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Antisocial, News, Opinion

Too Sick to Socialize, but I Went to the NY Urban League’s Black & White Champagne Brunch and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Conference in DC Anyway

Three weeks. That is how long I’ve been sick with an unknown virus (the thing doctors tell you when they don’t know what it is but know it won’t kill you). It’s not the flu. It’s not a cold. But it is one thing—a jerk. Just the biggest jerk of a disease ruining my social…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

September 28, 2017
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: A Teachable Moment

Welcome to the last Clapback Mailbag. We have thoroughly enjoyed sharing our reader correspondence with you, but since we will all most definitely be annihilated in a nuclear holocaust this weekend, let’s take these last few moments to do what makes us feel good: Being petty. From: Sarah S.To: Michael HarriotSubject: Shame on you! I…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

September 22, 2017
Antisocial, News, Opinion

NaturallyCurly’s ‘Texture on the Runway’ Laid My Edges

I went natural before going natural was cool, back in 2000, 17 years ago, when curly-hair products for black hair were garbage. Armed with some stuff called “CurlUp” (which was clearly made for white hair), a tub of clear hair gel, the only book on natural hair I could find in 2000 and some hot-oil treatments,…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

September 8, 2017
Antisocial, News, Opinion

Harlem’s Fashion Row Celebrates 10 Years While I Contemplate Whether I’m Over- or Underdressed

First off, I didn’t realize check-in was at 7, not 8:30. It was just the beginning of a series of disasters that led to my living out one of my nightmares: showing up late for … anything. I abhor being late. I have recurring nightmares about it, and normally I’m the spy who shows up…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

September 7, 2017
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Beckys and Bad Suits

Once again, it’s Friday, which means it is time to sort through The Root’s mailbag and soak in our readers’ reactions to the content posted this week. It has been an interesting seven days here, and this week’s correspondence reveals an interesting mix of white tears, white fragility and butt-hurt Beckys. And yet we remain…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

September 1, 2017
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag

Every day, the staff at The Root receives emails, DMs and tweets about the content. While 83.2 percent of them contain some variation of “Not all white people” or the n-word, some of them are legitimate questions, complaints and comments about the various stories our readers digest. In an effort to make this site more…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

August 25, 2017