Is it strange that I was surprised that Naomi Campbell supported Snoop as well? I thought she was the type to defend us (black women)

Some of The Root’s frequent commenters are also known for defending the celebrities who bashed the likes of Gayle and Oprah for daring to question the wrongdoings of black men, just because.

I know this won’t ever be addressed, and I’ll probably get dragged for mentioning this at all, but this is one of the reasons…

I was about to say the same thing.

He never would dare to address her disrespectfully either.

I’ve always given Snoop the side-eye. My belief is that men who go out of their way to defend sexual predators and misogynists are hiding some secrets in their closet.

No. NO no no. This is an ignorant article, and I refuse to be dragged into hate-mongering just for the sake of hating someone who isn’t black. Yes as black women our bodies are constantly judged, and we are hypersexualized at a very young age, but wrong is wrong. Cupcakke was promoting an unhealthy practice to her…

You did the right thing by not introducing them to Christianity. To this day I’m dealing with the traumatic effects of what my mother did to me. You spared them years of self-hatred, fear and anxiety.

Judge Kemp exited the courtroom and returned with a personal bible. She turned to John 3:16 and told Guyger, “This is where you start.” She continued, saying, “He has a purpose for you.”

Exactly. I’ve read comments of white people bashing us for being angry and saying we should all be like Brandt Jean. In other words, we should be silent, and forgive our murderers. Apparently, justice shouldn’t be applied to us, only to them.

That explains a lot. The theatrics at the sentencing was ridiculous and insulting to the highest level. She’ll probably only do five years, not even ten, and many people (including our own people) the world over will praise Botham’s brother for forgiving the murderer. For my mental health I need to stop reading about…

At first I told myself that Brandt’s behavior was just another example of our ‘brainwashing’. But is that really the reason? Sometimes people are more interested in doing whatever they can to be the ‘man of the hour’, the one whose name is on everyone’s lips. He hugged his brother’s killer and declared that he didn’t…

“...I know that’s what Botham would want.”

I’m glad I came across this comment. It was performative. I believe the brother did it to satisfy his own ego, knowing so many people will congratulate and praise him. I don’t believe that he was being selfless at all.

I used to be an avid reader of Shaun’s Instagram posts because I liked that he was speaking out on our behalf and shining a light on what we have to endure daily, until a few of those posts made me scratch my head and look at him funny. I stopped reading up on anything to do with him but that Deray/Shaun tea was too…

Not joking here, I just ended a conversation with a troll on Instagram who was hellbent on calling me stupid, unemployed and angry WITH THOSE SAME CRYING LAUGHING EMOJIS simply because I was a black woman with an opinion. I was just waiting for them to claim I had ten kids and was on welfare or twerking to pay the rent…

She’s got too much dip on her chip.

I mean it’s hard to find any sympathy within yourself for Kanye who (in the spirit of blind contrarianism) supports a man who had a hard-on for the executions of The Central Park Five, who acts like black women are sub-human, who acts like non-whites aren’t real people, who’s been giving off creepy pervert vibes and…

I don’t think his current behavior has everything to do with the loss of his mother. Her death is being used as an excuse. I’m beginning to think that he would have continued to evolve to have these same views, and she wouldn’t have been able to steer him in the right direction if she was alive.

Am I the only person who thought of Shane Dawson’s character Shanaynay? Just a thought.

I was about to say the same thing. And the men who attacked her were just chomping at the bit to hate on her. She’s beautiful, successful, intelligent and loved. Some people hate when others experience this.