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Antisocial, News, Opinion

The Root Is at the 2018 BET Awards and All You're Getting Is This Liveblog

Today’s the day! We’ve picked out our best bougie girl, not-for-the-BET-Awards-outfits and are going to the 2018 BET Awards, with all the cool kids. Yes, your Editor-in-Chief, Danielle C. Belton, and The Root’s Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan, are in Los Angeles, ready for primetime (sort of), when the show starts at 7 p.m. CST/8…

By

Yesha Callahan

Published

June 24, 2018
Antisocial, News, Opinion

Marvel’s Luke Cage Premiere Party Was Cool and I Was Cool, Too, for Once

Before I headed to Los Angeles for the BET Awards this weekend, I decided to test my old-person “stay awake” abilities by going to the premiere party for Netflix and Marvel’s Luke Cage series Thursday night before my flight. While I succeeded in turning all the way up at this party, I failed at staying…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

June 24, 2018
Antisocial, News, Opinion

Our Hotel Is for the Birds (Literally). Cuh-CAAAAW!

There are literal birds chirping, tweeting and running around our hotel for the BET Awards—the vast Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles, where scenes from the film True Lies were shot. These birds, however, are not just of the feathered kind but of these kinds, too. Yes, birds. Birds of the “Pick me, choose me,…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

June 23, 2018
Antisocial, News, Opinion

The Root Is in Los Angeles for the BET Awards and Has No Idea What to Wear

What to wear? What to wear? First things first: I’m not cool. I’ve never been cool. Not gonna be cool. Couldn’t be cool if I tried. And the BET Awards—as well as the various colorfully dressed, still flat-and-tight-stomached young people who attend it—are cool. (Even when I was a young-’n’-flat-stomached little thing, I wasn’t cool.)…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

June 23, 2018
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Longest Clapback Ever

Pssst! Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan is off today flying to the BET Awards, so I get to break all the usual protocol! If it were not for this necessary explanation, I wouldn’t even write this lede. But today’s mailbag will focus on one specific topic, namely the opinion piece titled, “White people Are Cowards.”…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

June 22, 2018
Antisocial, News, Opinion

Artist Nick Cave Teaches Me How to ‘Let Go’ at The Let Go

I needed this. That’s what I told myself as I walked into the Park Avenue Armory on Wednesday, June 6, to see the premiere of performance artist Nick Cave’s newest installation: The Let Go. I didn’t really know what to expect. I knew that there would be music and, obviously, dance, considering Cave’s background as…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

June 19, 2018
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Make the Mailbag Great Again

Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan is gonna be mad at this short-ass lede, but today there’s no need to pussyfoot around. We all know why we’re here, so let’s address the elephant in the room. Dear Ted Cruz: I can’t believe you did this to me. I thought our mutual hate for each other had…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

June 15, 2018
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Story of Clapback-idon

What is beef? Allow me to explain using the words of the immortal poet Amos Definitely (I think that’s Mos Def’s real name): Beef is not what these famous niggas do on the mic,beef is what George Bush would do in a fight.Beef is not what Ja said to 50,beef is more than Irv not…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

June 8, 2018
Antisocial, News, Opinion

I Lost 10 Pounds and It All Went to My Head at Harlem Stage’s #Disrupters Gala

It really doesn’t take much with me. For most of my adult life, I’ve battled with my size. And it doesn’t help that the medication that keeps me on an even keel also makes me gain weight. So when I started taking antidepressants to bring my mood up a bit, I found a great, positive…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

June 1, 2018
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: When the Cat’s Away, the Racists Still Stay …

Hi, everyone, my name is Stephen A. Crockett Jr. I’m 6 feet 2 and love old movies. [Editor’s note: This isn’t your fucking Tinder profile. Let’s get on with it. —Yesha] I was just trying to introduce myself to Michael Harriot’s readers, who may not be familiar with my work here at The Root. As…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

June 1, 2018