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Is Your Black Professor White? A Pop Quiz
Apparently, “POC” stands for “professor of color.” An anonymous essay posted on Medium accuses Kelly Kean Sharp, an assistant professor of African American History at Furman University, of lying about her Hispanic heritage when she described herself as a woman of Mexican descent. According to the post, Sharp’s now-deleted Twitter account identified her as “#Chicana…
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The Root’s Live Election Blog, Prayer Circle and Dumpster Fire Watch Party
Welcome to the season finale of America! In the previous episode of this long-running reality show, the villain, played exquisitely by veteran reality show veteran Donald J Trump, played a racist dog whistle as an uncontrolled coronavirus dumpster fire killed more than 200,000 Americans. Meanwhile, Joseph Robinette Biden appeared out of nowhere to save the…
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An Incomplete History of White Election Violence
America is not a “civilized country.” While, compared to most countries, we have an abundance of toilets, street lights and wifi hotspots, the so-called “United” States also boasts more intentional homicides, gun violence and is more politically unstable than most of the developed world (or as one slightly jaundiced geopolitical expert calls them— the “shithole…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Ditch and the Dookie – A Movement in Three Parts
Today’s mailbag is just one long story that’s actually three long stories that began a few months ago. when I wrote an article about Pete Buttigieg: From: Tammie H.To: Danielle Belton When you write articles about white people need to do this and white people did this again you are part of the problem. You…
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COVID-Denying GOP Candidate Claims He's Entitled to Call Himself a 'Morehouse Man' Despite Never Attending Morehouse College
I’m an Ivy League-educated white woman. Although my DNA and college degrees might tell a different story, the fact that the predominately white university I attended used Yale locks on all of its dormitories means that I technically graduated from a Yale university, which, of course, makes me a “Yale man.” Furthermore, Florida State University’s…
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The Myth of the Black Male Trump Supporter
The following fairy tale is based on a true story. Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so far away, an evil orange emperor ruled the land. With a face resembling an orangutang’s hind parts (except for the chalky ovals encircling his eyelids) and golden windswept hair dyed like jaundiced straw, the king earned…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Scotts and Prayers
Every week, I come on here to complain about the haters. But as Maya Angelou once said: “Every day, I thank God for indoor plumbing, toilet paper and haters. Because, without them, I’d have nothing to shit on.” Or maybe it was Will Smith. Although the visualization of that quote might make your mouth salty,…
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Here's What Will Happen After Election Day
This is the second half of our two-part series predicting the likeliest scenarios for the 2020 election and its aftermath. Who will win the 2020 presidential election? When will we know who won the 2020 election? What happens if the results are challenged? Who in the hell left the gate open? Was it the same…
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Here's What Will Likely Happen on Election Day: Part 1
On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, America will choose the next president of the United States. Maybe. The 2020 election is fraught with more unknowables than any other election in American history. Not only do we not know whether Donald John Trump or Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. will serve as America’s next president, but we also…
