clapbacks

Dear White People, Let’s work out a good deal! You don’t want to be responsible for oppressing millions of people and I don’t want to be responsible for destroying your fragile spirits—but I will. I’ve given you samples with respect to previous Fridays. The writers at The Root have worked hard to solve some of…

White people are smart. They be knowing stuff. And, as a lowly negro writer, it is my duty to study the emails, letters, tweets and direct messages received every week and use them as a valuable learning tool. Even when they say things that are not true, I must understand that the vast majority of…

Today’s mailbag consists of people who called us out about our egregious errors. The writers at The Root often use statistics and facts to back up our point but, according to the emails, tweets, DMs and comments received this week, we left out a few very salient points. Thankfully, we can correct our mistakes every…

Each and every Friday, The Root sorts through the emails, tweets, direct messages and comments we received that week to find out exactly what is on our readers’ minds. Over the years, we discovered that the people who read The Root are mostly concerned with one thing: They want to teach us a lesson. So…

Dearly beloved, We are gathered here this Friday to celebrate the life and death of this curious little thing called racism. When I sort through the reader responses each week to find the best emails, tweets, comments, and DMs for the Clapback Mailbag, invariably, there are always a few people who believe the same thing:…

“Sucker Emails”A song by Michael Harriot Two years ago, some co-workers of mineAsked me to clap back at trolls online.So we came up with a plan to respond to hateThe plan was dope, and it went this way:The Root took the comments emails and tweetsAnd put them in a bag until the end of the…

Well, hello there! The big homie Michael Harriot is off doing Michael Harriot things, so he’s tagged me in to helm this week’s edition of the Clapback Mailbag. You’re welcome in advance. As someone who’s spent the past three or so years on the receiving end of death threats, vitriol and all manner of foolishness…

Many of the emails, comments, tweets and direct messages that make it into the weekly Clapback Mailbag are from well-meaning people who genuinely have questions or need advice. In fact, those emails, tweets, direct messages and comments have prompted some of the best clapbacks. Here are the Top 4 moments in the history of the…