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“Mommy, I have dark skin, and you have light skin,” said my 3-year-old daughter recently. I asked her where she learned that? She replied shyly, “my teacher.” As a parent who wants to instill confidence and bravery in children, I was both shocked and fearful as I didn’t know the …

Photo: Samuel Corum (Getty Images) Some mainstream (re: white) writers and thinkers have instinctually sought to find a way to point to ‘economic anxiety’ as an explanation for why hundreds of mostly white Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in January. Now, at least one expert is conceding the obvious: …

Sometimes the mere threat of violence sufficed. Like southern Klansmen, western vigilantes operated in a cryptic and clandestine fashion. In April 1869, “another open Ku Klux proclamation, without address or envelop[e] … was thrown into the Post Office receiving box last night,” reported the Patriot of San Jose. “It threatens …

Fans of the Netflix series Bridgerton were heartbroken to hear Regé-Jean Page, who played  Simon Basset, is not returning for the second season. Dionne Warwick was one such fan. On Friday, April 2, the legendary singer tweeted, “No, @regejean! You CANNOT leave me like that. I WILL NOT have it!” She …

Amazon-owned company Audible has announced that it has hired Zola Mashariki to be its Head of Studio Operations. According to TheWrap, Audible has appointed Mashariki to spearhead original content from conception through release. She will be reporting to content chief Rachel Ghiazza. Super excited!!! https://t.co/DueDk2TL63 — Zola Mashariki (@zolamash) April …

Danielle Belton attends 2019 ROOT 100 Gala on November 21, 2019.Photo: Arturo Holmes (Getty Images) Danielle Belton (The Black Snob, The Root) has been tapped to star in Tyler Perry’s The HuffPostThat Preys, The Root has learned exclusively. Belton will be portraying the role of Editor-In-Chief. Plot details are scarce, …

Illustrations by Chloe Scheffe This article was published online on April 6, 2021. My plague year began on the evening of Wednesday, March 11, 2020, when I was compelled to cancel the Atlanta-to-Denver plane tickets my husband and I had purchased for the next day, for a long visit with …

In 2020, Fantasia Barrino announced she was expecting her first child with husband Kendall Taylor. Now, only six months into her pregnancy, the singer shared she’s experiencing contractions and is in the hospital. Posting a series of videos to her Instagram Story, Fantasia provided fans an update on her condition. …

Reuters – Derek Chauvin broke Minneapolis police department rules and its ethics code governing the “sanctity of life” in his deadly arrest of George Floyd last May, the city’s police chief testified at the former officer’s murder trial on Monday. “It’s not part of our training, and it is certainly …

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Monday, April 5, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin Photo: Court TV-Pool (AP) Day six of Derek Chauvin’s trial largely focused on the testimony of the chief of the Minneapolis police and …