Really? Not sure I’m convinced by her calling it that on social media, she repeatedly referred to Anti as R8 on social media in response to fans’ #whereisR8 campaign. But if she actually said that, I’ll stand corrected. 

If we can only have our one allocated slot per category (and not get that anyway), I would have preferred Lupita over Erivo any day. But to cap off the indignity by having Scarlett Johansson nominated in two whole categories? Colour me unsurprised, and keep the Scarlett representation jokes coming.

I think it’s how literally the word ‘audition’ is being applied that strikes me as off. Her and her people know what Shaggy can bring to a record. But she certainly has the clout to be completely non-committal about using anything that he may have been invited to submit in hopes of featuring. I can see him not loving…

I didn’t say it was made up, I said I found it unlikely. Particularly given the history and ethics of the paper. It’s not however a hill I’d die on. It’s ok to disagree. 

I do, thanks. One year ago the Daily Star entirely fabricated a whole front page interview with The Rock. Nobody bothers suing them anymore, because why sue our equivalent of the National Enquirer (integrity wise)? That’s why I question The Root’s choice of that paper as a source. I get it’s harder now so many UK…

This sounds... unlikely, and the Daily Star has less editorial credibility than the Daily Fail. It’s basically a daily Playboy with a lower reading age. I can see every blog has sourced them, but really?

Written about Meghan hate here and Brexit before but just to co-sign the eminent Ms Hirsch. You occasionally meet brown and black people here seemingly oblivious to what is driving Brexit, but most of us know that what has been happening to Meghan is directly in keeping with the growing white nationalism that we are…

There is literally only one injured party in this - the British media. Public opinion (although the tabs don’t want to admit it) is in favour of the move, not because everyone here loves them but even the hardest of hearts is tired of their so-called ‘whingeing’ and wants them to go away. Everything that has been…

Wow. Who are you to judge whether or not people are ‘genuinely’ depressed? I had a clinical diagnosis of depression this year, but I’m sure to many I looked sad or down. I can 100% relate to his words and entire demeanour here. Especially as someone who maybe doesn’t like to ask for help, or admit they need it. Plenty…

Trash person behaving like trash so my only real takeaway: she’s 37?! 

Thank you for this. Been wondering why The Root has barely touched on arguably the blackest show on TV right now (at least thematically, if not black helmed). Would love to see signature Root analysis on it (although Joelle Monique at AV Club has been doing an amazing job), surely Panama is watching?

I don’t understand how his legal team can keep up this line of defence. Aaliyah’s now unfortunately named debut was hyped specifically around her youth. And they had been working together on the album he had been grooming her for at least a year. I mean, the first thing I ever knew about Aaliyah was that she was just…

Just such a bright and yet super chilled spirit. I wish her love and healing.

Because non-black formerly British territory Caribbeans in the UK are extremely rare. Not even statistically significant. Thats the context. Hyper-classification? Literally the whole point of the post is that the simple term Black-British is sufficient, and avoids getting dragged into this seemingly bottomless and…

Why would you decontextualise its use in a British context? Caribbean, here, refers almost exclusive to countries that were once British West Indian territories, where African slaves were displaced to, specifically by the British, not all of the Americas.

I may not have understood fully what you’re saying, but I’ll try to make my point more clearly at the risk of some repetition. My point about Afro erasing Caribbean is based on the fact that the only context in which we use Afro to characterise black people in the UK, is in the term Afro-Caribbean (sometimes extended…

My point is: we use Black British to do that.

Angela, came to respectfully query and critique the provenance of this God-awful phrase Afro-Brit? Have been seeing it pop up on The Root over the last couple of years, and simply cannot trace its origin. 30 something years of inhabiting this black body in the UK and I have never heard a Black British person or a UK me…

Can’t tell the extent to which this is tongue and cheek cos the tone is all over the place (equating sexual assault to releasing tacky songs by categorising both as scumbag behaviour? Really? Some shit you just can’t be glib about). But this is particularly poor form:

:) If you ever get the chance to see the West End or Broadway production TAKE IT. Something amazing happens in the staging of this (which is also extended) that makes me ball each time, I don’t wanna spoil it so you just gotta see it!