May 8, 2008
Editor's Note:
The Root is about going deep, about encouraging meaningful discussion and debate around the issues, events and influences that shape us. But as much as we explore the larger forces that are defining and remaking our world, we are also grounded in exploring the more personal forces that inform and give inspiration to our lives. For Mother's Day, musician India.Arie and her mother, Simpson, sat down with The Root for an intimate mother-daughter video chat. In a series of lively, funny and honest exchanges, the two shared their cross-generational views on tradition, independence, fabulousness, and the importance of sewing, music, fearless grandmothers -- and a mom who rocks bikinis and red pumps, who will still run over and do your hair in a pinch. WATCH VIDEO