Navy SEALs Who Harassed Black Teammate With Racist ‘Slave’ and ‘Monkey’ Memes Finally ‘Disciplined’
Michelle Obama On How That Famous 2008 New Yorker ‘Fist Bump’ Magazine Cover Changed Everything
Atlanta Nightlife Insiders Respond to 21 Savage’s Claim That the City’s Club Scene ‘Grooms’ Children
The Root’s Ultimate Guide to Holiday Dos and Don’ts
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Letting Him Back In: Why Are We Unable to Let Go of Our Problematic Exes?
It could all be so simpleBut you’d rather make it hardLoving you is like a battleAnd we both end up with scarsTell me who I have to beTo get some reciprocitySee, no one loves you more than me And no one ever will. I can’t count how many times I played Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor,” singing…
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Judge of Characters: What Happens When You Silence the Silence Breakers?
Time magazine shocked us all when it named several women and men who spoke out against sexual assault as its Person of the Year. The editors labeled the brave souls “the Silence Breakers.” But in addition to noticing Taylor Swift on the cover, I couldn’t help seeing that the cover lacked Tarana Burke, the founder…
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A Woman-to-Woman Conversation About a Man Is Not Always the Move
“Hello? May I speak to Barbara? Barbara, this is Shirley.” So begins a classic R&B song where one sista reaches out to another to have a woman-to-woman conversation about the man they are unwittingly sharing. Shirley found Barbara’s number in her man’s pockets and decided to call Barbara to break the news to her. But…
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Why Nola Darling 2.0 Is Not a Good Example of Polyamory
Let me start off by saying that I loved the Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It. I thought it was brilliant, and I highly recommend it. It is classic Spike Lee—everything we want and expect from him in a film on the small screen. From the cinematography to the soundtrack to the acting, everything was…
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Walmart Pulls T-Shirt Calling for Journalist Lynchings
Even Amazon Sold Hoodie Bearing a Threat Crime Reporter in Company Car Carjacked Police Not Collecting Data on Hate Crimes Monica Drake Joins Masthead of N.Y. Times Lilly Workneh Exits as Black Voices Editor Salt Lake Paper Opposes Trump on Monuments Seattle Times Protests ICE Arrest of News Source Anti-Harassment Campaign at HBCUs Bubbles Up…
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Why Emotional Maturity and Emotional Intelligence Are Important for Healthy Relationships
Emotional maturity and emotional intelligence are key factors in maintaining healthy relationships—romantic or otherwise. Many people are lacking in these areas, which leads to a breakdown in communication and, ultimately, complications in or even the breakup of relationships. There is no way to navigate relationship politics without these skill sets, yet most people don’t even…
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Watch: What Happened to Our Girls?
Cyntoia Brown and Bresha Meadows are both victims of abuse who were teenagers when they killed men who they feared were a threat to their lives. Recently, their stories have gained fierce support from the community: Brown has had numerous celebrities rally on her behalf, and Bresha even had a song made in her honor.…
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Choke Me, Spank Me, Pull My Hair: For the Women Who Like It Rough
First of all, let me give props to the rapper Xzibit, who gave us a hot-ass song that is both a mood and an anthem for the women like me who like it a little rough in the bedroom. Plain old missionary is not enough for us. We want to be spanked. We want to…
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Watch: How Do Black People ‘Emoji’?
Unicode, the consortium responsible for creating new emojis, has released hundreds of new emojis, including a genie, breastfeeding, a woman in a head scarf—the works. If you use a humanlike emoji, like the thumbs-up, then you have to choose one of six skin tones. But how do black people choose the skin tones of their…
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Trump Had a Racist Meltdown, Some Say
Retweet of Anti-Muslim Video, ‘Pocahontas’ Cited Ryan ‘Great’ With Snub From White House on Party Press Groups Sue for Details on Leak Investigations Yamiche Alcindor Leaving N.Y. Times for PBS ‘Journal-isms’ Makes the News Conyers’ Wife Irritated by Media Attention Baquet Talks Pain, Therapy, Blackness With Jay-Z $75K to Help Puerto Rico Radio Stations Recover…