About Michael Harriot

Michael Harriot is a writer, cultural critic and championship-level Spades player. His NY Times bestseller Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America is available in bookstores everywhere.

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Bill Cosby AP thegrio.com
January 31, 2022
To many people, Bill Cosby is one of the greatest comedians of all time. For others, he is a serial…
January 27, 2022
Unfortunately, Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan has descended down a rabbit hole from which white boys usually don’t emerge.
Podcaster Joe Rogan at a microphone wearing red headphones and a black shirt
January 21, 2022
White boys are free to play around with the poisonous snake of white supremacy because they are born with natural…
Maumoud Abdul-Rauf
January 18, 2022
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was an NBA superstar who dazzled with his court vision, ball-handling and ability to score from anywhere on…
January 11, 2022
We must resign ourselves that we will always have to fight. They will never let us vote but we will…
Ahmaud Arbery thegrio.com
January 7, 2022
The sentencing of the three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery is a rare exception that proves America has a two-tiered…
Capitol mob theGrio
January 6, 2022
Mob violence is one of the main reasons America has never been a true democracy. And on Jan. 6, 2021,…
Michael Harriot
January 4, 2022
Writer, cultural critic and wypipologist Michael Harriot explains why he chose theGrio as his full-time home.
Rep. Patricia Morgan tweet
December 29, 2021
Writer Michael Harriot courageously tracks down the "Black friend" described in Rhode Island State Rep. Patricia Morgan's now viral tweet.