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Black Actors Show Support for Francesca Amewudah-Rivers Amid ‘Ugly’ Racial ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Backlash
The U.K. actress has been the subject of online vitriol after it was announced she'd be playing Juilet opposite Tom Holland's Romeo in an upcoming play.
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Hip Hop At 50: What I Learned From Writing A Book About The World’s Most Powerful Genre Of Music
Leslie Jones shouted out 50 Rappers Who Changed The World, which chronicles hip hop's most notable emcees.
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Is Misogynoir The Reason Vice President Kamala Harris Has Received The Lowest Net Negative Rating In History?
The poll, which was published on Monday, comes as Harris works to repair her image.
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Not-So-Empowering: This Hollywood Pole Dance Studio Reportedly Caused 'Direct Harm' to BIPOC Women
“Girl Power” with an asterisk is weak. True and sincere women empowerment movements should be inclusive and maintain equity—and it should certainly not thrive on the commodification of Black and brown bodies. The erasure and harm that occurs due to white woman-led femininity and feminism is something we’ve thoroughly covered at The Root—and it’s a…
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Tennessee Football Coach Fired for Calling Stacey Abrams ‘Fat Albert’ and ‘Big Girl’ Over Georgia Runoff Results
Much like their cult leader, Trump supporters are a special kind of stupid. We saw that stupidity manifest itself in the form of angry white chaos at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, but, honestly, that event was just a culmination of all the idiocracy that has plagued the last four years of American…
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'Y’all Don’t Do This to These White Celebrities' Cardi Calls Out the Racism in Criticism of Her Birkin Collection
At some point, folks are gonna stop worrying about how Cardi B spends her money, and Cardi is going to stop rising to take the bait. But today is not that day, and what y’all not about to do is project your racism onto her retail therapy—namely, her extensive and much–written–about collection of Birkins. Anyone…
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Megan Thee Stallion Pens New York Times Op-Ed, Says ‘'Protect Black Women' Should Not Be Controversial’
My dad emailed me about a week ago, with a barrage of questions: “Did you watch Saturday Night Live? Did you see the musical artist? What did you think of her performance?” He was referring to Megan Thee Stallion, an artist he’d previously been unfamiliar with and wasn’t entirely sure he understood—specifically, how to reconcile…
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Megan Thee Stallion Is Performing on the SNL Premiere Hosted by Chris Rock—Oh, Did Something Else Happen? [Updated]
Megan Thee Stallion is having a stellar season. In addition to the huge success of “WAP” and her Revlon deal, this week alone was packed with flourishing news for Thee Stallion, including being named one of the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2020 (and rocking a fierce cover courtesy of 2020 Root 100 honoree…
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Simone Biles Stands in Solidarity With Olympic Runner Semenya Caster After Controversial Ruling: ‘This Is Wrong on So Many Levels’
Real recognizes real, and greatness knows who it holds company with. It’s no surprise, then, that champion gymnast Simone Biles was among those offering full-throated support to South African track star Caster Semenya, who lost an appeal last week to be able to compete as she was born. A Swiss high court ruled last Tuesday…