Thank you. There is so much more. 

That is a beautiful story.

I remember watching the PBS American Experience documentary on the Freedom Riders, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomriders/

I was the only black kid in my elementary school in PA and had no friends because the kids were racist AF. My neighborhood was different. Although we were the sole black family, the community embraced us. They brought so many treats when moved in my mom worried they would go stale before we could eat them. We became…

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The messenger is the issue. I would even suggest there’s a bit of sexism here. I wonder if the general response would be similar if Katt Williams, Andrew Dice Clay, or any other male comic considered to be an asshole made the same claim.

MoNique still has a following and the ability do draw despite her gruff exterior. I bet she’d sell out your local comedy spot doing multiple days.

This is the company that gave Rob Schneider his own show. Multiple seasons.

Disagree. The Root has always been straight forward. The article speaks the truth. And sometimes that truth hurts. We gotta do better for all of us for all of us to do better.