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Anthony Mackie: The Unlikeliest Hotep
I should know better. I know that movies and television shows are movies and television shows and contain actors who are acting and not being themselves. Again, I know this. I know Joe Morton isn’t really the sociopathic head of a shadowy government agency. I know Kimberly Elise has an emotion other than “depressingly distraught.” And I know that Michael Beach is…
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A List of People Not Responsible for Damaging the Legacy of Bill Cosby and The Cosby Show
Yesterday Ebony magazine debuted the cover of its November issue. It features a picture of the Huxtables from The Cosby Show behind shattered glass, with the glass’s most prominent crack directly over Bill Cosby’s face. Naturally, this explosive cover sparked another round of conversation about “the Cosby legacy”—something The Root’s Senior Writer Kirsten West Savali examined in a…
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I Just Saw The November Cover Of EBONY Magazine, And…Well…Holy Shit
It was October of 2011. I was in New York City do to a shoot for a story in Essence Magazine. While walking to Essence, I happened to randomly bump into Jamilah Lemieux in the street. Which, considering that New York City has 21 billion people and I happened to literally walk right into one of…
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White Privilege Explained: ‘Bacon-Jalapeño Mac and Cheese’ Lover Luke Gatti Says He’s Sorry
Who is Luke Gatti? Luke Gatti is a 19-year-old student at the University of Connecticut. Do you know anything else about him? He’s quite possibly the biggest bacon-jalapeño mac and cheese enthusiast in the country. You do not love anything—your kids, your parents, your spouse, Serge Ibaka, etc.—more than Luke Gatti loves bacon-jalapeño mac and…
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Exactly How Dead Would Luke Gatti (The Bacon Jalapeno Mac And Cheese Kid) Be If He Was Black?
As many of you are likely already aware of, University of Connecticut student Luke Gatti recently became internet famous for a video featuring him drunkenly screaming at, insulting, assaulting, and spitting on a campus cafeteria manager who wouldn’t allow Gatti to enter the cafeteria to eat some bacon jalapeno mac and cheese. A couple days ago, Gatti…
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Raven-Symone Is Full Of Shit Because Someone Named "Watermelondrea" Would DEFINITELY Get Hired
By now, I’m sure most of you are aware of the comments Raven-Symone made last week on The View in reference to “Black-sounding” names. And, I’m also sure most of you are aware of the swift pushback she received. One, for gleefully admitting that she, a Black person, would willfully discriminate against Black-sounding names. And…
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How to Celebrate Columbus Day Like Columbus
Columbus Day—our annual recognition for and celebration of the man who discovered our amazing country—is finally here today. And I couldn’t be happier. Because no other holiday—not Christmas, not Thanksgiving, not even Arbor Day—is as fun to celebrate. Because while you probably can’t celebrate Easter like Jesus, you can actually celebrate Columbus Day like Christopher…
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Raven-Symoné Doesn’t Like Black-Sounding Names? How Ironic
“That’s ironic” is up there with “No, really. I’m 6 feet tall” and “Men are intimidated by me” on the short list of “Unintentionally inaccurate and misleading things people often say.” Because what’s often labeled irony is really just happenstance or coincidence. If two different exes happen to see you out while you’re on a…
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A Question About Friendships, Obligations, And Moderate Levels Of Aintshitness
We’ve all heard the story before. Boy meets Girl at 13th annual Delta Sigma Theta kickball cookout and soft-boiled egg eating contest; an event where all the proceeds go towards finding a cure for clit gout. Because #allclitsmatter. Girl is intrigued by Boy’s use of “disabuse” and “Caucasian motherfuckers” in the same sentence, and Girl favors Richelle…
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10 Drake Songs Matt Barnes Was Probably Playing While Driving to Fight Derek Fisher
Two thoughts immediately came to mind as I was reading about how Matt Barnes drove 95 miles to confront and fight Derek Fisher for hanging out with Barnes’ estranged wife, Gloria Govan. First: On the list of the “bout it”-est light-skinned black men of all time, considering Barnes’ history, he has to be No. 1…
