Another day, another “Let’s call authorities on Black people for no reason” story. Today’s story comes from a dad in Washington, DC. Donald Sherman‘s little boy had a fever, so he stayed home with the tike and decided to take him out for some air […]
Vanessa Braxton is the owner and CEO of Black Momma Vodka, a company that offers various unique flavors of handcrafted, gluten-free vodka. As the first African-American woman to own a nationally distributed vodka, she stays true to her motto of making vodka for women… but still […]
Over the past week, we at The Root have added hashtags to various incidents of racial bias that have crossed our radars. There was #MovingInWhileBlack, #BlackWhileAirBnBing and #CouponingWhileBlack. #DiningWhileBlack, frankly, has too many examples for us to enumerate, and just today, we ran a story about a couple being denied a money order—with cash in hand—while […]
Every time you have a runny nose, you get reminded of just how annoying it is. It comes along with a cold or allergies and sometimes you wonder when it will end. Kendra Jackson thought she was suffering from allergies when a nose constantly ran […]
A Black couple out of Missouri is angry after being denied a money order at a local Schnucks store for the color of their skin. As a result of the incident, the employee was fired according to Fox 2 Now. Kellen Hill posted videos and pictures to […]
Part of being a mother is accepting that you have to be a list of things your children are in constant need of: a counselor, a doctor, a cheerleader, a coach, a manager, a Band-Aid … the list goes on. The job is endless and […]
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