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A Majority of Americans Support Black Lives Matter, but Are Divided on the Policy Changes the Movement Has Championed
Americans agree that racism in the criminal justice system is a problem. Where they’re still divided is how to address it—and how far to go. According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll published earlier this week, a record-high number of Americans acknowledge that Black people and other minorities are treated differently than white people in…
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I've Eaten 170,000 Honey Roasted Peanuts Since March
So this morning after eating the 170,000th honey roasted peanut I’ve eaten since March OH IT WAS SO DELICIOUS THE WAY THE HONEY AND THE ROASTED PEANUT CONVERGED IN MY MOUTH CRUNCHY SWEET TANGY SEXY YES SEXY A HONEY ROASTED PEANUT IS THE SEXIEST NUT WAY SEXIER THAN CASHEWS WHICH HAVE NUT SCOLIOSIS AND ALMONDS…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: A Look Inside Our Secret Location
Making our way in the world todayTakes all black people got.Taking a break from wypipoSure would help a lot. Wouldn’t you like to get away? Sometimes you want to goWhere the Karens can be shamedAnd the cops don’t cock and aimYou want to be where they clap on beatand reparations can be claimed.You want to…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Ageism Is Bullshit
Happy birthday to me! It’s my 49th birthday today (I know, I know. Hold your applause.), and I couldn’t think of a better occasion to discuss the topic of ageism. Ageism is everywhere. We live in a culture that is obsessed with youth and looking young, as if the natural process of aging—a process that…
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Chicago Temporarily Removes Columbus Statues, Paving the Way for Increased Law Enforcement in Black Neighborhoods
Chicago said arrivederci to its Christopher Columbus statues in the early hours of Friday morning, in response to protests “that have become unsafe for both protesters and police,” said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. As WGN TV Chicago reports, construction crews used a large crane to remove the Grant Park Columbus statue at around 3 a.m.,…
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Exclusive: A Powerful New Video From the Human Rights Campaign and Billy Porter Reminds Us Our Votes Do Matter
There has been so much trauma, violence, inhumanity and depraved indifference splashed across our screens in recent months, it’s often difficult to process it all—let alone the brutality we’ve become almost inured to over the past decade and those prior. But what we have been witnessing as of late is not only not new, it…
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Cop Suspended For Terrible Freestyle Rap. No One Seems to Notice the White Supremacist Lyrics
A police officer protecting and serving the suburbs of one of America’s blackest cities was demoted and given an extended weekend break after posting a mumblerap freestyle to social media that could only be appreciated by people whose top five emcees are Post Malone, Iggy Azalea, Dylan, Dylan and Dylan (he does spit hot fiya,…
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Black Reddit Moderators Discuss the Platform's History of Racism and Its New Policy Change Targeting Hate Speech
Any Black person who has been on Reddit for any reason knows that the platform exists as the digital capital of the internet for the white, racist and fragile. On June 29, Reddit responded to pressure by hundreds of users and moderators on the site to do something about the virtual Klan rally happening on…
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Black Lives Matter Organizer in Florida Facing Felony Charges for Snatching Flags at Pro-Trump Event
A Black Lives Matter organizer in Florida is facing felony charges for allegedly stealing flags from a car during a Pro-Trump caravan. According to Insider, Jonathan Gartrelle was attending a protest last Saturday in Miami when a “Cubans for Trump,” caravan passed through. An officer claims to have seen Gartrelle “removing flags fixed to passing…
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Black Lives Matter Mural Vandalized in Portland as Tension Between Protesters and Federal Agents Rise
White people really don’t like being confronted with the realities of systemic racism. If they’re not spending their time spamming The Root’s comments section with all kinds of inventive headassery, they’re going out into the world and committing acts of vandalism to further prove that “All Lives Matter.” Fox 12 reports that a Black Lives…