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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Lotion Is the Cure for Racism
As I was digging through this week’s selection of emails, tweets, direct messages and comments trying to figure out why everyone is so angry, Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan contacted me to harass me about an intro. I don’t know how we got there, but our conversation somehow landed on Star Wars, specifically how Donald…
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Lying White Woman Who Falsely Accused 2 Black Men of Rape Now Accuses Police of Lying on Her
A woman who confessed that she was trying to get sympathy from a guy she was interested in when she told investigators that two football players dragged her into a bathroom and raped her has changed her story again. She now claims that she never said she was sexually assaulted at all. Before we delve…
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Whitest Cookout Ever: Woman Suspected of Killing Lover, Serving His Remains at Barbecue
Authorities believe the reason they can’t find the remains of one of the victims of an Indiana woman serving time for two murders is that she may have served his remains to her neighbors at a neighborhood barbecue. That’s why I don’t eat chicken nuggets. The menu always says they are made from white meat,…
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Can Someone Donate a Shit for Me to Give About the Royal Wedding?
I remember exactly where I was when the news broke that Meghan Markle would become a member of the British royal family. It was like a dream. My head and heart were immediately consumed with so many competing thoughts and feelings, such as: Who the hell is Meghan Markle? Stop playing. There’s a black woman…
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Read This Before Calling the Police: For Wypipo Who Have Considered Cops When Privilege Wasn’t Enough
As one of the world’s foremost wypipologists, I have been tasked with addressing the newfound epidemic of Caucasian cop-summoners that just began trending around … oh, I’m going to say it started in 1619, give or take a few days. That’s correct. None of this shit is new. White people have always loved calling the…
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Jury Finds Man Dubbed the ‘George Zimmerman of Alabama’ Guilty in Killing of Unarmed Black Teen
After less than two hours of deliberation, an Alabama jury issued a guilty verdict for the man who shot an unarmed child in the head after the teenager allegedly stole the man’s lunchbox. According to AL.com, 52-year-old Johnathan Scott, who was often referred to as the “George Zimmerman of Alabama,” wept after he was convicted…
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Pastor Fights Megachurch Gentrification With Sign Telling Black Folks to ‘Stay Out of White Churches’
In a Birmingham, Ala., controversy involving the mayor, a black church, gentrification and a white megachurch, an Alabama pastor is being accused of reverse racism after displaying a sign in front of his church that says, “White folks refused to be our neighbors.” New Era Baptist Church is located in the West End section of…
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White Hobby Lobby Manager Calls Police on Black Customer for #ShoppingWhileBlack
Another day, another white person siccing the police on an innocent black person. In today’s news that sounds a lot like yesterday’s news, an employee at an Alabama Hobby Lobby called the local authorities to report that a black man was in the store committing the crime of … well … no one seems to…
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Kansas Finally Bans Cops From Forcing Suspects to Have Sex Because … Yes, a Cop Reportedly Raped Black Women for Years
Even though they are busy serving as bouncers at Starbucks, crashing black cookouts and shooting black people in the face, police officers around the country often find time to have sex with the people they are arresting. I had no idea this was a thing, but apparently, Kansas and 33 other states allow cops to…
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Study: Affluent Black Kids Suffer Higher Rates of Depression Because … You Guessed It: Racism
When evaluating the reasons for health disparities, most studies find a link between income and education to explain the health gap in the black community. But a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan has found that blacks with higher levels of affluence are more likely to suffer from depression. Even more revealing,…
