Diddy’s Daughters’ Tearful Exit From Trial Ignites Black America’s Outcry
Black Celebs Showed Out at Paris Fashion Week
A White Waitress at a St. Louis Restaurant Calls a Black Woman Customer the B-Word on Video, and It Only Gets Worse From There…
Mama Duke Just Dropped Another Banger and Fans Say It’s As Good As Her ‘America’s Got Talent’ Hit
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Kohl's Yanks 'Ghetto Fab' Halloween Wigs Amid Protests
Kohl’s Corp. has pulled the controversial “Ghetto Fab” wig from its online Halloween costume products. Sears and Kmart followed suit after controversy swirling around the wigs, pun intended, went into overdrive. The wig sparked an uproar on Kohl’s Facebook page Monday. Customers were offended by the name and shocked that Kohl’s would carry an item…
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Loving 'I Love My Hair'
She might just be the most famous kid on YouTube right now, but don’t ask her name or who she is. She’s simply known as the “I Love My Hair” Sesame Street muppet. Rivaling top-ranked YouTube music videos with nearly half a million views in only five days, the little black puppet with the pretty…
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Tyler Perry Opens Up About Abuse on Oprah
Film mogul Tyler Perry paid a visit to The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss his latest film, For Colored Girls. Perry opened up to Oprah, discussing the years of abuse and molestation he endured as a child. The 41-year-old New Orleans native said that his father was physically and emotionally abusive, berating him and beating…
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Carla Franklin Wins: Google Must Confess
Business consultant Carla Franklin will finally be able to find out the identity of the person who made disparaging comments about her. A New York City court has ruled that Google must disclose the identity of the anonymous person who made the deprecating remarks. The ruling issued on Tuesday gives Google two weeks to provide…
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French Perfumer Guerlain Drops the N-Word, Causes 'Scandale'
As France struggles with discontent over the Sarkozy plan to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62, another long-standing — but often ignored — problem has reared its ugly Gallic head again: racism. This time it involves a revered figure, Jean-Paul Guerlain, descendant of the founder of the famous perfumery. In a TV…
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Buckwheat and Ginni
is a former columnist for TIME magazine and a regular contributor to The Root.
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Ugandan Newspaper to Gays: 'Hang Them'
Fresh from our “Are you kidding?” file, a Ugandan newspaper (Rolling Stone, not to be confused with the American music publication) has published names, photos and addresses of people it claims to be gay, alongside a banner screaming, “Hang Them.” The article comes near the one-year anniversary of legislator David Bahati’s introduction of a bill…
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Gospel Singer Tye Tribbett Admits Infidelity in His Marriage
Tye Tribbett, a Stellar Award winner, is candidly discussing the details of a high-profile affair in the gospel community. Tribbett had an affair with a woman from his choir, Greater Anointing (G.A.). It was with a woman he and his wife had counseled, with whom Tribbett eventually had an affair. After Tribbett’s wife found out…
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Invisible Woman: Black Women and Domestic Violence
Have you ever heard of Margaret “Missy” Allen or Nikki McPhatter? In July of 2008, attorney Margaret “Missy” Allen was killed by a boyfriend who was a former client. Calvin McKelton was found guilty of strangling Allen and then dumping her body in Cincinnati’s East End. He was also found guilty in the shooting death…