Like most people who use Instagram, I peruse the platform to seek out black beautyâmen and woman. I live in Brazil, a country that is more than 50 percent black. But you wouldnât know that by the faces you see on television, in magazines and even on mainstream websites.
Why are we still talking about who can and cannot say the n-word? White people, please hear me out. There will never be any occasion when you will need to use the n-word, ever. Even if Kendrick Lamar invites you onstage and the only word in the song is ânigga,â donât say it. Censor yourself the same way I do withâŚ
1. Because âniggaâ rhymes with a shitload of things, which comes in handy during freestyle rap cyphers at 3 a.m. at IHOP.
A Maryland woman is getting the support of an entire community after an employee at a local BP service station hurled racial slurs at her.
Fellow black folks, our collective outrage is clearly proving very lucrative because trolls keep trolling, and fashion and beauty companies keep trying it with racially insensitive marketing. Hot on the heels of H&Mâs absolutely irresponsible and boycott-inducing use of a black boy to market a sweatshirt proclaimingâŚ
What could be more offensive than a group of women with ridiculously big tits and reality-defying waists parading around in their underwear?
Itâs going to make your eyes water. Itâs going to stink. Youâre going to get the bubble guts when it happens. Like an opponent with the big joker, Taco Bell diarrhea or a butt-whipping after you dared ask a black mother for name-brand cereal in the supermarket, we all know itâs coming; we just donât know when.
This week, racism reared its ugly head the same way itâs been doing since Donald Trump became president. In New York City, the greatest melting pot on earth, we still have to deal with bigotry, but the city that never sleeps has a special way of banding together to combat racism that is sure to warm your spirit. MaybeâŚ
On Thursday, the British blowhard with a face that looks like a half-filled Hefty bag, Piers Morgan, wrote a piece explaining why black people shouldnât be mad when white people use the word ânigga.â
A metro-Detroit business owner is catching some serious heat for a racist Facebook post in which he used the n-word to call out a black couple protesting the national anthem at a Detroit Lions game.
When I asked a few of our readers to come in to The Rootâs offices and share their personal experiences of being called the n-word for the first time, I knew Iâd get a lot of stories steeped in ignorance. I didnât realize that a lot of the stories would sound like shared experiences with a checklist of items thatâŚ
Do you still say nigga? I do.
When will these white folks learn that being black adjacent doesnât mean they can say any form of the n-word or even âNegroâ?
With lyrics like, âFuck the police coming straight from the underground, a young brother got it bad cuz Iâm brown,â Ice Cube has proved himself to be both a G and a sage.
In her latest MTV Decoded video, Franchesca Ramsey, writer, actress and video blogger, gives a succinct and critical overview of the incestuous relationship between capitalism and racism, and how the inbred language birthed from that union makes some poor, white people confused about which institution is victimizingâŚ
