Imagine that moment when Mariah Carey raises that single finger to check her pitch while singing—now, add 29 more…

Full disclosure: I love Despicable Me with the hilarious, sometimes anti-hero, Gru and all his Minions. But a…

My wife is not black.

Alexandra Shipp will not be censored. The 27-year-old actress was best known for her roles in the 2014 biopic, Aaliya…

The airlines are back at it again, with Southwest being accused of demanding that a white mother prove that her…

Eight years ago I got a Facebook message that said, “Do you remember me?” I was prepping for a staff meeting and…

My mother and I recently decided to do DNA kits together in honor of Mother’s Day. (Please don’t @ me with warnings…

All my life I had to fight. That’s not true, but you can’t say “all my life” and NOT add “I had to fight” if you’re…

I got my results back from AncestryDNA. About damn time, too. I was like a crackhead, checking my email every single…

Anna Holmes, the founder of Jezebel and editorial director at Topic.com, recently wrote an op-ed for the New York…

When you meet someone who identifies as biracial, what do you see? An imposter? A person in denial? A person who…

Like many, we here at The Root have been having somewhat heated (I don’t know who was typing in all caps) discussion…

I am often asked about my name. “Nabil. It’s an Arabic name,” I’ll say. “It means noble, learned and generous,”…

Skin color both unites and divides us. Whether you live in India, East Africa or Japan, the color of your skin…

I remember, with painful clarity, the time I ached to be white. I mean that literally, by the way. I stuck a…

Nancy Wirths received an anonymous, racist letter Monday stating that black people were not welcome in her Wichita,…

"'Passing' describes the choice to identify as a member of another racial group rather than face social prejudice,”…

Who is Bow Wow?

1. Taye Diggs believes you are an idiot. And yes, "you" encapsulates literally any and every person who happens to…

I got an issue with this. And this. I’m going to try to put my finger on why. Bear with me.