Happy New Year! What a year 2025 was. It was a year that was worse for Black people than 2020, and that is saying a lot.

We recently asked Black members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about their experience being adopted by a white family. Here's what they had to share: 1."I was adopted into a white Christian ...

The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro ...

THE CLAIM: The majority of people on welfare assistance are Black. “Welfare queens” exist and they constantly take advantage of government social support programs. The majority of those who receive ...

The chief of the Ku Klux Klan, who proclaims to be a Christian pastor, stated that he doesn’t know whether Black people can ...

Black Americans express a range of concerns about how Black people are covered in the news. Our survey asked U.S. Black adults to evaluate several aspects of the news that they see or hear about Black ...

Many Black professionals feel a sense of pressure to code switch in the workplace. We shouldn’t feel like we have to straighten our hair, speak in what we call the “King’s English,” or lose weight to ...

It’s no secret that much of this country was built on the backs of African American slaves. Black people helped create schools, churches and municipal buildings across the country. A Black man even ...

Systemic racism in healthcare and medical research contributes to medical myths affecting Black people, such as misconceptions about pain tolerance. These myths can lead to undertreatment and poor ...

About that dress. How does a pastor’s wife dressing "modestly" improve the lives of Black people or church folk?

Some statistics show Black people are more often diagnosed with schizophrenia than people of other races. But scientists say that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re actually more likely to have this ...