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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October 20, 2023
Now that Rep. Jim Jordan has ended his bid for Speaker of the House, we came up with a list…
Activists Rally In Washington DC To Protest Israeli Bombing Of Gaza
October 19, 2023
OPINION: It is possible to mourn the victims of Hamas violence and support the rights of the Palestinian people. Silencing…
October 16, 2023
Is the infamous YouTuber an innocent music journalist or a vulture preying on the worst elements of hip-hop culture?
Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the House, theGrio.com
October 5, 2023
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's hands were bitten by the beasts he fed and now he's now part of white…
October 3, 2023
Michael Harriot explains the difficulty of unwhitening history in an excerpt from "Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America."
September 13, 2023
Blue Meridian Partners announced an investment in historically Black colleges aimed at addressing inequity on college campuses.
Lift Every Voice and Sing, Black National Anthem, theGrio.com
September 13, 2023
America was so close to achieving racial equality, justice and national unity. Then, the NFL and Black people ruined it…
Michael Harriot, Vice President Kamala harris, 50th anniversary of hip-hop, theGrio.com
September 11, 2023
OPINION: TheGrio's Senior White House Hip Hop Party Correspondent attended the Vice President's celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip…
Student Samaya Robinson holds a sign in protest of the district's ban of critical race theory curriculum
September 7, 2023
Take theGrio's short quiz and find out if your historical knowledge is infected with caucasity.
August 30, 2023
For months, theGrio has investigated how a wellness check for Ricardo Gary turned into a deadly police encounter.
Racially Motivated Shooting At Dollar General In Jacksonville, Florida Leaves 3 Dead
August 28, 2023
Politics, gun culture and right-wing ideology didn't cause the racial murders in Jacksonville. It's time to talk about white people.
Former President Donald Trump's mugshot on X
August 25, 2023
Why is the white community so silent on the criminal element in their culture?
Fulton County Jail
August 16, 2023
After Fulton County charged 19 co-conspirators with a plot to overturn the 2020 election, we wanted to see how they…
A Ku Klux Klan sign on Highway 31 south of Montgomery, Alabama, in 1961
August 11, 2023
OPINION: On this day in 1963, authorities had all the evidence to end the most violent terror campaign in American…
August 8, 2023
Ancestors representing the participants in the skirmish now known as the “Rebellion on the Riverfront” sat down to discuss the…
Ice Cube Performs At Yaamava' Theater In Highland, CA
August 1, 2023
OPINION: When Ice Cube decided to record a feature for a white nationalist with attitude, it was not a good…
A chalkboard with the words "Black History" being erased above a map of Florida
July 27, 2023
OPINION: While critics have singled out the part of Florida’s Black History standards referencing the “benefits of slavery," theGrio found…
Proponents for affirmative action in higher education rally
July 11, 2023
Perhaps the best way to counter white supremacy is to culturally appropriate America's tradition of state-sponsored strong-arming.
June 30, 2023
In striking down affirmative action, the Supreme Court accepted the absurd notion of a theoretical colorblind country that could never…
South Carolina International African American Museum, theGrio.com
June 28, 2023
Charleston’s new International African American Museum showcases the “woke” CRT history that white people feared would make them feel bad.