I hate the expression. I find the “strong black woman” thing annoying. It’s not as bad as it used to be, but there was a time when a lot of black women would insert the phrase “strong black woman” into every other sentence. Every time I would ask my one friend a question, her response would begin with, “Well, as a…

Because it wasn’t just a monument to celebrate abolition. The author of the article oversimplified it. Laboulaye loved the idea of America—its liberation from England, its constitution, its anti-monarchism, and its abolition of slavery. He didn’t seek to create a monument to celebrate abolition exclusively. He was…

It’s important for that information to come out and for people to discuss it, but what the fuck does it have to do with this article?

I’m black, and according to section 1235(a) of Bullshit Rules that Black People Made Up, black people can criticize other black people.

“TLDR” is for people with short attention spans, grey. Luckily, I read the whole thing, and I can tell you that you didn’t miss anything of value. It was pretty dumb.

Well said, grey.

Well, the black experience is complex, but not the Root writers’ analysis of it.

She sure is, grey.

It’s not as great as it sounds, grey. 

Well said, grey.

Hopefully one day you’ll get out of the greys. 

You said it, grey.

It would be nice if you were no longer a grey.

So true, grey.

So true, my grey friend.

Look. It’s another grey.

Hello, grey.

“We have explained racism to you people racist (yes, you people) time and time again.”

There’s nothing racist about what Tony Robbins did. It was just a clumsy way of making a point that is supported by plenty of research. I’m talking about mainstream psychology, not studies published in crackpot journals with names like “The Sedona Journal of Psychic Healing and Energy Studies.” I don’t mean to sound…

Correction: it’s where stupid black people go to cry. Not all of us are on board with what the Root is doing.