living while black

Having lived in Arizona for the last 17 years, I can safely testify that Scottsdale is the fucking worst. I’m…

There is a widely held belief that no matter what you’re doing, doing it while black automatically makes it a…

On Thursday a gang of police officers in Garner, N.C., raided Mikisa Thompson’s house in the middle of the night…

A white Boulder, Colorado, police officer has resigned after an internal affairs report denounced his threatening…

The black Washington, D.C., transit worker who got put on blast by an irate commuter displeased by her decision to…

Yesterday, The Root reported on Natasha Tynes, the DC Metro snitch who reported a black MWATA worker for (gasp!)…

Knowledge is power, and clearly, Angela Whitehead of Billings, Montana, has plenty of both.

Kevin Sneed of Prince George’s County, Maryland, was pulled over for a broken taillight. He ended up with an…

Durham, North Carolina, resident Rosetta Swinney was on her way back from an Easter trip to Nevada with her young…

You may remember #BBQBecky, the white woman who decided to call 911 on a group of black people who were simply…

A black hotel guest is demanding a Portland, Ore., DoubleTree speak publicly about an alleged racial profiling…

2018 has been quite the year for black people.

In a perfect world, black people wouldn’t face incessant discrimination over our choice of dress, dialect,…

My mother called it “cruising for a bruising.” Some places refer to it as “begging for a butt-whipping.” In my South…

#LivingWhileBlack is tough. It seems that just by living our black-ass lives and minding our black-ass business, we…

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Four months ago, Jennifer Schulte, aka BBQ Becky, went viral after she called 911 on a group of black people…

Money doesn’t protect you from racism and actor Ving Rhames made that clear during his interview with SiriusXM’s The…

During the first 18 years of my life, my parents and I lived at seven different addresses.

It’s news to no one that the Rebeccas and Karens of the world will not cease until they call cops on every single…