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Watch: Detroit’s Algee Smith Loves the Unspoken Bond of Black Folks
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black. Many of them talk about our resilience and strength throughout history, some talk about our undeniable talents, while others mention our dance skills, dopeness and more. Full…
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On Whole Foods, Gentrification and the Erasure of Black Harlem
Bye-bye, black Harlem, glad I knew ye. Hello, Whole Foods, I do enjoy your products, but if you can gentrify greens, what chance do we really have? I first moved to Harlem in 1998. I was a young single mother in graduate school with a 2-year-old. Harlem offered me respite, refuge and safety in blackness…
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Watch: John Boyega’s Blackness Sits Like a Crown Atop His Head
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black. Many of them talk about our resilience and strength throughout history, some talk about our undeniable talents, while others mention our dance skills, dopeness and more. Whatever…
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Watch: Let’s Talk About Stretch Marks
They’re on our butts, arms, thighs and breasts. You name it. Stretch marks are discolored, white, red or dark brown and are caused by hormonal changes, genetics or rapid weight gain or loss. Eighty percent of women of color have stretch marks—so let’s talk about them for a minute. Check out the video above to…
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Watch: OWN’s Black Love Digs Into the Best Hollywood Couples’ Love Lives for Honest and Raw Advice
Black love is about to get more than hashtaggable attention. Oprah Winfrey’s OWN has decided to make black love into a docuseries of the same name. Winfrey tapped filmmakers Codie Elaine Oliver and Tommy Oliver (The Perfect Guy) and Confluential Films for the new show Black Love. OK, so what is it? Black Love highlights…
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Judge of Characters: When Black Men Stop Caring About Women
This week, we’ve been faced with famous black men who clearly don’t care about women. Rick Ross, who has a sordid history of rapey lyrics, proved just how rapey he could be in his latest appearance on The Breakfast Club. On top of telling the world that he can’t help himself when dealing with a…
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Watch: Jessica Williams Says Being Black Is Fascinating
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black. Many of them talk about our resilience and strength throughout history, some talk about our undeniable talents, while others mention our dance skills, dopeness and more. Whatever…
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Watch: Is Power Better TV Than Game of Thrones?
There’s just something about the Starz TV drama Power that sticks to your ribs. It could be the beautiful cast (minus Angela—we hate her). Or the talented cameo stars (rest in peace, Charlie Murphy). Or our collective love of hate-watching little Tariq, who could be the worst son in the history of TV sons. Whatever…
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Watch: John Boyega Says Police Brutality Isn’t Just an American Problem
John Boyega is one of the stars of Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, Detroit, which focuses on the real-life tragic torturing of young black men in the Algiers Motel in Detroit in 1967. Boyega plays a young security guard who protects a grocery store from looters, and his character walks the thin and flimsy line between…