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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…
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HBCU Classics, Ranked
Throughout my life, I have kept a running, unwritten list of things black people know about that white people have no clue even exists. Ask your favorite Caucasian if Cita was the finest cartoon character ever, and they will give you the strangest look. Seventy-nine percent of wypipo have no idea what it is to…
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Nicki Minaj to Testify in Brother’s Child-Rape Trial
The rap princess bodied by Remy Ma and dethroned by Cardi B Rapsody is set to testify in defense of her brother, who faces significant jail time after being accused of having sex with a 12-year-old. According to the Daily Mail, 37-year-old Jelani Maraj is charged with felony rape charges, including a first-degree count of…
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Drumline Director, Producer Said They Had to Create a White Character to Get Enough Money to Make the Movie
The movie Drumline turned 15 years old this year—which, of course, is another signal that you’re getting old as hell. The film, which stars Nick Cannon, became iconic for its portrayal of the band at the fictional HBCU Atlanta A&T. The Undefeated recently did an oral history of the movie that reveals so many unknown…
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Trump Treated Sgt. La David Johnson the Way America Has Always Treated Black Soldiers
… And then there’s the story of Col. Charles Young. In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, Charles Young, the son of former slaves, was the Army’s highest-ranking black officer. He was the only serving black officer who was a West Point graduate, and the third black man to ever graduate from…
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Okla. Jury Convicts White Former Police Officer for Killing His Daughter’s Black Boyfriend
On Wednesday a jury finally convicted a former Oklahoma police officer for fatally shooting the black boyfriend of his daughter in a racially charged case that featured three mistrials before a fourth trial found the ex-cop guilty. Fifty-seven-year-old Shannon Kepler was charged with the first-degree murder of 19-year-old Jeremy Lake in Tulsa, Okla. The jury…
