The Chicago Blackhawks have barred four fans from their home games after the Washington Capitals’ Devante…
Hey, bruh, I’m back again for our weekly explainer. I thought we might talk about Black History Month this time.
Nobody has your back like Mama does. And it took one particularly insistent mother—and the surveillance video she…
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Well, well, well. Another day, another white person not realizing that it’s really never appropriate to use the word…
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The writing staff of The Root is an eclectic mix of people of color from disparate backgrounds who hold myriad…
Dear white people: Why are you like this?
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Yo, it’s been a hard year for black people. Overt racism and microaggressions abound. Here are eight costumes that…
I’m sorry, y’all, but this week we’re featuring only one piece of email. It’s not that we didn’t receive a lot of…
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This is not about racists. This is about not-racists. You’ve seen them before: the special class of white people who…