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How Can I Research My Roots Without Spending Money?
I’m 28 years old and on a mission to find out more about my roots, particularly on my mother’s side of the family. Unfortunately, everyone who could help me find answers is now deceased. Where can I look for answers, given that I really have no budget for this search? My mother’s family was from…
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Michael B. Jordan, Here’s the Thing About Going for White Roles Only and Wanting to Be Post-Racial
Michael B. Jordan’s interview with GQ magazine gives a prime example of the kind of well-intentioned, young black person who seems to think that it’s black people who are unnecessarily obsessed with race, and that everyone else is trying to get on with their lives and move the ball forward on race relations. After he…
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We Don’t All Look Alike, but if You Think We Do, Thank Racism
A recent New York Times article opens with a false dichotomy. Its peg is the overly forceful arrest of James Blake by a plainclothes police officer. The arrest, for which New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton has since apologized, occurred when the biracial tennis star was mistaken for another black man suspected of ID…
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Aisha Tyler Says She Doesn’t Regret Prioritizing Her Career Over Having Children
Women are coming out of the woodwork, opening up about the pressure they’re under to get married by a certain age, be at a certain level in their careers by a certain age and have children by a certain age. Tyra Banks and Chrissy Teigen poured their hearts out about all of that recently. You’re…
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Finance Exec Accused of Saying His Client Rihanna Is ‘Hot’ Because She’s ‘Not Too Dark’
It seems like Rihanna’s financial-management firms always got something going on. Back in 2012, Rihanna sued her former financial-management firm for mishandling her funds. Her experience was actually the inspiration behind the “Bitch Better Have My Money” music video, in which she kidnapped her accountant’s wife in order to get the money she says she…
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Morris Chestnut on Playing a Doctor in His New Series, Rosewood
In the pilot episode of Rosewood, which premieres Wednesday on Fox, Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr., a Miami-based private pathologist (in other words, a medical examiner who is not on the municipal payroll), comes upon a crime scene and deduces the cause of death and the scenario leading to it in a matter of minutes. And…
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Should You Talk About Money Problems in the Bedroom? Ask Our Experts
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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Guess Who’s Writing the New Black Panther Series? Jay Z Told America to Read His Book
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not just any ol’ journalist (we should know; he was the No. 1 honoree last year on The Root 100, an annual list we put out ranking the most influential African Americans). He’s the guy who wrote “The Case for Reparations”—one of the highest-trafficking articles in the history of The Atlantic magazine. He also…
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The Sisterhood of Hollywood Was on Full Display Emmy Night
Confession: I missed the Emmy Awards Sunday night. I was driving back to New York for work on Monday. It means I missed Viola Davis become the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. It means I missed Taraji P. Henson going HAM in the audience and…
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