the costumes were “unacceptable in this day and age.”

31 year olds shouldn’t be friends with 14 year olds, that’s weird as fuck, full stop. If that’s all it is, simply friendly advice, it’s still weird as all get out and we should be shaming Drake for it. 

They could get a few pointers from Pose. If you have not watched it yet, there is a scene when the House Mother has an honest conversation about sex with her son. It fit so perfectly because of how many LBGTQ were dying or getting diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. It didn’t feel forced, placed or awkward. its a FUBU as well. 

They profited off the physical labor, the brutality, the mass rape and murder of our ancestors, and are now profiting off that history & memory. And some of us willingly contribute to that exploitation. White folks & capitalism are something else. The original victims, and now descendants, are truly damned.

Oh, yes. See the Cynthia Erivo article which attempted to report and start a discussion regarding representation and privilege of Black people within the diaspora. The article was cross posted at Jez and hijacked by white women with such bold pronouncements as, “The whole politically correct issue is reaching epic…

This is all very interesting, but I think first we need to gather the opinions of white women at Jezebel since they are now the arbiters of race, culture, and privilege here at The Root.

I was focusing more on the fact the he could have gotten more money by going with Warner Brothers. I’ m of the mind that it is possible to have more money than necessary and as long as he gets to do what he wants, he’s winning. As far as Issa goes: I haven’t made a decision about how I feel towards her comment. She is…

This answer infuriated me. Instead of considering critical mass and addressing what it means for the space as the attendees change from Afro to not-so-many-AfrosPunk, they make some weird remark about important whites and bigotry. What the hell?

THIS. Obviously, things cost money, but at the Brooklyn AfroPunk in August, they had these huge multinational brands pimping their products (e.g. Shea Moisture, Toyota, WHOLE FOODS), and yet the tickets, food, and drink were expensive as fuck. They had signs up that said “Support Black businesses” but they dedicated sp…

I’ve been following this story for a while because I don’t understand how men in Hollywood can fully support pedophiles, but ice the women for speaking out against said pedophiles. I read Brown’s response and thought it came across spitefull and condescending.

And please don’t link to that Deadspin article. Miss me with all the Serena hate. Yall couldn’t WAIT to say some shit about her. 

She’s one of the most unfairly criticized, and mistreated athletes in her profession. What you call “worship” others call balancing the scale to the poor treatment she often receives

This sounds like some White Feminist (TM) bullshit.

IDK if you’re being deliberately obtuse, but his point is very clearly not about the sexualization of women, but about the combination of that with something more weirdly wholesome and homey like a TGI Friday’s.

Next, has anyone found a way to keep their annoying previews from auto playing if I stop scrolling for a freaking second in the app? I cannot fathom why they thought it was a good idea to just start blaring unwanted video and noise just because my cursor stopped moving.

You know what tho? I get her non apology, cause stealing is a THING for middle class/rich white girls. It’s really wild actually. But it is. It’s a coming of age thing for them and they do it all the time like it’s nothing. They go to CVS or wherever and just steal shit cause they can, and because they are white and…

That’s a good point, how _is_ she still making money? I saw her a few years ago on the Super Bowl half time show, and cringed. It made me feel... I don’t know. Embarrassed on her behalf?

average white girl listening to trap and hip-hop on the way to yoga.

Articles like this give me hope, in that it seems like we spend so much fucking energy on Racism 101, that we can never really get into Racism 203: Colorism and Racism 501: Provisional Privilege and Proximity to Whiteness, which is what this is. And the fact that we are inching to the conversations as a people and a…

Nicki Minaj worked with Nas on this album, right? Nas, as in the man who assaulted Kelis?