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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Cotton Pickin' Facts

This edition of the Mailbag is dedicated to all of the people out there fighting racism. Not the ones who want to eliminate white supremacy. This is also not for those who want to wipe out education, employment and economic inequality. If you’re against police brutality, this is not your Mailbag. Today, we are celebrating…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

April 9, 2021
News, Race Matters

3 Black Border Patrol Officers File Lawsuit Against CBP Alleging Constant Racial Profiling and Harassment of Black Travelers

Apparently, there is no place in America a Black person can go without experiencing racism—not even to the border of Canada. Three Black Customs and Border Protection officers have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging that CBP officers commonly target Black travelers for racial profiling and harassment and that the few Black officers…

By

Zack Linly

Published

April 4, 2021
News, Opinion, Wypipo

Pennsylvania Cop Suspended Over TikTok Video Declaring Confederate Flag Not Racist Despite Slavery Symbolism

White people, I need you to listen. No, seriously; lean in close, hear this and hear this well… *clears throat* POSTING STUPID AND RACIST SHIT ONLINE WILL FUCK WITH YOUR EMPLOYMENT!! I’m not even telling you to stop being stupid and racist—this is America, the land of stupidity and racism, after all—I’m actually trying to…

By

Zack Linly

Published

April 1, 2021
News, Race Matters

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Launches Commission to Address Systemic Racism and I’m Struggling Not to Be a Cynic

On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he is doing what a number of lawmakers and officials have been doing in order to at least appear interested in addressing the whole systemic racism in America thing: He launched a commission. Racial justice commissions seem odd to people who are looking to…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 24, 2021
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

No More 'Performative Gestures': BLM Sacramento Purchases Land to Build Community and Resource Center for Black People

The Black Lives Matter movement can’t only be about protests. Anti-racism demonstrations that have erupted across the nation have done a fine job of raising awareness about systemic racism in America and have sent a clear message that there will be no peace without justice, but building a community that supports the betterment of Black…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 21, 2021
Education, News

California Becomes First State in America to Approve Statewide High School Ethnic Studies Curriculum

While Republican-run states like Florida are proposing statewide educational curricula that will “expressly exclude” critical race theory—because a lot of white people in power are fragile AF and that fragility will undoubtedly extend to the classrooms in their states—California has adopted the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies high school curriculum, and one that doesn’t shy…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 19, 2021
Education, News

President Biden’s Refusal to Eliminate Student Debt Is Out of Touch With Black Voters Who Helped Get Him Elected

Last month, President Biden declared that he would not support student debt forgiveness and took a huge step backwards in fulfilling the pledges he made to Black voters and Black women during his campaign. When asked about Senator Schumer, Senator Warren and other lawmakers’ proposal to wipe out $50,000 per person of student loan debt…

By

Genetta M. Adams

Published

March 12, 2021
Criminal Justice, News

Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reintroduces People’s Justice Guarantee for Wide-Ranging Criminal Legal System Reform

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) on Wednesday reintroduced a resolution aimed at driving decarceration and making the criminal legal system more equitable and just. The People’s Justice Guarantee, first introduced in 2019, is being put forward again by Pressley at a time when the Democratic-led Congress seems ready to acknowledge and address the intersections of racial…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

March 11, 2021
News

Black Farmers Finally Get Plentiful Harvest as COVID-19 Bill Includes $5 Billion in Relief

It’s a miracle that Black farmers have made it this long when you consider that for over 100 years, they’ve faced discrimination from the US Department of Agriculture and were largely excluded from federal loans and farm improvement initiatives. But the enduring seeds of hard work and faith have finally come to bloom, as the…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 9, 2021
Culture, Health

The Journal for America's Largest Medical Association Tweeted: 'No Physician Is Racist.' The Lie Detector Determined…

While everyone is applauding the scientists who figured out how to trick our immune systems into murdering coronaviruses, one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in history has gone undetected by many. We finally figured out how to cure racism. Apparently, the Journal of American Medical Association, an independent arm of the American Medical Association, the…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 9, 2021