Professor: Why Have Black Women Stayed Silent About Diddy, Other Men For So Long?
What Blueface’s Tweet About Having Sex With His Mother Actually Says About Black Mothers…
The New Owner Of The Root Asked A Question We All Must Answer: ‘What Is Your Assignment?’ Don’t Have An Answer? Here’s Some Help.
Professor: Ray J Might Be Messy, But Here’s Why You Can’t Blame His Mother
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Professor On How Black Folks Should React To Trump’s D.C. Takeover: His Answer Will Surprise You Or …Maybe Not
President Trump likes to stoke the fire of our anger. Don’t give him what he wants.
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Why Are Black Women Allowing 3-4 Africans to Braid Their Hair When Our Elders Warned Us Only One in ‘Yo Head?’
For generations, our hair was known as a sacred extension of us that should be respected, carrying energy and spirituality. This is why so many of our mothers would say, “Don’t let people at school play in yo’ head,”
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Why Nobody Cares What You Think About About Single and Childless Black Women
OPINION: Let’s talk about this “single and childless” narrative, because there’s so much more to unpack.
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Professor Explains Why Black Gen-X, Millennials Are What’s Wrong With Black America
The next generation of Black people will be the first to do worse than their parents if things do not change immediately.
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Inside the Secret Life of Malcolm-Jamal Warner
We are accustomed to knowing too much about the private lives of celebrities, but Malcolm-Jamal Warner had a different idea.
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The New Owner Of The Root Asked A Question We All Must Answer: ‘What Is Your Assignment?’ Don’t Have An Answer? Here’s Some Help.
We all have an assignment. But finding it will not be the same for everyone.
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Professor: Ray J Might Be Messy, But Here’s Why You Can’t Blame His Mother
After Ray J was arrested on Thanksgiving, folks trolled his mother, Sonja Norwood, online. But this professor shares why she isn’t to blame.
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Professor: Why The Million Man March Was a Total Failure
Thirty years ago, the Million Man March was a wonderful day of solidarity. But a professor explains why he believes it was a sugar high that quickly dissipated.
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Why Black Folks Treat Troubling ‘Dr. Umar’ Better Than Talented Amanda Seales
Dr. Umar and Amanda Seales can both be frustrating, but Why Is Black America Harder on Seales?
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Why Ray Nagin, Flaws and All, Was The Man New Orleans Needed To Combat Hurricane Katrina
It is a shame he ruined his legacy. Ray Nagin could have been remembered as one of the greatest mayors in American history.