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The Gentrification Administration: Trump’s Homies Love Making Poor People Homeless
In addition to his formal titles of Secret Conversation Sound Technician and Side Chick Check Deliverer, Michael Cohen can feel free to add “eviction specialist” to the skills section of his resume. A tenants rights group has accused the former presidential paramour wrangler of falsifying building permits to push out tenants occupying buildings owned by…
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Video: Police Arrest Black Man for Loitering at His Own Apartment Complex
After questioning a black man who appeared to be suspiciously inhaling oxygen and using his body to illegally process said oxygen, Indiana police officers consulted the official police handbook for trumping up charges and arrested an Indianapolis man for loitering at the apartment complex where he lives. According to RTV 6, Jaquon Dean was working…
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The 'Merit' Myth: The White Lies About Race-Conscious College Admissions
Of all the things ever held by white America and kept just out of reach from black hands and hearts, money has never been the most important of these. Nor has power, justice or equality ever been our ultimate goal. No man desires to be the equal of his oppressor or expects justice from the…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: An Outlet for Repressed Whiteness
One of the thing that amazes me about the people who send emails, tweets and messages to writers at The Root is their demand to be heard. I know white people are born with an extra gland that secretes the “let me speak to your manager” hormone, but I can’t recall ever reading, hearing or…
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Donald Trump's Top 10 Most Racist Conspiracy Tweets
Donald Trump’s Wednesday night tweet instructing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (better known as the real-life inspiration for the character Nelson Muntz on The Simpsons) to look into South Africa’s non-existent war on white farmers was the latest example of Trump’s long love affair with white supremacist conspiracy theories. While many pundits assume the president’s…
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Audio Recording Catches Georgia School Superintendent Using N-Word Like It's 1799
Court documents featuring audio recordings of a Georgia school superintendent either exposes the administrator’s racist attitude toward black people or highlights his fine reenactment skills in his role as a plantation owner from the antebellum South who is displeased with his field hands’ cotton-picking efforts. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Buford School Superintendent Geye Hamby…
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White Man Accused of Urinating on 5-Year-Old Black Girl, Calling Her N-Word, Innocent of Allegations: Prosecutors [Updated]
Police took a Michigan man into custody on Wednesday evening after the parents of a five-year-old a girl accused the man of urinating on their daughter. According to the Associated Press, two 7-year-old children and a 5-year-old were in an alley near their home in Grand Rapids, Mich., when a man allegedly urinated on the…
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Restaurant Serves Drink Called 'The Tuskegee Experiment,' the Evilest, Most Racist Cocktail Ever
A Westport, Conn., establishment is under fire after patrons discovered the restaurant’s drink menu featured some of the most racist names for beverages you can imagine, reigniting the age-old question: Why are white people like this? Apparently the owners and management at 323 Restaurant and Bar, which advertises itself as a “friendly neighborhood restaurant,” believe…
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It's Official: White Feminists Are the Worst Wypipo in the World!
Breaking News: The patriarchy has been toppled! The patriarchy has been toppled! In a stunning upset, the likes of which had never been seen before, white feminists defeated Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell to win the 2018 World Wypipo Tournament. The team composed mostly of Wellesley graduates defeated longtime senator and noted white man Mitch McConnell…
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'Not Financially Enrolled': The Crisis at Clark Atlanta University
The night before leaving for college, Malana Wells was excited. Malana Wells was thrilled about leaving her hometown in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, to study in the Black Mecca of Atlanta. She was eager to become a student at a historically black university. As a 2018 high school graduate, Malana was even enthusiastic about…
