racial identity

Kylie Jenner posted videos of her extreme orange tan and oddly, folks are accusing her of ‘blackfishing.’

Mike Tirico isn’t trying to be Black. Here’s a picture: Yup. That guy right there is not about the Black label, or apparently any labels at all. In an interview with the New York Times, he had the following to say about race: “Why do I have to check any box? If we live in […]

Mike Tirico isn’t trying to be Black. Here’s a picture: https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/887044274503786497 Yup. That guy right there is not about the Black label, or apparently any labels at all. In an interview with the New York Times, he had the following to say about race: “Why do I have to check any box? If we live […]

“A lot of people think they know what Rachel Dolezal is. Race faker. Liar. Opportunist. Crazy bitch. But they don’t get to decide who Rachel Dolezal is,” reads the description on Amazon. Dolezal was president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP from 2014 to 2015. She stepped down only after her parents revealed […]

A study finds that the stress of dealing with racism contributes to the academic achievement gap. Part of the solution is reinforcing positive racial identity.

Rachel Dolezal's story isn't over yet.

After decades of denying her whiteness, Rachel Dolezal has finally come clean about being a natural-born Caucasian. As previously reported, the former president of the NAACP’s Spokane chapter taped an episode of The Real, which aired on Monday. During her appearance, she launched into the reasons we’ve all heard before about identifying for decades as African […]

Rev. Al Sharpton is questioning why Rachel Dolezal’s parents chose to out her for faking her racial identity now of all times. The Black community was really shocked to find out that the president of the NAACP’s Spokane chapter was pretending to be a Black woman. This information was new to us, but this was […]

Rev. Al Sharpton is questioning why Rachel Dolezal’s parents chose to out her for faking her racial identity now of all times. The Black community was really shocked to find out that the president of the NAACP’s Spokane chapter was pretending to be a Black woman. This information was new to us, but this was […]

Will the real Rachel Dolezal please stand up? News broke yesterday that Rachel Dolezal, president of the NAACP’s Spokane, Washington chapter, has been misidentifying herself as…

Rappers Young Jeezy and Nas said it best – “My President is Black.” When I shook hands with President Barack Obama at the White House last year, I was looking directly at a Black man – the first African-American commander-in-chief in U.S. history. For me, there is no question that the president is a Black. […]