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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: What the FAWQ?
Don’t you hate when you go see one of your favorite artists in concert, but instead of the hits, they play songs from their new project? Well, you don’t have to worry about that with today’s mailbag. Today, we are just playing the classics. This week’s selection of emails, tweets and direct messages answer two…
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Virginia College, Other For-Profit Institutions, Abruptly Close Campuses Across the Country
Thousands of students furthering their education at for-profit institutions discovered on Wednesday their college was shutting down. According to the Associated Press, the Education Corporation of America, which operates 75 campus chains across the country, including Virginia College, Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute, and the Golf Academy of America, suddenly announced it would…
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The North Carolina Republican Voter Fraud Scandal, Explained to a Racist 5-Year-Old
I’m not Hitler. Oh, wait, racist baby, I think you mean “Heil Hitler.” When Nazis raise their hands like that, they’re saluting. It’s not a greeting, it’s a racist gesture. OK, racist baby. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. What’s been going on? Well, actually, my little intolerant toddler, it is the white…
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Apparently, the New York Times Really Misses White Supremacy
While life and familiarity have, for the most part, left me unfazed by the audacity of whiteness, there are times when I am still awestruck by its reckless cockiness. How it can feel nostalgic about slavery and wax poetic over wickedness. How it dances in the middle of the ballroom floor, twirling on top of…
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Charles ‘Chuck’ Harrison, the Most Important Person You Never Heard Of, Dead at 87
The man once called the “Jackie Robinson of design,” who invented so many products that Sears changed its policy on hiring blacks; who created many of the household items you take for granted, has passed away at the age of 87. Charles “Chuck” Harrison is considered the greatest black industrial designer who ever lived, and…
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'He is Not Guilty…Period': Judge Orders Release of Video in Alabama Mall Shooting
A judge has ordered the release of the body camera footage and surveillance video of a shooting at an Alabama mall, granting the request of the attorney of the man who has been accused in the shooting. According to AL.com, Jefferson County District Judge William A. Bell Jr. issued a brief order granting a request…
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'Civility' Is for White People
We should not speak ill of the dead. Even if the truth is unsavory, the dead deserve our condolences and respect. We must be civil. Especially if they are white. Last night, just before I dozed off, I caught the first few minutes of SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt (who actually hosts the best version…
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Protesters Are Shutting Down an Alabama Town After a Police Shooting
On Thursday night, parents in Hoover, Ala., couldn’t take their children to the city’s annual Christmas Tree lighting because one group of people are coming into their town to ruin the most wonderful time of year. But instead of lamenting how they were missing out on their yearly tradition, the parents should have been grateful…
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Cops Shot Davonte Weatherford but Wouldn't Release the Body Camera Footage. So He Released it Himself
All Davonte Weatherford wants is justice. When Weatherford survived being shot by a Memphis, Tenn., police officer in 2017, protests erupted in the city. Memphians said it was another case of a black man being needlessly targeted by Memphis law enforcement officers, while local officials said Weatherford endangered the lives of police officers. To defend…
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Why They Kneel: 'What's Free?' The Money Bail Revolution in Philadelphia and D.C.
To examine the injustice and inequality that prompted some NFL players to protest during the national anthem, each week, for the remainder of the NFL season, The Root will explore the data behind racial disparities in the two cities represented in the National Football League’s premiere matchup—Monday Night Football. Tonight, the football team from Washington,…
