White Olympic Figure Skater Praised For a Dangerous Backflip — That a Black Woman Was Penalized For Decades Ago
Before Ilia Malinin “made history” with a backflip, Surya Bonaly — a Black Olympic figure skater — risked everything performing the same move in 1998.
Kendrick Lamar Set the Super Bowl Halftime Show Bar, Bad Bunny Just Raised It
Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny created back-to-back halftime shows that centered Black and Brown people, not white comfort.
Professor: How Bad Bunny Became Famous By Gentrifying Black Music
OPINION: Go ahead and tweet about representation while the NFL sells you a sanitized remix of a Black sound. It’s heartwarming to watch Afro-Latinx pioneers get sidelined while Benito takes a victory lap on the track they paved.
Professor: Why Black People Should Skip The Super Bowl This Year
On the NFL’s biggest stage, Black labor is everywhere and Black leadership is nowhere.
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Dear NCAA, Run Reggie Bush His Heisman Trophy
The NCAA now has the perfect opportunity to atone for one of its most egregious sins.
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Behold the Queen
U.S. Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry will neither bend nor break to the whims of white supremacy.
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Are White People OK?
This week’s Mailbag is a wellness check for those who lost the right to spread COVID, election conspiracies and Caucasian Race Theory. Are y’all aight?
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Auntie Unfiltered Has a Fangirl Moment With Stephanie Mills
The legendary singer and her soul-stirring vocals have been a part of my life since I was a child.
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Sigh, I Guess We Must Talk About Hunter Biden Using the N-Word
Joe Biden’s son told his white lawyer friend not to charge him ‘Hennessy rates’ while casually dropping the N-word.
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They're All Gonna Laugh At You
Lamar Odom is providing a cruel lesson about what life looks like for waning celebrities.





