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The Root Institute 2021//The New Black Renaissance: Can We Be Critical of Our Art?

The Root Institute 2021: Does a New 'Black Renaissance' Mean We Can Be Critical of Our Art?

2020 MacArthur Fellow Tressie McMillan Cottom on the white and Black gaze, the necessity of critique and the dangers of indiscriminate adulation.

PublishedSeptember 22, 2021

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Small Town Horror Story: A Shopping Scheme Gone Horribly Wrong

Small Town Horror Story: A Shopping Scheme Gone Horribly Wrong

Jason Derulo Talks New Book, Origins of "Whatcha Say", Fame & More

Jason Derulo Talks New Book, Origins of "Whatcha Say", Fame & More

Small Town Horror Story: The Prison Inmate Eaten Alive By Insects

Small Town Horror Story: The Prison Inmate Eaten Alive By Insects

Can You Be Vegan On A Budget? | Securing the Bag: Part 3

Can You Be Vegan On A Budget? | Securing the Bag: Part 3

My Hip-Hop Story: Vivica A. Fox on Queen Latifah, Genre-Defining Style and the Greatest Rappers

My Hip-Hop Story: Vivica A. Fox on Queen Latifah, Genre-Defining Style and the Greatest Rappers

Latest Videos

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Advance Your Business Ideas With These 3 Mindful Steps | Securing the Bag: Part 3

Advance Your Business Ideas With These 3 Mindful Steps | Securing the Bag: Part 3

My Hip-Hop Story: Lauryn Hill Made Leslie Odom Jr. Fall In Love With Melodic Hip-Hop

My Hip-Hop Story: Lauryn Hill Made Leslie Odom Jr. Fall In Love With Melodic Hip-Hop

How a Coffee Brand Scaled Up Its Business & Partnered With The NBA | Securing the Bag: Part 2

BLK & Bold: The Black-Owned Coffee That Made It Onto Target's Shelves | Securing the Bag: Part 1

BLK & Bold: The Black-Owned Coffee That Made It Onto Target's Shelves | Securing the Bag: Part 1

What's The Problem With Black Excellence? Summer House: Martha's Vineyard's Preston Mitchum Despises It

What's The Problem With Black Excellence? Summer House: Martha's Vineyard's Preston Mitchum Despises It

Securing The Bag

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Advance Your Business Ideas With These 3 Mindful Steps | Securing the Bag: Part 3

Advance Your Business Ideas With These 3 Mindful Steps | Securing the Bag: Part 3

How a Coffee Brand Scaled Up Its Business & Partnered With The NBA | Securing the Bag: Part 2

BLK & Bold: The Black-Owned Coffee That Made It Onto Target's Shelves | Securing the Bag: Part 1

BLK & Bold: The Black-Owned Coffee That Made It Onto Target's Shelves | Securing the Bag: Part 1

Worst Restaurant Business Mistakes & Advice According To Chef Alysa Reynolds | Securing the Bag: Part 4

Worst Restaurant Business Mistakes & Advice According To Chef Alysa Reynolds | Securing the Bag: Part 4

Chef Alysa Reynolds On Fusion Cuisine & Cultural Appropriation | Securing the Bag: Part 3

Chef Alysa Reynolds On Fusion Cuisine & Cultural Appropriation | Securing the Bag: Part 3

Black Hacks

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A Simple Ponytail Hack for the Summer While the Silk Press Is on Pause

A Simple Ponytail Hack for the Summer While the Silk Press Is on Pause

Cooking Sausages? Here's The Quick & Easy Method Without The Pot

Cooking Sausages? Here's The Quick & Easy Method Without The Pot

How To Get TikTok's 'Bold Glamour' Filter Look Using Make Up

How To Get TikTok's 'Bold Glamour' Filter Look Using Make Up

How To Dispose Of Cooking Grease The Easy Way After Frying

How To Dispose Of Cooking Grease The Easy Way After Frying

Easy Beauty/Black Hack Doubles As Primer While Protecting Your Skin

Easy Beauty/Black Hack Doubles As Primer While Protecting Your Skin

That's So Random

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Nat Geo's Jeff Jenkins On Facing Greatest Fears, Building A Plus Size Community & More

Nat Geo's Jeff Jenkins On Facing Greatest Fears, Building A Plus Size Community & More

OutKast's Big Boi On Big RV Remix, His Celebrity Trailer Biz, & His Must-Have RV Features

OutKast's Big Boi On Big RV Remix, His Celebrity Trailer Biz, & His Must-Have RV Features

Celia Rose Gooding Talks Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & Flying In An Elon Musk Rocket

Celia Rose Gooding Talks Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & Flying In An Elon Musk Rocket

Dulé Hill Talks The Wonder Years, Don Cheadle, & What Fans Mostly Approach Him For

Dulé Hill Talks The Wonder Years, Don Cheadle, & What Fans Mostly Approach Him For

Jason Derulo Talks New Book, Origins of "Whatcha Say", Fame & More

Jason Derulo Talks New Book, Origins of "Whatcha Say", Fame & More

The Callout

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July Fourth: The Slavery Loophole Today

July Fourth: The Slavery Loophole Today

"Too Black" or "Not Black Enough": W. Kamau Bell on the Politics of Black Identity

"Too Black" or "Not Black Enough": W. Kamau Bell on the Politics of Black Identity

W. Kamau Bell Talks Mixed-Race Documentary And Battling Twitter Trolls

W. Kamau Bell Talks Mixed-Race Documentary And Battling Twitter Trolls

Tucker Carlson Might Be Gone But Fox News Remains a Cesspool of Hate

Tucker Carlson Might Be Gone But Fox News Remains a Cesspool of Hate

The Emasculation Problem: A$AP Rocky & Rihanna's Vogue Cover

The Emasculation Problem: A$AP Rocky & Rihanna's Vogue Cover

Small Town Horror

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Small Town Horror Story: The Killing of Latasha Harlins & The L.A. Riots

Small Town Horror Story: The Killing of Latasha Harlins & The L.A. Riots

Small Town Horror Story: O'Shea Sibley's Brutal Murder

Small Town Horror Story: O'Shea Sibley's Brutal Murder

Small Town Horror Story: A Shopping Scheme Gone Horribly Wrong

Small Town Horror Story: A Shopping Scheme Gone Horribly Wrong

Small Town Horror Story: Carlee Russell's Puzzling Disappearance

Small Town Horror Story: Carlee Russell's Puzzling Disappearance

Small Town Horror Story: The "Suicide" of Sandra Bland

Small Town Horror Story: The "Suicide" of Sandra Bland

What's Black On TV

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The Upshaws Are Back & So Is Tracy Morgan On The Stand Up Mic: TV Picks Of The Week

The Upshaws Are Back & So Is Tracy Morgan On The Stand Up Mic: TV Picks Of The Week

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop Is Our TV Pick This Week

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop Is Our TV Pick This Week

Mixtape Docu-Film & The Chi Season 6 Are Our TV Picks This Week

Mixtape Docu-Film & The Chi Season 6 Are Our TV Picks This Week

Zoe Saldana in Special Ops: Lioness Is Our TV Pick This Week

Zoe Saldana in Special Ops: Lioness Is Our TV Pick This Week

Jamie Foxx In Netflix's They Cloned Tyrone Is Our TV Pick of the Week

Jamie Foxx In Netflix's They Cloned Tyrone Is Our TV Pick of the Week

Here's What You May Not Know

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Can Donald Trump Serve As President From Prison? Here's What You May Not Know

Can Donald Trump Serve As President From Prison? Here's What You May Not Know

Black Writers From Hit HBO, Netflix, & NBC Shows Talk About Shutting Down Their Industry

Black Writers From Hit HBO, Netflix, & NBC Shows Talk About Shutting Down Their Industry

Republican-Led Political Expulsions, Like Tennessee, Could Be The New Norm

Republican-Led Political Expulsions, Like Tennessee, Could Be The New Norm

The Carjacking Cops of Memphis

The Carjacking Cops of Memphis

Are Black San Franciscans Getting $5 Million Each in Reparations?

Are Black San Franciscans Getting $5 Million Each in Reparations?

Ur Fav Trak

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Revisiting the Anderson .Paak BLM Track “Lockdown”

Revisiting the Anderson .Paak BLM Track “Lockdown”

SZA Strikes The Heart With Songwriting Prowess on "Kill Bill"

SZA Strikes The Heart With Songwriting Prowess on "Kill Bill"

On "Sorry Not Sorry," Tyler, the Creator Addresses His Sexuality and His Faults

On "Sorry Not Sorry," Tyler, the Creator Addresses His Sexuality and His Faults

This Mother's Day We Revisit 2Pac's "Dear Mama" on UR FAV TRAK

This Mother's Day We Revisit 2Pac's "Dear Mama" on UR FAV TRAK

Whitney Houston Took Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" To The Top Of The Charts

Whitney Houston Took Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" To The Top Of The Charts

Cheat Sheet

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Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

Cheat Sheet: What is Juneteenth?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Hospice Care?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Hospice Care?

Cheat Sheet: What Is A Recession?

Cheat Sheet: What Is A Recession?

Cheat Sheet: What is DEI?

Cheat Sheet: What is DEI?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Food Insecurity?

Cheat Sheet: What Is Food Insecurity?

The Root Institute

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You’re Invited to The Root Institute 2023

You’re Invited to The Root Institute 2023

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