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  • Easter Sunday is Basically the Beyoncé of Sundays So Be Prepared

    Any self-respecting churchgoer knows Easter Sunday is basically the Beyoncé of Sundays. Ushers in formation, hats on hats on hats, and Church Mothers wishing a nigga would sit in their pew; it’s a big deal, and rightfully so. Jesus was dead, chilled for a second, said hell nah, Xmen’d a stone, waved bye to his…

  • 10 Reasons Donald Glover Was Right About Migos’ “Bad and Boujee”

    I shall not pretend to be a big fan of Migos. In fact, I’ve spent more time being confounded by their inability to disappear into the hip-hop ether than I have enjoying their trapcoctions. Also, the fact that these are some “trappers” from Gwinnett County – aka “the North, that way” aka where you move…

  • The Best Cyber Monday Deals

    Hello Root readers! For the last five years, Kinja Deals has produced the best deals coverage on the internet, and we’re thrilled to be bringing it your way for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and beyond. We’ll be keeping this post up-to-date all week with a handful of the best deals that Cyber Monday has to offer, but…

  • Utah Jazz Guard George Hill’s Random Act of Kindness

    Newly acquired Utah Jazz point guard George Hill was on a walk one day when he saw a group of homeless men, women and children. Moved by the sight, he walked to a local Wendy’s and purchased bags of burgers and fries and bottled water and walked back to the location, where he handed out…

  • The Brick Wall: Where Was My Black Ancestor Before 1880?

    My maternal second great-grandmother was named Sarah Riddick, born around 1862 in Washington County, N.C. Records show that she worked as a servant for L.B. Davis and his wife, Annie E. Davis. I would like to know if Riddick was a slave and where she came from. The 1880 U.S. census shows she had three…

  • Underrated Moment in Black History: When Bobby & Whitney Set The Bar for Black Love

    After “who made the potato salad” and “what had happened was”, Black love is one of the most ubiquitous topics of discussion within 21st century Negronia. Over the years, there have been many couples that come to mind that have embodied the concept – Cliff and Claire Huxtable, Denzel and Pauletta, Cam and Juju, Oscar…

  • 10 Reasons You Need a BMW in 2016

    Let’s face it; what you drive is an extension of you, your personality and your aura. 1. Confidence. Perception is often much more important than we think. That said, the Bimmer has always been effective at creating a certain aura of confidence (and affluence). From its beginnings in 1916 as a German aircraft engine producer,…

  • An Interview With Independent Black Filmmaker Alton Glass

    A few weeks back, I wrote a post entitled, “Dear Netflix, You Are A Liar”. In this post, I spoke about the Black movies that Netflix was alleging were popular that I found hard to believe. Now, as a cultural arbiter of Blackness, Black movies are my bag, baby, but still, lies are lies. Well,…

  • Will Liposuction, Filler or Botox Boost Your Job Prospects?

    Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter. 

  • Atlanta Plastic Surgeon Helping Black Women Fill Out Those Apple Bottom Jeans

    Wendy Williams may prefer bigger breasts over a bigger booty as her plastic surgery procedure of choice, but many black women just don’t feel her on that. Instead, some have been literally dying to get the derriere that Sir Mix-a-Lot boasts about in that “Baby Got Back” sample featured on Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda.” Enter Dr. Wright Jones.…