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The Surprising Tea on the Black Colorado Child Born With Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes

The Surprising Tea on the Black Colorado Child Born With Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes

Yes, these babies with “European” features are, in fact, Black. 
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Everything to Know About Trump’s Massive Birthday Military Parade in DC— And Why it’s Stirring Up Chaos

In more than 1,600 cities, demonstrators are expected to organize for "No Kings Day" to
12 Shocking, Barely-Known Secrets and Scandals of Black Hollywood

12 Shocking, Barely-Known Secrets and Scandals of Black Hollywood

It can't be Black Hollywood without the drama. Here are a few stories about your
New York County Ballot Lawsuit Sparks Election Integrity Firestorm on Social Media

New York County Ballot Lawsuit Sparks Election Integrity Firestorm on Social Media

This bombshell lawsuit might lead to nation-wide investigations and ballot recounts... and who knows what
  • Illegal Alien Halloween Costume – Not So Cool

    I know that Halloween is upon us.  Folks are flocking to every costume store looking for the most outlandish Obama mask, Michelle Obama mask, or Balloon Boy Puking on GMA mask.  Hey, this year I might just get crazy and pull out my Black-Man-Thinking-Deeply-When-Warned-Not-To mask and stir up some good old-fashioned trouble.  I may even…

  • What The? Woman Faces 15 Years for Cutting Wal-Mart Line

    The Buzz was cruising the web when this bit of outrageousness came floating by on the Twitternets. From News Release Now Kennett, MO. – Heather Ellis, a young college student out of Kennett, MO is now facing 15 years in prison if she is sentenced after being accused of cutting line at a local Walmart.…

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner on Gossip Girl?

    “Did I just hear that your long absent mother is coming to hear you speak?” asks Blair Waldorf when she learns that Brooklyn boho Vanessa Abrams’ legal guardians might actually get some screen time. Finally! On last night’s GG, Vanessa’s crazy hippie parents (who moved to Vermont and allowed their teenaged daughter to go back…

  • Meet The Root 100

    The Root 100 is a newly minted honor intended to celebrate the leadership, service and excellence of African-American men and women whose passion, dedication and innovative work have set them apart. The Root 100 is the manifestation of a core component of The Root’s mission—to bring to light people and ideas who are quietly having…

  • Arrests Made in UCONN Player's Death

    An unidentified man has been arrested in connection with the death of Jasper Howard, the UCONN football player who was fatally stabbed outside a school dance last Saturday. From ESPN Attorney Deron Freeman declined to identify his client, but says the man and several others got into a fight “with about six” UConn football players…

  • Morehouse’s Crossroads Has Nothing To Do With ‘Ghetto Gear’ or Cross-Dressing

    The conversation regarding the new dress-code policy at Morehouse College has been hijacked by a vociferous gang of socially conservative black pundits: some of them simply politically misguided, others merely proud homophobes; a few of them the ideological love-children of Ward Connerly and Bill Cosby. In the short week and a half since I became…

  • No Coloreds Allowed? Book Party Turns Racist?

    When trendy goes wrong: In August, author Teri Woods, best known for her True to the Game street fiction trilogy, threw a party at the hard-to-get-into New York club Greenhouse to celebrate her new book Alibi. Unfortunately, the majority of her 175 invitees couldn’t get in. The reason? They’re claiming racism. But this isn’t just…

  • Keith Bardwell Defends Denied Interracial Marriage

    The Louisiana Justice of the Peace who refused to marry an interracial couple said on “The Early Show” he doesn’t see what the problem is with what he did now, because the couple is already married. “I’m sorry, you know, that I offended the couple, but I did help them and tell them who to…

  • Michelle Obama to Chop It Up With Leno on Friday

    First lady Michelle Obama is going to be serving up answers on “The Jay Leno Show.” NBC said Monday that Mrs. Obama is set to respond to 10 “rapid-fire questions” in a comedy bit with Leno. She’ll participate via satellite from Washington. Leno’s Q&A routine with celebrities and newsmakers has featured Justin Timberlake, Sen. John…

  • New Jack, Old Jack: Will Obama Posthumously Pardon Ex-Champ?

    His first crime? Beating down white boxers. His worst crime? Daring to have a sexual relationship with a white woman. Such is the saga of Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion who, in 1913, was jailed for ten months for violating the Mann Act, which prohibited the transportation of women across state lines for “immoral purposes.”…