Clarkisha Kent

Writer for The Root, and BET.

Writer for The Root, BET and other outlets.

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New sexual misconduct allegations against different men seem to tumble out every day. Could this be a long overdue moment of reckoning for powerful abusers? Maybe.

Why black women are missing from stories of sex harrassment and abuse in Hollywood

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