Opinion
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Awkward Black Guy: I’m Not Nigerian But I Played One for a Whole Weekend
“You’re totally Nigerian,” Nkechi Nneji said, holding her hands out in a frame like she was sizing up my face for a photo. “And you’ve got an Igbo head!” This was uttered to me in a vaguely complimentary way by my friend, Nkechi (pronounced EN-KAY-Chee), as she and fellow Nigerian Omarosa (yes, that Omarosa), tried…
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'White Civil Rights' Aren’t a Thing: Why Black People Are Protesting Unite the Right 2
On Aug. 12, white nationalists, fascists and their sympathizers will descend on Washington, D.C., for a “white civil rights” rally intended to terrorize black and brown residents. This rally is coming from the same white nationalists responsible for the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., where Heather Heyer was killed and dozens of…
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10 Questions About the Funkiest White Karaoke Video of All Time
Alright, stop what you’re doing because I’m about to ruin the image and the style that you’re used to. If you haven’t seen the video of Mary Halsey’s viral video performance, then put aside whatever you’re working on and allow Halsey to brighten your day with her rendition of Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot’s seminal classic, “Work…
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From Bad to Worse: Day 2 of the 2018 World Wypipo Tournament
Welcome back to day 2 of the 2018 World Wypipo Tournament! If you haven’t filled out your ballot for the first half of your bracket, there’s still time to fill them out here. Polls for the first round close at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday and the second round begins on Friday morning. Here is the…
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'Plastered Peggy' Lists Reasons Why Cop Shouldn't Arrest Her, Claims She's a 'Very Clean, Thoroughbred, White Girl'
A Bluffton, S.C., woman thought her whiteness would come in a clutch when she was stopped by police after plowing through a stop sign more than 30 miles an hour over the speed limit (allegedly while drunk to top it off) early Saturday morning. The woman, identified by the New York Post as Lauren Elizabeth…
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White Driver Who Called Black Motorist 'Monkey,' Swears He's 'Not Racial' Because He Has Biracial Grandkids
Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, “I can’t be racist because I have mixed family members”… at least that’s what one Pennsylvania man would want you to believe after his life has gone to shit since video of him screaming “monkey” and “nigger” at a black motorist went viral. You know…
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The 2nd Annual World Wypipo Tournament: Who is the Worst?
For over a decade, The Root has chronicled the Caucastic shenanigans of our melanin-deficient counterparts. While the 2018 Tournament of Wypipo marks the second time we have officially held this competition, our community has a long history of ranking and judging wypipo. In 1798, Cleotis Banneker became the first black man to organize a ranking…
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The 10 Worst Sentences From Andrew Sullivan's 'When Racism Is Fit to Print,' Ranked From 'STFU Andy' to 'Does He Have a Concussion?'
Andrew Sullivan has been saying dumb things about race and racism on TV and the Internet for as long as I’ve known who Andrew Sullivan is. I’m convinced he’s able to do this because he’s British and has an admittedly nice beard—which makes people assume his words are 30 percent smarter than they actually are.…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White Advice for Black People
Hey guys, sorry there was no mailbag last week. It’s all Yesha’s fault (Not really, but she’s not in today so … trust me, she did it). I’m sure no one even noticed, but I received some mail that said I should apologize for leaving y’all hanging. Sometimes, instead of arguing and crying so much,…
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Alabama Subway Manager Fired After Being Caught on Camera Using Racial Slur; Tries to Frame It as a 'Slip Up'
My friends, regardless of your race, gender, religion, etc., has the word “nigger” (or any variant thereof), ever just “slipped” out of your mouth even though you hate the word? Asking for myself, because that is exactly what a Birmingham, Ala., Subway manager is claiming after she was captured on video loudly berating a black…