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It is most appropriate that we open on this Sunday morning—it’s Wednesday afternoon, you say? Oh. Excuse me, er,…
Dec 31
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There Was but One Creative Gawd Who Smote All Others in 2019. Mr. Billy Porter Is Kuumba Personified
If there’s one thing black folk are, it’s creative. Whether through necessity or just burned into our melanin-ness,…
Dec 30
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On this fifth day of Kwanzaa, we celebrate Nia, which means purpose, and also surges in popularity as a name every…
Dec 29
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Even us anti-capitalists recognize that economic freedom is power in the good ole US of A. And as it relates to…
Dec 28
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On today, the third day of Kwanzaa, we celebrate the principle Ujima, or collective work and responsibility.
Dec 27
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On the second day of Kwanzaa, the black nationalists gave to me…a hard-ass word to pronounce! But in fact,…
Dec 26
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Some years, when we say an entity (person, persons of note, or not) embodies Umoja, or unity, the first principle of…
Dec 26
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There was a time back when Kwanzaa and Christmas were cruising on a yacht popping Cristal and truly Big Pimpin’.
Dec 25
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I was raised in a fundamentalist church that believed in the seventh-day Sabbath, tambourines and neverending,…
Dec 24
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Y’all, Kwanzaa is LIT. Seriously. What other uniquely African-American holiday invites you to spend seven days…
Jan 1 2019
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The last day of Kwanzaa is represented by the principle of Imani, or faith—the essence of what has gotten us through…
Dec 31 2018
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As we continue on our Kwanzaa trek this year, today we celebrate Kuumba, or creativity, a place where—let’s be…
Dec 30 2018
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As we continue to celebrate the African American cultural holiday of Kwanzaa, today brings us to Nia, or “Purpose,”…
Dec 29 2018
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Here’s a lie you often hear:
Dec 29 2018
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Today—Dec. 29—the Kwanzaa principle celebrated is Ujamaa, or “cooperative economics,” and there was very little…
Dec 28 2018
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The Kwanzaa principle for today, Dec. 28, is Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility. Ujima means building and…
Dec 27 2018
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For each day of Kwanzaa, the African-American cultural holiday that eschews the typical commercialism of the holiday…
Dec 26 2018
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As with last year, The Root is celebrating the blackest holiday of them all!
Dec 4 2018
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It’s Day Two of The Glow Up’s 12 Days of Gifting—and, as promised, we’re back with more ideas for you!
Dec 3 2018
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Okay, Glow Up gang: It’s officially December, and if you haven’t already, you need to start shopping for the…