Kendrick Lamar Called Drake a ‘Colonizer’ and Forced Black America to Face a Hard Truth
The beef forced Black America to look deeply in 2025 and ask hard questions about who gets to represent our culture on a global stage.
Professor: Why Have Black Women Stayed Silent About Diddy, Other Men For So Long?
The Diddy docuseries does more than expose Sean Combs’s misdeeds. It shows how Black women sometimes hurt themselves in their attempt to protect Black men.
What Blueface’s Tweet About Having Sex With His Mother Actually Says About Black Mothers…
OPINION: Blueface’s tweet about his mother sleeping with him is inelegant, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong.
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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Resurfaced Video of The Blind Side Author Joking About Michael Oher’s College Grades Has Me Feeling a Type of Way
Also Watch The Root’s video with Oher …only five days before he filed the petition.
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The Only Person To Blame For Tory Lanez’s 10 Year Jail Sentence Is Tory Lanez
The rapper’s fate could have been different if he wasn’t worried about his ego.
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On the 75th Anniversary of Armed Forces Desegregation, Republicans Don’t Get to Pretend They Support Our Military
They don’t get to puff out their chests, talk about national security and profess the love and respect they hold for every man and woman who wears a uniform.
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Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ Is the Racist Anthem White Folks Have Been Waiting For
Aldean shot the music video for it in front of a courthouse where a Black man was lynched.
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If Bystanders Had Helped Carlishia Hood That Day, Maybe Her Son Wouldn’t Have Intervened
Based on the evidence, all murder charges against Hood and her son were dropped.






