Opinion
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Lions, Tigers and Wypipo, Oh My!
It’s 4/20, so today’s collection of tweets, direct messages, emails and comments is dedicated to all the people who … Dammit, I forgot what I was about to write. Anyway, for some reason, I feel positive today. It’s probably because so many of you reached out to discuss the topics that unite us all, like…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Wypipo Participation Trophy
As “one of the real racists,” I admit that I have intentionally omitted one of the most underappreciated groups of people in America: The good white people. So today I sifted through The Root’s emails, comments, letters and tweets searching for good white people, hoping to acknowledge their efforts to end racism. They should be…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Let Wypipo Go
It’s Good Friday and Passover Eve. The Root’s deputy managing editor, Yesha Callahan, is not here to force me to write an extensive lede because last night, Very Smart Brothas and The Glow Up had their first joint event, Urban by Nature, in Los Angeles. A lot of the staff from The Root attended, but…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: I Think We May Have Solved Racism
According to Wypipopedia, racism has been around for at least nine or 10 years. It started with the election of President Barack Obama, who invented racism in a Kenyan laboratory with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Saul Alinsky and that terrorist dude from the Weather Underground. (I know his name is Bill Ayers. I’m just using…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Sticks and Stones
Welcome back to the Friday Clapback Mailbag: You already know what this is, so don’t be surprised by the collection of tweets, emails and DMs we receive from people who read The Root. It’s part of the job. From: GregTo: Michael HarriotSubject: No Subject Michael, I read your satire piece about the “racist” ( according…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Blame Obama and My Mama
I’m sorry to announce that there has been a small change made to the mailbag. In our ongoing effort to evolve this weekly feature, we have decided to include a palate cleanser in each mailbag. You will still get your recommended weekly dosage of hate mail, tweets and comments, but we will also include one…
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What I Learned From My Week as a Conservative
Two years ago, as part of an assignment, I was white. I didn’t change my skin color or anything, but I drove across country for three days into Mexico in a van with eight white men. After three days, we camped out in a remote, untouched wilderness for 12 days, hiking 75 miles total, with…