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Waiting Is for White People: The Privilege of Not Impeaching Trump
First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more…
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Welfare for the Wealthy: Trump Administration Tax Loophole Is Government Assistance for Gentrifiers
Hidden in the new tax code passed by a Republican-led Congress and signed by the Trump administration is a new program that critics say will reward gentrification by giving billions in tax breaks to wealthy venture capitalists, individuals and corporations who invest in low-income communities. On Wednesday, April 17, as journalists waited for the release…
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Sunday’s Episode of Game of Thrones Was a Master Class on How to Survive in White Spaces
For any black person who has worked, lived or spent copious amounts of time in majority-white spaces, last night’s episode of Game of Thrones probably triggered a bout of PCSD (Post-Caucasian Stress Disorder). Luckily, our weekly “Black Person’s Guide to Game of Thrones” is here to break down the ten rules of surviving white spaces…
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Black Twitter Explodes With Rumors of Resurrection
The sighting of a man previously thought to have been killed by law enforcement officers has sparked a number of theories and set Black Twitter on fire with both praises of wonder and joy. It was just three days ago when news reports out of Calvary said the activist Yeshua ben Yosef, who went by…
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Go Green but Buy Black: 10 Black-Owned Cannabis Companies For 4/20
It’s 4/20, so you know what that means! (Just in case my mother is reading this, April 20th is a day that we recreate the time God Facetimed Moses via a burning bush.) And to celebrate this holy day, we have provided a list of 10 black-owned cannabis dispensaries where you can buy your supplies…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Every Friday Is Good Friday
People who read the Clapback Mailbag often ask how I can stomach wading through the morass of emails, tweets, comments and direct messages each week. It is true that they are often filled with hate, grammatical errors and ignorance, but the reason I love Fridays is simple: I love when white people get angry. I…
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Fox News for Negroes? Upcoming 'Black News Channel' Looks Pretty Conservative
Thursday’s announcement of the launch of a groundbreaking news channel aimed at black audiences set the internet on fire. There would finally be a news organization focused on issues important to the black community. Or maybe it’s a Trojan horse. Upon taking a closer look at the upcoming Black News Channel (BNC), the first thing…
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Mueller Report Reveals How Black Activists, White Tears and Racism Helped Trump Become President
Hidden in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s now-public but heavily-redacted “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election” is a trove of information concerning the plot to use black grassroots organizations to help Donald Trump become America’s 45th president. The report opens by recounting Russia’s initial intent, which was to “provoke and…
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#RepublicansSoWhite: Why Black Voters Don't Mess With the GOP
One of the favorite assertions of Candace Owens, Kanye West and black people who will happily let white people touch their hair, is that negroes have been bamboozled by the Democratic Party. They often ask why the Democratic Party tends to get the black vote by default. With a false sense of superiority bestowed upon…
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Everyone Knows There's a Racial Wealth Gap. How Do We Fix It?
This country has always had a wealth gap, and America usually fixes this problem…for white people. To cure widespread poverty during the Great Depression, the New Deal guaranteed jobs, reformed banking, built infrastructure, reimagined education and literally built entire towns filled with affordable housing… For white people. Because of segregation, Jim Crow and the newly…
