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Black Lawmakers Rally Behind Shalanda Young to Head Office of Management and Budget

Shalanda Young is the top choice for Black lawmakers in Congress to become the next director of the Office of Management and Budget, but the White House is still weighing other names for the role. Neither the Republican nor Democratic sides of the isle have concerns over Young, but Politico reports that the Oval Office…

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

March 19, 2021
News, Race Matters

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Declares That His New Civics Education Proposal Will 'Expressly Exclude' Critical Race Theory

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is engaging in the relatively new conservative practice of pretending to know the first damn thing about critical race theory. On Wednesday, the governor of voter suppression and making pandemics worse unveiled his proposal for a civics education curriculum for Florida schools, which he said will “expressly exclude” critical race theory. Before…

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Zack Linly

Published

March 19, 2021
News, Race Matters

Hey Cherokee County Sheriff Captain Jay Baker: Is This You?

Yo, believe me when I tell you: WHITE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING AMAZING. For those of you who have been working all day and may just be getting caught up, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long of Woodstock, Georgia, allegedly went on a shooting spree in the Atlanta area that left a total of eight people dead—six of…

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Monique Judge

Published

March 17, 2021
News, Race Matters

Anti-Defamation League Report Says White Supremacist Propaganda Surged in 2020. No Word on Whether Water Is Still Wet, Though

According to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League, white supremacist propaganda surged across America last year. The report did not include any updates as to whether or not water is still wet, if the sky still turns less blue when the weather is bad or whether today is, in fact, Wednesday. OK, so obviously…

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Zack Linly

Published

March 17, 2021
Politics

Black Farmers Ask Lindsey Graham to Apologize for Being Lindsey Graham

The Department of Agriculture is supposed to help farmers. Full stop. The problem is that America is built on white supremacy and as such, the Department of Agriculture not only helped white farmers, “…it systematically denied Blacks and other people of color access to the same loan and grant programs that have helped generations of…

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Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 16, 2021
Politics

Sen. Ron Johnson Denies He Made Racist Comments, Then White-splains What He Meant by Using More Racism

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson denied his racist comments made last week were racist and then doubled-down and white-splained why he is no racist. “And don’t try and cry, because if anyone should be crying, it should be me,” Johnson said to a stunned Sheryl Underwood. Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Stephen, you know Johnson didn’t say…

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Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 16, 2021
Politics

Cuomo Doesn't Seem to Be Going Anywhere Soon and Here's Why

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing non-stop pressure to resign, with seven women now accusing him of sexual harassment—so far. Most of his fellow party members at the state and national levels are abandoning him almost daily. Both of the state’s U.S. senators have called for him to step down and 16 of the…

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Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

March 15, 2021
Politics

Florida Sen. Rick Scott to Governors: Don’t Accept Stimulus Money

It’s said that on the ninth day of creation, God got hungry and because it was late, the only thing open was a 7-Eleven, and God was forced to eat day-old taquitos, which made him vomit and thus, Florida was born. Florida, the ass pimple of America, continues to remind the world that they love…

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Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 12, 2021
Auntie Unfiltered, News, Opinion

Auntie Unfiltered Talks Politics With Zerlina Maxwell

America finally ended her abusive-ass relationship with Donald Trump—who, if you look back on all my writings about him, I never referred to as “president”—and I couldn’t be more grateful. While I am sure there are some people who think the coast is clear now that Biden is in office, that couldn’t be further from…

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Monique Judge

Published

March 12, 2021
Clapback/Mailbag, News, Opinion

The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Best Mailbag Ever

The Clapback Mailbag is over. We’ll continue to respond to emails, DMs, tweets and comments every Friday but, to be honest, there’ll never be another mailbag as good as this week’s collection of well-moisturized whiteness. This one is filled with 40 percent more whiteness. This one is the fulfillment of all our clapback dreams. This…

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Michael Harriot

Published

March 12, 2021