern life, to include transportation, finance, …
54 Years After the March on Washington, We’re Far From Racial Pay Equity
by Sarita Gupta, The Progressive Fifty-four years ago this week, on Aug. 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the March on Washington for …
The long decline – and possible revival – of the African American baseball star
by Allen Barra, The Guardian In 1954, a young black man from Alabama, Willie Mays, took New York and then America by storm. A centerfielder for the New York …
For White People Who Compare Black Lives Matter to White Supremacy
Michael Harriot | The Root On Tuesday, Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.) appeared on a Fayetteville, N.C., radio show to talk about whatever Republicans …
The Complete List of Racists
Michael Harriot | The Root I believe in fairness. That’s why I would never stoop so low as to defame a member of the Ku Klux Klan or a Nazi. When I …