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The Root Staff Looks Back at 2020

'Give Yourself Some Self Love Because You Did It': The Root Staff Looks Back at Navigating 2020

PublishedDecember 29, 2020

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Small Town Horror Story: The Racist Attack Of A FedEx Worker

Small Town Horror Story: The Racist Attack Of A FedEx Worker

Former BET CEO Debra Lee on Growing Up In The Segregated South | Securing the Bag: Part 1

Former BET CEO Debra Lee on Growing Up In The Segregated South | Securing the Bag: Part 1

W. Kamau Bell Talks Mixed-Race Documentary And Battling Twitter Trolls

W. Kamau Bell Talks Mixed-Race Documentary And Battling Twitter Trolls

Smokey Robinson Wants His New Album To Cause You "Gasms"

Smokey Robinson Wants His New Album To Cause You "Gasms"

Debra Lee On Greenlighting BET Hits Being Mary Jane & The Game | Securing the Bag: Part 2

Debra Lee On Greenlighting BET Hits Being Mary Jane & The Game | Securing the Bag: Part 2

Latest Videos

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American Ninja Warrior: Season 15 Is Our TV Pick of The Week

American Ninja Warrior: Season 15 Is Our TV Pick of The Week

Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

Small Town Horror Story: Juneteenth & The Aftermath of Slavery

Small Town Horror Story: Juneteenth & The Aftermath of Slavery

Caleb McLaughlin on Lebron James' Biopic, Stranger Things, & His First Big Paycheck

Caleb McLaughlin on Lebron James' Biopic, Stranger Things, & His First Big Paycheck

SZA Strikes The Heart With Songwriting Prowess on "Kill Bill"

SZA Strikes The Heart With Songwriting Prowess on "Kill Bill"

Securing The Bag

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Former BET CEO Debra Lee On Failures & Breaking the Glass Ceiling | Securing the Bag: Part 3

Former BET CEO Debra Lee On Failures & Breaking the Glass Ceiling | Securing the Bag: Part 3

Debra Lee On Greenlighting BET Hits Being Mary Jane & The Game | Securing the Bag: Part 2

Debra Lee On Greenlighting BET Hits Being Mary Jane & The Game | Securing the Bag: Part 2

Former BET CEO Debra Lee on Growing Up In The Segregated South | Securing the Bag: Part 1

Former BET CEO Debra Lee on Growing Up In The Segregated South | Securing the Bag: Part 1

Chef Carla Hall On What Success Looks Like For Her & What's Next | Securing the Bag: Part 5

Chef Carla Hall On What Success Looks Like For Her & What's Next | Securing the Bag: Part 5

Carla Hall & QVC's "Sweet Heritage" Cookware Aims To Simplify Cooking | Securing the Bag: Part 4

Carla Hall & QVC's "Sweet Heritage" Cookware Aims To Simplify Cooking | Securing the Bag: Part 4

Black Hacks

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Cooking Sausages? Here's The Quick & Easy Method Without The Pot

Cooking Sausages? Here's The Quick & Easy Method Without The Pot

How To Get TikTok's 'Bold Glamour' Filter Look Using Make Up

How To Get TikTok's 'Bold Glamour' Filter Look Using Make Up

How To Dispose Of Cooking Grease The Easy Way After Frying

How To Dispose Of Cooking Grease The Easy Way After Frying

Easy Beauty/Black Hack Doubles As Primer While Protecting Your Skin

Easy Beauty/Black Hack Doubles As Primer While Protecting Your Skin

Black Hack: Clean the Tub And Save Your Back!

Black Hack: Clean the Tub And Save Your Back!

That's So Random

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Caleb McLaughlin on Lebron James' Biopic, Stranger Things, & His First Big Paycheck

Caleb McLaughlin on Lebron James' Biopic, Stranger Things, & His First Big Paycheck

Michael Evans Behling Talks All American, Taye Diggs' Advice, & The Perfect Donut

Michael Evans Behling Talks All American, Taye Diggs' Advice, & The Perfect Donut

Omari Hardwick On The Mother, Working With Jennifer Lopez, Poetry, & More

Omari Hardwick On The Mother, Working With Jennifer Lopez, Poetry, & More

Sherri Shepherd Talks Two Funny Mamas & Channels Her Inner Toni Braxton

Sherri Shepherd Talks Two Funny Mamas & Channels Her Inner Toni Braxton

Smokey Robinson Wants His New Album To Cause You "Gasms"

Smokey Robinson Wants His New Album To Cause You "Gasms"

The Callout

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"Too Black" or "Not Black Enough": W. Kamau Bell on the Politics of Black Identity

"Too Black" or "Not Black Enough": W. Kamau Bell on the Politics of Black Identity

W. Kamau Bell Talks Mixed-Race Documentary And Battling Twitter Trolls

W. Kamau Bell Talks Mixed-Race Documentary And Battling Twitter Trolls

Tucker Carlson Might Be Gone But Fox News Remains a Cesspool of Hate

Tucker Carlson Might Be Gone But Fox News Remains a Cesspool of Hate

The Emasculation Problem: A$AP Rocky & Rihanna's Vogue Cover

The Emasculation Problem: A$AP Rocky & Rihanna's Vogue Cover

How Toxic Masculinity Manifested in Hip Hop & the Black Community

How Toxic Masculinity Manifested in Hip Hop & the Black Community

Small Town Horror

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Small Town Horror Story: Juneteenth & The Aftermath of Slavery

Small Town Horror Story: Juneteenth & The Aftermath of Slavery

Small Town Horror Story: The Vietnam Veteran Who Refused To Leave A Man Behind

Small Town Horror Story: The Vietnam Veteran Who Refused To Leave A Man Behind

Small Town Horror Story: The Racist Ranch Feud

Small Town Horror Story: The Racist Ranch Feud

Small Town Horror Story: The Tragic Murder of Model Harry Uzoka

Small Town Horror Story: The Tragic Murder of Model Harry Uzoka

Small Town Horror Story: The Racist Attack Of A FedEx Worker

Small Town Horror Story: The Racist Attack Of A FedEx Worker

What's Black On TV

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American Ninja Warrior: Season 15 Is Our TV Pick of The Week

American Ninja Warrior: Season 15 Is Our TV Pick of The Week

T-Boz & Chilli Tell Their Story For The First Time In TLC Forever, Our TV Pick This Week

T-Boz & Chilli Tell Their Story For The First Time In TLC Forever, Our TV Pick This Week

Wanda Sykes' New Stand-Up & Beat Shazam Without Jaime Foxx: Our TV Picks This Week

Wanda Sykes' New Stand-Up & Beat Shazam Without Jaime Foxx: Our TV Picks This Week

Barack Obama Hosts Working: What We Do All Day, Our TV Pick This Week

Barack Obama Hosts Working: What We Do All Day, Our TV Pick This Week

Brian Tyree Henry in Hulu's Class of '09 Is Our TV Pick This Week

Brian Tyree Henry in Hulu's Class of '09 Is Our TV Pick This Week

Here's What You May Not Know

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Black Writers From Hit HBO, Netflix, & NBC Shows Talk About Shutting Down Their Industry

Black Writers From Hit HBO, Netflix, & NBC Shows Talk About Shutting Down Their Industry

Republican-Led Political Expulsions, Like Tennessee, Could Be The New Norm

Republican-Led Political Expulsions, Like Tennessee, Could Be The New Norm

The Carjacking Cops of Memphis

The Carjacking Cops of Memphis

Are Black San Franciscans Getting $5 Million Each in Reparations?

Are Black San Franciscans Getting $5 Million Each in Reparations?

White Student Sues For "Racial Discrimination." Lucky You, We Read The Lawsuit For You

White Student Sues For "Racial Discrimination." Lucky You, We Read The Lawsuit For You

Ur Fav Trak

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SZA Strikes The Heart With Songwriting Prowess on "Kill Bill"

SZA Strikes The Heart With Songwriting Prowess on "Kill Bill"

On "Sorry Not Sorry," Tyler, the Creator Addresses His Sexuality and His Faults

On "Sorry Not Sorry," Tyler, the Creator Addresses His Sexuality and His Faults

This Mother's Day We Revisit 2Pac's "Dear Mama" on UR FAV TRAK

This Mother's Day We Revisit 2Pac's "Dear Mama" on UR FAV TRAK

Whitney Houston Took Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" To The Top Of The Charts

Whitney Houston Took Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" To The Top Of The Charts

Beyoncé's Feminist Anthem "Run the World (Girls)" A Decade Later

Beyoncé's Feminist Anthem "Run the World (Girls)" A Decade Later

Cheat Sheet

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Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Hospice Care?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Hospice Care?

Cheat Sheet: What Is A Recession?

Cheat Sheet: What Is A Recession?

Cheat Sheet: What is DEI?

Cheat Sheet: What is DEI?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Food Insecurity?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Food Insecurity?

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