The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas recounts at Essence some bizarre international travel experiences and concludes that as African Americans, we need to do a better job managing our ...

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For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...