What is happening at Deadspin sucks. But if you understand what it is to lose a space that you care for, have contributed to and helped affirmed your interests, how do you come in here (for the first time from a cursory glance at your history) a space dedicated to black people because we are excluded and our interests…

A fail on every level. And most of all for not offering any remedial actions besides their own learning. Its exhausting to keep having these incidents framed as ‘mistakes’ happening in a vacuum, while publications and the industry as a whole (while begrudgingly making some progress) are hardly making the requisite…

*Samira Ahmed

It certainly makes it easier for the tabloids to feed into populist sentiments that the establishment is protecting its own interests, conveniently forgetting that no single actor colludes with British government more effectively than the tabloids. Oh and of course, how do they make time for this but cannot agree on…

Actually shocked. Rare to feel proud of our MPs, especially at this time where no one in this country can agree on a single damn thing. Seeing the support journalist Sarah Ahmed has had bringing a case against unequal pay at the BBC has had, has also been great. Its still frustrating that there is a need to use all…

Came to complain about the “big hut” comment. Wendy Williams stays ignorant and gets paid for it. But I always wonder how her audience just laughs along to it. Scares me how close to the surface our intraracial prejudices lay, just waiting for an opportunity to break through.

Edward VII abdicated and lived in exile nearly 100 years ago and there are still movies made about him and Wallis Simpson every ten years or so. We hold grudges here, have long memories, and love underdog sand rebels- its partly why Harry was the most beloved royal for so long. Unlike Americans, we hate success…

As he is a Prince by birth, he would retain his title of Prince Harry. Even when Diana was granted her divorce, her only real titular loss was the use of the HRH. Liz was being petty and didn’t really have to do that. Diana left Harry a fortune too. All this to say, I don’t think titles or money would influence the…

There’s a continent in the Southern hemisphere. If you go further South below its big desert, the largest hot one in the world in fact, you will find 1 billion black people speaking without American accents. They would probably be surprised it was considered “unnatural,” given that they and their languages are our,…

What are you thinking? This is such a hot take I’m cringing for you. Notting Hill carnival, once a celebration of Caribbean communities in West London, has not been relevant for black people in well over a decade. It’s a party that white people want to be seen at where silly boys get drunk and violent. London is a…

I mean Olu is played by an African American!

I was incensed, but also like yeah this is the kind of uninformed shit Nola would indignantly spout. My issue with what was said, in addition to what has been well articulated everywhere, is continuing to frame issues in the African diaspora through an American lens. And don’t get me wrong, I love it here in The Root…

Thanks, that’s really kind. 🌸

Very true, I work in international aid and a lot of people are high on their own white saviour hype. And yes, why not if you can?

I would love to understand her motives. She has built a career on selling black bodies (her sex tape, her surgery, her relationships) and daily shows not only wilful ignorance, but open disdain when she’s asked to address the myriad of problematic shit she does to harm our culture. Does she really care if we think…

That’s a logical fallacy on about 3 different levels. Firstly no one is burning her records or even calling for them to stop being played (from the article). If you were looking for equivalency, you might compare removing monuments dedicated to him.

So? What relevance is your African-American maternal grandparents’ personal liking of her and her music to the outcome here. These songs - her art and her legacy - are racist af and as a result her statue has been removed.

I feel like people are missing the genius of this contribution. 👏🏾

Yup I literally can’t understand the authors description of aggressive and cruel. Where? He is the only one acting like an adult and a parent. They’ve already seen Mateo freak out over seeing Michael. Yes Jane is free to do whatever she wants, but they have a life together and her choice is simple: maintain it or…

Trump has gotta be Viserys. At least Robert distinguished himself in something (battle). Viserys’ entirlement to the throne, racism, vanity, ruthless opportunism, abuse of women, low key desire for his own kin and fundemental stupidity. Trump is Viserys on the throne.