clapbacks
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Birds, Boxes and Other Bullshit No One Believes
So, ummm … about this Birdbox thing. Wait. We’ll get to that. But before that, y’all know what this is. Our clapback congregation meets weekly to discuss these matters. Each Friday, we faithfully go through the emails, comments, tweets and messages to explain, apologize or elaborate on the things that caused consternation among The Root’s…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: A Visit From St. Clapback
Twas the Friday before Christmas, when all through the siteNot a creature was angry, except for the whitesThe mailbag was filled with Caucasians seeing redAbout words we had written and stuff that we said When in my inbox there arose such a clatterI logged in to my email to see what was the matterIt turns…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Gray Area
For too long, The Root has ignored an important segment of our readership. In our eagerness to answer the emails, tweets and messages, we have failed to address our biggest fans: The grays. If you are new to The Root or Kinja in general, you should know that comments are approved by other readers or…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: What the FAWQ?
Don’t you hate when you go see one of your favorite artists in concert, but instead of the hits, they play songs from their new project? Well, you don’t have to worry about that with today’s mailbag. Today, we are just playing the classics. This week’s selection of emails, tweets and direct messages answer two…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Claps Back at Some Unemployed Windbag Named Mike Huckabee
Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a new type of politician. She’s young, motivated, didn’t come up through the traditional political ranks and she’s not here for the fuck shit. Not. Ever. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (which is the same as me calling myself “former Bunker Hill Elementary third-grader”) decided he was going to jump into…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: ’Tis the Season To Be Racist
While the Clapback Mailbag sometimes feels negative, I actually get excited opening the tweets, emails, comments and messages to see what gifts The Root’s readers have bestowed upon us. And even though I enjoy it, there has always been something missing. You see, the Clapback Mailbag is not about receiving racist and pointed commentary; it’s…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: A Salute to Veterans
Today’s mailbag is dedicated to the brave white men and women who sacrificed their time to send emails, texts, DMs and comments to The Root. Without you, we wouldn’t be here. Well … we’d probably still be here, but at whom would we clap back? We also honor the mailbag readers who served. It must…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Imagine
Last night was The Root 100, our annual salute to black excellence. After the event was over, the entire staff went out for a late dinner … Except for me. Most of our staff are off today … Except for me. The reason I went home early and insisted on doing a mailbag is that…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: One of the Good Ones
I am the threat. Look at these hands, all knuckle and fist potential. Look at this skin that yields to nothing, not even the sun. Even my hair refuses to behave. I am the defiler of white women’s purity. The thug. The thing to fear. The threat. And the only way to mitigate the perception…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: A Mood
This week, instead of answering each letter individually, I shall increase the level of difficulty by answering all the letters with one universal, overarching clapback. You see, every Friday around 4 a.m., before I even wake up, I begin receiving messages asking what’s taking the mailbag so long. Here’s your answer: I HAVE TO WRITE…