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  • This Wine Writer Has the Perfect Drink to Wash the Bitter Taste of Slavery Out of Your Mouth

    This year has already been a high-water year in the annals of American whiteness, and we’re only nine months in. Now the Canadian newspaper the Toronto Star wants you to hold its wine, cuz it’s ready to serve you the whitest thing you’ve read this month. The paper recently came under fire for a story…

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    Anne Branigin

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  • Miss Ann’s Revenge

    It’s time to talk about the “Miss Ann effect.” In the wake of the stunning news that more than half of white women who voted on Nov. 8 opted for Donald Trump, I have concerns—and questions. I’m aware that not all white women are racist. But given the significant number of white women who supported…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Movies To Avoid Watching If You Don't Want To Hate White People This Week

      We’ve all been there before. You see a movie with intense racism and/or racial violence, and while discussing the movie later, you joke — well, hopefully just joke — about how it made you hate White people. Of course, you don’t hate White people. You might have even shared that comment with a White…

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    Damon Young

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  • Quiz: Exactly How Black Are You?

    1. If at a cookout, what’s the most important question you can ask? A) Is the meat ready yet? B) Who made the potato salad? C) You were supposed to bring the foil. Why do you never remember to bring the foil? 2. Have you seen 12 Years a Slave yet? A) Yeah, I saw…

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    Damon Young

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