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New AI TikTok Trend Has Gorillas Posing as Black Women, and Folks are Pissed

Yes, it's exactly what you think it is. And yes, you should be offended.

'Hey Google' and Other Voice Assistants Are Terrifying Children and Confusing Bemused Parents

‘Hey Google’ and Other Voice Assistants Are Terrifying Children and Confusing Bemused Parents

Social media is buzzing about the strange reaction kids are having to smart speakers in

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Take a Peek Inside Diddy’s $50 Million Miami Mansion He Offered Up As Collateral

Security allegedly ramped up at his Star Island mansion following his July 2 verdicts in

Flint's Water Crisis Ends With A Major Development

Flint’s Water Crisis Ends With A Major Development

This milestone marks a record for one of the worst water crises in the nation's

Black Excellence, Culture

Pride and Joy: As She Prepares for a New Era, Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton Reflects on Life at The Root

Six years to the day that she became a full-time staffer and associate editor at The Root, Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton sat her staff down via virtual meetup to make a difficult announcement: She’d be departing to lead the team at HuffPost. As is typical of our staff, the news wasn’t met with stoicism; there were…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

March 25, 2021
Culture

Why The Real World Homecoming: New York Is Must-See TV In the Age of Black Lives Matter

“Part of the fight for us as we are out there in these spaces—including reality TV, I feel, or any space—is are we able to be authentic and be [our] whole selves? That’s the fight. When I say that, we should also be able to express the full range of emotions; which includes anger and…

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Jessica Moulite

Published

March 25, 2021
Culture

Still Nickel and Dimed: Unpacking Tipping, Minimum Wage and the Fight for Equity

“What happened at Emancipation with…the idea of tipping being mutated from an extra bonus on top of the wage to becoming the wage itself—becoming a replacement for wages—really cannot be understood as anything other than a devaluation of Black lives and women’s work.” — Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage text If you’ve been…

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Felice León

Published

March 24, 2021
Culture, Sports

Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield Choose Violence—and It's Going Down Memorial Day Weekend

In the immediate aftermath of November’s exhibition match between former heavyweight champs Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., Evander Holyfield made it abundantly clear that he wanted that smoke with Iron Mike, too. “No more excuses,” Holyfield said in a statement. “This is the fight that must happen for both our legacies. […] You said…

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Jay Connor

Published

March 24, 2021
Culture, Sports

Washington Football Team Reveal Name Change Could Be Here to Stay

One of my best friends in this life and the next is esteemed college professor, cultural critic and fellow writer Shanita Hubbard. And while I love her dearly, one of our ongoing jokes for years has been how terrible she is at coming up with names for our projects. If it were up to her,…

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Jay Connor

Published

March 24, 2021
Culture, Technology

Despite Bans, Extremist Groups Are Alive and Thriving on Facebook

I feel like the reason Facebook was so resistant to implementing restrictions on white supremacists and conspiracy theorists is because that’s largely who its consumer base is now. While the social media company began implementing restrictions on pages that advocate violence and hate, a recent report has found that many extremist groups are still actively…

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Joe Jurado

Published

March 23, 2021
Culture, Sports

14th Lawsuit Filed Against Deshaun Watson for Sexual Assault, Bringing Total Number of Accusers to 24

Oh, boy. Either NFL superstar Deshaun Watson has secretly been Darren Sharper this entire time or this is one of the greatest smear campaigns in the history of professional sports. I have no idea what the hell is going on, but as accusations of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct continue to pile up, it doesn’t…

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Jay Connor

Published

March 23, 2021
Culture, Sports

Houston Rockets End 20-Game Losing Streak, But Please Keep Coach Stephen Silas In Your Thoughts and Prayers

Stephen Silas doesn’t deserve this. After 20 seasons on the NBA’s sidelines, concealing other coaches’ deficiencies and orchestrating the most efficient offense in the history of the league, the 48-year-old son of Paul Silas was rewarded with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that far too often eludes his Black peers: He finally became a head coach. But…

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Jay Connor

Published

March 23, 2021
Culture, Sports

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's—Blake Griffin Is Dunking Again?!

Thanks to a global pandemic that has completely defecated on how we conceptualize time, December 2019 feels like eons ago. Hell, I don’t even remember what I got for Christmas that year. But with a little help from Blu Ivy’s Internet, I can tell you some of the biggest moments from that month: Google co-founders…

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Jay Connor

Published

March 22, 2021
Culture, Sports

It Was Fun While It Lasted: LaMelo Ball Out for Season With Fractured Wrist

Unlike his obnoxious-ass daddy, Charlotte Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball is a welcomed sight on my 85-inch TV screen and an absolute joy to watch on the court. But because the basketball Gods won’t allow us to have nice things, this happened on Sunday against the Los Angeles Temecula Clippers: And per ESPN, after being diagnosed…

By

Jay Connor

Published

March 22, 2021