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Why Is Virginia Tech Silent About a White Supremacist Instructor Threatening and Harassing an Undergrad?
Under the guise of protecting “free speech,” a top university has allowed one of its instructors to teach students and work at the college, even though the school has received substantial evidence that the employee is an active white supremacist who has engaged in a campaign to threaten and harass an undergraduate student enrolled at…
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Report: Brother of Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Detained on Child-Pornography Charges
The brother of the man who opened fire on concertgoers at a Las Vegas country music concert has been detained by authorities on charges related to child pornography, according to an anonymous source. The Los Angeles Times reports that a source “who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case” says that Bruce Paddock,…
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Bloomberg’s Megan McArdle Can’t Tell Me Shit About White Supremacy
Here’s a joke: Q: What did the Nazi say to the segregationist? A: You’re doing a great job over there. While that joke may not make you burst at the seams in laughter (I admit that I haven’t properly cultivated my cache of Nazi material), it raises an interesting question: Are there varying degrees of…
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Tyrese Embarrasses Daughter by Flying Banner Over Her School
Aside from his misogynoir; his problematic views on relationships; that shitty collaboration he did with Rev. Run, lecturing black women on how to be cardboard cutouts in hopes that some black man will one day pledge some part-time penis to them; his inability to act his way out of a wet, semitorn, partially degraded paper…
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NFL Executive Troy Vincent on Football, Leadership and Why the Player Protests Actually Worked
If you could choose one person who understands the controversy surrounding the NFL protests for justice and equality, someone who played more than a decade and a half in the NFL might have insight into the issue. If that person’s résumé included a stint as the head of the players union, a job working in…
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Is Get Out the Blackest Movie Ever?
Before you clutch your pearls—wait. Do black people own pearls? Aside from AKAs, I don’t think so, so I will revise the previous sentence. Before you clutch your Jesus piece, allow me to elaborate. There are definitely movies with more black characters or blacker themes (Friday, Do the Right Thing, Fruitvale Station, etc.), but Jordan…
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The NFL Protests Are a Perfect Study of How White Supremacy Works
Y’all’s president is tweeting about the National Football League again. Shortly after that guy who lives in the White House woke up, submerged himself in a vat of Cheetos dust and ate his leftover KFC thigh and wing (Original Recipe, of course—not those newfangled crispy or spicy concoctions made after America stopped being great), Donald…
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The Black Person’s Guide to The Walking Dead
Because The Walking Dead returns Sunday night and it always makes me a little upset. Although I love the show, I always get sad because every season splits everyone into two factions. In my opinion, there are only two kinds of people in the world: 1. People who watch The Walking Dead. 2. People who…
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An Annotated Breakdown of a Nazi Getting Punched in the Face
First, let us pray: Dear 7-pound, 8-ounce sweet newborn, but still with dreadlocks and a do-rag, dark-skinneded baby Jesus. We come unto you, dear Lord, to give praise. To offer up our most precious hallelujahs, amens and “Do that shit, Savior” supplications. For it was you, our melanin messiah, who, after a week of our…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Always Bringing Up Old Stuff
I’m sorry. First, I would like to apologize to the readers who trusted me to bring them the latest and best clapbacks of the week. Next, I want to issue my deepest regrets to all the idiots, racists and people with generally bad grammar who feel ignored. I have failed you. This week, through the…
