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 28, 2022
Why would Tucker Carlson accuse MSNBC host Tiffany Cross of inciting an anti-white version of the Rwandan genocide? I'm glad…
Strike For Black Lives Held In Cities Across The Nation
October 27, 2022
Data from theGrio/KFF survey shows that Black voters don’t want to defund their local police departments...kinda.
October 24, 2022
The data from theGrio/KFF’s Survey of Black Voters reveals some not-so-surprising facts about the economic concerns of Black America.
Illustration with Clarence Thomas, Kanye West and Candace Owens
October 13, 2022
OPINION: Long before the rapping shoe salesman began making headlines, there were negro know-it-alls who made a name for themselves by…
Food stamp with Brett Favre on it
October 3, 2022
Brett Favre’s alleged welfare fraud places him on a long list of white scammers who stole from Black people to…
Stacey Abrams and 21 Savage
September 28, 2022
Pundits have sounded the alarm about the Democratic Party’s crisis with Black male voters that—according to math and history—does not…
the little mermaid
September 22, 2022
The conversation about the racist backlash over Black mermaids, hobbits and fictional characters obscures a more important discussion.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
September 9, 2022
Calls for Black Twitter to show some “decorum” perpetuates the false narrative that people around the world rather enjoyed being…
Mississippi Governor Declares Water Emergency For State's Capital, Jackson
September 8, 2022
OPINION: The water crises plaguing Black communities are less about poverty, infrastructure or municipal ineptitude than they are about Black…
Missouri debtors prison
September 5, 2022
When President Joseph Biden began promoting his plan to make America safe again, it seemed like a good idea. 
President Biden During Primetime Speech Outside Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park
September 2, 2022
Instead of disparaging the racist, violent threat to democracy as "MAGA forces," maybe Biden could've used a better term: “Republicans.”
A paper reading "Student Loan" burning in a wastebasket
August 30, 2022
While most of the objections to student debt relief don’t hold up when facts and logic are applied, there's one…
US President Barack Obama participates in service event for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
August 26, 2022
OPINION: Despite America’s history of racism, there are some Black people who will always be beloved and respected by the…
August 19, 2022
OPINION: While conservative media has characterized the Minneapolis teachers union’s agreement as an anti-white civil rights crisis, firing white educators…
August 17, 2022
One of the most insidiously absurd misconceptions about the persistence of American-style racial oppression is the concept of “awareness.”
The late comedian Richard Pryor
August 16, 2022
We examine how Richard Pryor became the greatest comedian of all time by bringing Black comedy to the masses.
The March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
August 12, 2022
Why can't the people fighting for reproductive and gay rights, or gun reform see their goals coincide with the movement…
A man on stage facing the audience
August 4, 2022
Whether it is sadness, physical pain or psychological trauma, there is a reason why Black people have the ability to…
A hand holding a sign reading "Ban CRT"
July 28, 2022
OPINION: The backlash against diversity, Critical Race Theory and “wokeness” is not anti-Black. It’s even whiter than that.
A screen displays an image of Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri raising his fist to protesters on Jan. 6, 2021
July 22, 2022
The Missouri senator's Stop the Steal Sprint takes on an entirely different meaning when it’s filtered through the lens of…