while black

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

In Mississippi, a white father-son duo is under investigation for a hate crime after allegedly chasing and shooting…

Lashondra Evans can’t stop thinking about all that could have gone wrong the night campus police showed up at her…

In Louisiana, an investigation has been launched into three officers involved in the arrest of two Black teenagers…

Dining while black can be a frustrating experience. There’s always that nagging suspicion that being on the…

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

A black delivery driver was trapped for more than an hour in a gated community in Oklahoma City earlier this week by…

The “clip of a person killed while doing a thing while black” phenomenon is such a part of our national zeitgeist…

Two black women who had the cops called on them at a Pennsylvania golf course in 2018 for allegedly playing “too…

In today’s edition of #ExistingWhileBlack, we learn that something as innocuous as leaving your apartment building…

Deputy constable Daryl Jones has been fired after a viral video surfaced in which he was seen harassing a pair of…

Far too often, police force black people to audition for their humanity. This is one of those times.

Well, hello there!

In what serves as the latest example of #ExistingWhileBlack, I present 20-year-old Devin Meyers, who was stopped by…

After being accused of racially profiling a black couple during their wedding proposal, several Angry Orchard…

The pistol-packing, 70-year-old sentient packet of Mississippi sour cream known as Ruby Howell was arrested on…

A college student’s quest for late-night leftovers turned into a racially charged episode where the student was…

It’s a shame there isn’t a tag for stories on The Root called “dumbassery on your tax dollars,” because I promise…

A black Colorado man was doing the suspicious work of cleaning his yard when he was confronted by police who wanted…

We can add reciting Jay-Z lyrics to the growing list of things black people must refrain from doing after a…