Opinion
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Lotion Is the Cure for Racism
As I was digging through this week’s selection of emails, tweets, direct messages and comments trying to figure out why everyone is so angry, Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan contacted me to harass me about an intro. I don’t know how we got there, but our conversation somehow landed on Star Wars, specifically how Donald…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Declaration of Blackness
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bonds which have connected them with wypipo, and to assume among them their equality on this earth to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the stupid opinions of Caucasians requires…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: A Children’s Story
Once upon a time, not long ago, when people wore pajamas and lived life slow, when laws were stern and justice stood, and Negroes didn’t come to white neighborhoods, there were some wypipo who were misled by some more white people. Here’s what they said: “Me and you, Brad, we’re gonna get real mad. And…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: All Mailbag, No Clapback
Don’t hate me for this. I am often asked if people who send us tweets, DMs and emails are really as mean as I make them out to be or if I have to wade through the positive emails to find the couple of idiots who want to use the n-word. So today I decided…
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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…