Opinion
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For White Men Who Have Considered Genocide When Patriarchy and Privilege Are Not Enuf
The cacophony of celebratory sounds that rang out last week in reaction to Joe Biden’s win was based on a sundry of emotions—ranging from relief at ending a racist regime dominated by white men who were fanatical about protecting their own wealth and privilege to jubilance over a historic win for Kamala Harris, the first woman…
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55 Ways White People Say ‘White People’ Without Actually Saying ‘White People’ (Updated)
1. Americans 2. Real Americans 3. Middle America 4. Working-class Americans 5. Patriots 6. Europeans 7. Southerners 8. Midwesterners 9. Millennials 10. Christians 11. Evangelicals 12. Red-state voters 13. Rust Belt voters 14. Conservatives 15. Republicans 16. Suburbanites 17. Gentrifiers 18. Families 19. Veterans 20. Soccer moms 21. Management 22. Law enforcement 23. Hardworking Americans…
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Every Argument Against Student Debt Forgiveness, Explained (and Dismissed)
What happens to a student loan deferred?Does it dry uplike Donald Trump’s skin?Or draw interest—Do payments ever end? Does it grow into a mountain of debt?Until an unknown numbercalls you up to collect? Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Until someone forgives it… And white people explode. For most Americans not named Ivanka and those…
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BREAKING: Not All Black People Use Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, a The Root Exclusive
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I spent some time this weekend doing meal prep to make eating during the week a bit easier for me, a busy news editor who is so exhausted by the end of the day it takes all my energy and effort to place my order on…
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Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up and Protect Black Votes
For the last six months or so, companies such as Nike, Amazon, Uber and Facebook have bombarded us with messages to “get out the vote.” But now that these votes are being threatened, these same companies have retreated into the shadows, unwilling to defend the very people they called on to save our democracy. It’s…
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Why Every Joke, Tweet, and Essay Whining About How 'Cancel Culture Is Very Bad' Is Very Dumb, Explained
Jackson was walking down the street, headed to The Container Store when he saw his friend Timothee approaching. He hadn’t seen Timothee since two summers ago, when they both were stagehands on Bat Out of Hell: The Musical, so they were happy to see each other. Timothee also appeared to be eating a taco. “What’s…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Answer to All Your Questions Is 'Wally'
“The answer to all your questions is money” — Don Ohlmeyer Who is Don Ohlmeyer? Everyone knows that Don Ohlmeyer is a genius who will go down in history as one of the television industry’s greatest men. He produced and directed two Super Bowls and three Olympic Games, including the one in Munich. He ran…
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How Much Would You Pay to Watch a Secret Service Agent Drag Trump Out of the White House?
My parents and I used to play a game where one of us would think of some ridiculous dare, assign an arbitrarily low price to it, and then would keep increasing the ask until a “Yes” happened. Mom, to me and Dad: Would you walk to Get n’ Go butt-ass naked for 100 bucks? Dad…
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Hollywood Keeps Taking Us on The Ride Toward White Supremacist Endearment and I Want Off
The first trailer for The Ride (which was apparently made in 2018) starring Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Shane Graham recently dropped.
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A Letter to the Dickheads Who Love to Tell You When People You Don't Know Are Talking Shit About You
The list of things that I don’t know is boundless. Endless. Infinite. There are so many things that I don’t know that the only thing approaching it in scale is the list of things I don’t even know that I don’t even know. For instance, I did not know, until last week, that Joe Biden…