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Culture, Culture

For Some White Celebrity Guests, ‘Finding Your Roots’ Means Learning You’re Black

Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. shared some of the shocking reveals with our Editor-in-Chief

By

Angela Johnson

Published

March 18, 2024
Education, News

Black Johns Hopkins DEI Hed Who Called White People Privileged Is Out

Dr. Sherita Golden resigned as chief diversity officer at Johns Hopkins Medical school after calling white people and others privileged.

By

Jessica Washington

Published

March 7, 2024
Entertainment, Music

Lizzo Responds: “I Am Not Making Music for White People…”

In her Vanity Fair interview, Lizzo said: “When Black people see a lot of white people in the audience, they think 'well this isn’t for me, this is for them.'"

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

October 11, 2022
Opinion

Maybe White People Should Feel Bad

In her appearance on The View, Condoleezza Rice argued that teaching kids about racism and inequality would make them feel bad. Why shouldn't they?

By

Michael Harriot

Published

October 22, 2021
News, Race Matters

It’s ‘White People’

If there's nothing wrong with discussing Black voters, Hispanic neighborhoods and Native American culture, why is the media so afraid to mention whiteness?

By

Michael Harriot

Published

August 26, 2021
News, Race Matters

Where Did All the White People Go? Ranking the Blackest and Whitest Places in America, According to the New Census Data

We looked at the new data from the U.S. Census Bureau to rank the Blackest and whitest places in America.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

August 17, 2021
Politics

Don't Worry White People, Democracy Ain't Going Nowhere

There's no reason to fear the loss of democracy, bipartisanship and American exceptionalism.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

June 10, 2021
News, Opinion, Opinion

What if White People Are Wrong?

Of all the toxic traits that white supremacy offers, perhaps its most oxymoronic byproduct is the supreme confidence with which it endows its adherents. At this very moment, someone reading these words is absolutely certain that they are excluded from the group most Black people consider to be racist. Meanwhile, perhaps the most anti-racist white…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

April 20, 2021
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Maybe Whiteness Is Not a Pandemic

Last week, a white man did white man things, which caused a lot of pain and heartache. Some people call Robert Aaron Long a “spree shooter,” while others call him a “mass murderer.” Because he went from location to location to kill people, he may technically be a serial killer or a hate criminal —…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 26, 2021
News, Race Matters

Watch Whiteness Work: A White Man Kills 6 Asian Women, and a White Cop Says He 'Had a Bad Day'

It’s already been a heartbreaking and devastatingly unrelenting year of blatant, dehumanizing and violent acts of racism. It’s echoed four years of ever-escalating incidents in the same vein, not to mention centuries of a state of rotten affairs that is as American as apple pie. I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted and completely…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

March 17, 2021