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Jay-Z Cancels Another 4:44 Tour Date
For the second time on his 4:44 Tour, Jay-Z has canceled a date, citing “technical difficulties” as the reason. In a statement to the Omaha World-Herald and Rap Radar, Jigga said the production crew was unable to put up the large screens used in his stage show in time for his performance, forcing him to…
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New Study Shows Black Students Receive Harsher Discipline; Does Not Investigate if Fire Is Hot or Water Is Wet
A new study in the budding academic field of spending valuable research dollars to prove stuff we already know has exposed the little-known fact that racism exists in the education sector. Tulane University’s Education Research Alliance for New Orleans released a policy brief examining discipline records from Louisiana’s Department of Education and found startling disparities…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: White Friday
In the wake of the Thanksgiving holiday, we would like to offer a kinder, gentler Clapback Mailbag this week. Instead of clapping back at the people who send emails, tweets and direct messages, we would like to thank our haters, because without them, where would we be? As you sit back munching on your leftover…
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Russell Simmons Responds to Sexual Assault Allegations by Mansplaining That He’s Not Guilty Because … Yoga
Entertainment mogul Russell Simmons responded to allegations of sexual abuse with a apology letter denying the claims while insinuating that his accuser might be attacking him because she is embarrassed. Model Keri Claussen Khalighi has alleged that Simmons assaulted her at his home in 1991 when she was 17 years old. Khalighi accused Simmons of…
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Trump’s Racist Beef Could Make LaVar Ball a Lot of Money
The battle of the blowhards between everybody’s loud-ass uncle and white America’s racist grandpa has reached a fever pitch. LaVar Ball’s unwillingness to bow down to Donald Trump has spurred an endless stream of media reports and interviews, prompting Trump to lash out at Ball for his refusal to admit that Ball’s son would be…
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Jury Awards Man $15 Million for Spending 20 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
A federal jury awarded a Baltimore man $15 million after he spent more than two decades wrongly incarcerated for murder. Sabein Burgess sued the Baltimore Police Department and two detectives for his wrongful conviction for the 1994 murder of his then-girlfriend Michelle Dyson, according to the Baltimore Sun. Burgess was released from prison in 2015…
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Retired Alabama Police Officer Says She Was ‘Told to Watch’ Roy Moore Around High School Cheerleaders
A retired Gadsden, Ala., law-enforcement officer says she and her fellow officers were told to keep Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore away from the high school cheerleading team because it was known that Moore preferred young girls. Faye Gary, a former police officer, told MSNBC that everyone in the small Alabama town was aware of…
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The Caucasian’s Guide to Black Thanksgiving, Part 3: Giving Thanks
Dearly beloved white people, Today we are gathered here among our cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews to celebrate the tradition called Black Thanksgiving. We have already informed you about the invited guests, so you should be familiar with all of the people in attendance. Black Thanksgiving is a holiday based on family and love,…
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Nazi Furries Are Proof That White People Have Officially Lost Their Minds
Black America often attributes the phenomenon known as “white-people shit” to the fact that our Caucasian brothers and sisters have a tendency for one-upmanship. Their inability to be satisfied with ho-hum ordinary things like breathing and self-pleasure forced them to combine both activities into the practice of autoerotic asphyxiation. When surfing in shark-infested waters started…
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Richard Spencer Told to Kick Rocks After Farm Owners Realize They Were Hosting a Super-Secret Wypipo Meeting
A white supremacist bigot brunch was canceled midway through on Sunday when the owners of a Montgomery County, Md., farm realized that “alt-right” agitator and unverified tweeter Richard Spencer was behind the event. According to the Baltimore Sun, the National Policy Institute, Spencer’s “think tank,” rented Rockland Farms to host about 100 people for a…
