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Racist Cop Who Kicked in Black Woman's Door Is Still a Cop: But Why Though?
You may remember reports of New York City police officer Michael J. Reynolds landing in Nashville, Tenn. in July 2018, according to court records. Reynolds was attending a 3-day bachelor party with six other men, two of whom were also identified as NYC officers. Reynolds was staying in an Airbnb, one door down from a…
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Bloomberg Plays Clueless When Questioned About Central Park 5
I’m thinking former New York City mayor and new presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg must not have gotten the memo that Democratic candidates are supposed to be wooing the black vote. Either that or he just forgot, apparently, along with his entire stance on his city’s handling of the Central Park Five. Because, on Monday, this…
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Here We Go Again: Buttigieg Getting Dragged for Saying Constitution Signers Didn't Know Slavery Was Bad
Once again, South Bend, Ind. mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg finds himself under the microscope and under fire for recently unearthed video of him saying something trash. You may remember that last month, The Root’s own Michael Harriot blasted Buttigieg over past comments about why black kids fail in school so often, saying, “Kids need…
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'Don't Put Your Race Before Being Christian': Pastor Assures Parishioners That Trump Visit Won't Cause ICE Raids
Pastor Guillermo Maldonado of King Jesus International Ministry Church in Miami addressed the concerns of hundreds of parishioners in a Spanish-language service on Sunday. Maldonado’s megachurch will host President Trump’s “Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch” rally on Friday and he made a promise to his worried congregation that undocumented immigrants will not be at risk…
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WTF You Mean Ain't No Peach Drop? Atlanta NYE Peach Drop Canceled for First Time in 30 Years
I’ve been a resident of the Atlanta area of Georgia—“The Peach State”—for 25 years, and for at least a quarter of that time, I’ve brought in the new year in Underground Atlanta, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of fellow transplants, ATLiens and out-of-town visitors as we await the city’s decades-long tradition, the Peach Drop. My first…
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Kevin Hart Finally Figures Out He Handled Gay Jokes Saga All Wrong
When I was a younger man, I had a bad habit of continuing to argue a point even after I long realized I was wrong. After a while, it becomes a matter of pride and resentment of having to concede. Such was the case for superstar comedian Kevin Hart, who, in his new Netflix docuseries,…
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Racists Have Finally Gone Too Far: Tina Turner Mural Defaced With ‘Swastika’
Police in Asheville, N.C., are investigating a truly heinous crime. The most abominable of offenses. The most dastardly of evil deeds. Some Nazi bigot vandal has spray-painted an off-brand “swastika” over a mural of none other than legendary “Queen Of Rock and Roll” Tina Turner. That’s right, some cowardly, bologna smelling, stiff line-dancing, clapping on…
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Federal Judge Allows Georgia Law to Continue Voter Purge
Fair Fight Action, a voting rights group founded by Stacy Abrams to address voter suppression, led a noble effort to restore 98,000 voters who were removed from the state’s voter rolls due to nonparticipation in any recent elections. Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones made a ruling in federal court, upholding the…
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Don Imus Died…but Anyway, What Y’all Having for Breakfast?
When George Bush Sr. died, I posted to Facebook, “R.I.P. George… Jefferson.” I have a number of witty, inappropriate jokes saved in my phone for when David Duke or Eric Cartman’s absentee father, Rush Limbaugh, kick the bucket. I feel no obligation to be kind or respectful to bigots or those who have done harm…
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Slave Cemetery Discovered Under Florida Golf Club. So How About Stop Playing Golf There?
A huge spotlight has recently been put on the Capital City Country Club, in Tallahassee, Fla., after it was discovered that the seventh fairway of its golf course sits on top of at least 40 graves of long-deceased victims of American slavery. According to an article published by the Associated Press, “The rumors swirled for…
