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Middle School Teacher Placed on Leave After Racist Rant Caught on Video
A Pennsylvania middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after she graciously offered a black parent an n-word-laced parking lot lecture about how “niggers” milk the welfare system and stereotype poor, pickup-driving white women in a viral video. The incident allegedly took place after the unnamed teacher (I’m sure we can think of…
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Video of President Executing Media in Mock Church Shooting Shown at Trump Resort
At a gathering hosted by a pro-Trump group—at a resort owned by Donald Trump, featuring some of Trump’s most famous spinoff racists, sponsored by a company the Trump administration paid hundreds of millions to detain migrants—someone apparently thought it would be hilarious to show a video of Donald Trump murdering members of media outlets in…
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A Black Trans Woman Interrupted CNN's Equality Town Hall But It Was Not a Protest
I do not want to die. I do not want my son to die. Or my daughter. Or my nieces or nephews. Or anyone. In fact, I’m going to go out on a limb and admit that I am staunchly anti-murder. If there were a serial killer hunting people like me, knowing that no one…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Stupid or Liar?
White people are smart. They be knowing stuff. And, as a lowly negro writer, it is my duty to study the emails, letters, tweets and direct messages received every week and use them as a valuable learning tool. Even when they say things that are not true, I must understand that the vast majority of…
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Colin Kaepernick’s Team Dispels False Narrative With Facts
Seeking to dismantle rumors, innuendo and misconceptions surrounding the status of embattled quarterback Colin Kaepernick, representatives for the star issued a press release on Thursday filled with irrefutable facts about the football star and activist who was ostracized by the men who own NFL teams…and Jay-Z. “There have been so many false narratives in the…
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Where Are the Good Cops?
I want to believe there is a God. I do not consider myself an atheist or an agnostic, mostly because my grandmother would turn over in her grave, likely awakened by the wails of her children as they laid their disappointed hands on me in prayer. I honestly hope there is an invisible, omnipotent being…
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Rudy, Russians and Weed: The Giuliani/Ukraine Corruption Indictments Explained via The Wire
Have you seen that TV show about the cops who were investigating a drug operation? You know the one I’m talking about. There was money laundering, corrupt politicians, street-level crime and a mysterious foreign drug dealer? The Wire? No, I’m talking about the Trump administration. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have…
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8-Year-Old Girl Climbs Replica of Border Wall Trump Claimed He Tested on ‘World-Class’ Climbers
Donald Trump is a terrible liar. Some people misunderstand that statement because they believe it means that lies are terrible; therefore, Donald Trump tells a lot of terrible lies. Others think it means that Donald Trump is a terrible person who lies. While both of those things are true, Donald Trump is a terrible liar…
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All the Evil, Racist Things You Feared About Donald Trump Will Come True This Week
They called it “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Among America’s greatest historical achievements is the fact that this country has so successfully gaslit its stolen African tenants that we exist in a constant state of paranoia. We are accused of projecting racism on all white people because—for most of the history of this country—white men enslaved, raped,…
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White City Council in Majority Black City Quietly Moves Only Voting Location to Police Station
The rapidly gentrifying Atlanta suburb known for banning sagging pants has outraged black residents while likely delighting the state’s vote-suppressing governor by announcing a decision to move the city’s only polling location to the local police department. On September 3, the City Council of Jonesboro, Ga. voted to move the city’s sole polling place to…
