culture
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This Mother’s Day, Raise Your Voice for Black Maternal Health
The image of a group of white men in suits celebrating the passage of a health care bill that would snatch away affordable access to health care from millions of people—including those living in poverty, people of color, people with disabilities or mental-health issues, and women planning to give birth—is one that will forever be…
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Join The Root and Fusion for a Discussion on ‘Realizing Genius: Mentorship and Women of Color’
It’s hard charting a successful career path as a woman of color, which is why having a mentor is so important. But often, women of color don’t have mentors, or they have mentorships with men. And while having a male mentor is better than having no mentor at all, how do you find someone to…
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Shame and Other Pre-Existing Conditions
I go to stores at 3:15 on weekdays. Lunchtime is crowded with people rushing to squeeze in errands during the workday. Noon to 3 is for the stay-at-home moms killing time before they join the school-pickup lines. Anything after 5 is an absolute no unless I can get there an hour or two before closing.…
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Whoa, Baby! Kelly Rowland Really, Really, Really Loved Giving Birth
Having a baby is more than having a baby (even though the act of having a baby seems like a process no one would willingly call upon her body to do). But having a baby means making. a. human. Babies are adorable, but that only lasts but so long, and then that kid grows up…
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The Root to Redefine Success With the Young, Fabulous and Female and manCODE Panel and Networking in Chicago
If there’s one thing The Root loves, it’s an event! Clearly, there are a ton more things we love here at The Root, like watching The Five Heartbeats, Issa Rae’s very existence, dreams about former President Barack Obama being president again that feel real … and the list goes on! But there’s just something so special…
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Marque Richardson on That Explosive 5th Episode of Dear White People: ‘Those Scenes Were Very Dehumanizing’
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or haven’t borrowed your homie’s Netflix username and password, you should be like the rest of us—pretty damn shook over Dear White People. Adapted from Justin Simien’s 2014 movie of the same name, the new 10-episode series explores myriad issues that black students encounter—racism, class, colorism, interracial dating…
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The Civil War May Be Settled, but the Fight to Remove Confederate Symbols Rages On
Fights over history are really contests for children’s minds. And the stakes are high enough that adults have put children in harm’s way. Last week, people protesting the removal of Confederate flags in New Orleans brandished guns and at least one assault rifle within range of a local school known for diversity. School officials casually…
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Dear Miley Cyrus: Hip-Hop Culture Never Needed You and It Won’t Miss You
We often see celebrities evolve before our very eyes, for better or for worse, especially if we have been exposed to them since childhood. Beyoncé, for example, went from creating mainstream pop music to making music more reflective of black women’s lived experiences in her critically acclaimed Lemonade. Then there are celebrities like Miley Cyrus.…