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Atlanta Anchor Sharon Reed Claps Back at Viewer Who Calls Her N-Word After Mayoral Election
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Common sense dictates that a certain type of angry white voter would be in their feelings if Mary Norwood lost the Atlanta mayoral election and blew their chance at planting a flag in Chocolate Peach City. However, you figure they would have at least waited until the Associated…
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Judge of Characters: When Racism Is Trained Behavior
This week, racism reared its ugly head the same way it’s been doing since Donald Trump became president. In New York City, the greatest melting pot on earth, we still have to deal with bigotry, but the city that never sleeps has a special way of banding together to combat racism that is sure to…
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Watch Out Loud: What Was It Like the 1st Time You Were Called the N-Word?
When I asked a few of our readers to come in to The Root’s offices and share their personal experiences of being called the n-word for the first time, I knew I’d get a lot of stories steeped in ignorance. I didn’t realize that a lot of the stories would sound like shared experiences with…
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#NeverForget: Bill Maher Once Questioned a Black Woman’s Blackness Over the N-Word
Friday’s moment when TV host Bill Maher uttered the n-word was not the first time he crossed the line where race is concerned. Long before Real Time With Bill Maher was a thing, Maher once talked over, insulted and questioned the blackness of veteran black actress Anne-Marie Johnson, all while arguing that white people should…
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Five Quick Thoughts On Bill Maher Going Peak Bill Maher (And A Quick Aside On White People And Nigga/Nigger)
This is haircut and hoop day for me, so this is going to be quick. 1. I was actually watching the show when it happened. I wasn’t watchingwatching — which’ll be clearer in #2 — but the TV was on, and it was on Real Time with Bill Maher. 2. I didn’t actually hear him…
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Jason Whitlock, Please STFU About LeBron, Racism, Everyone, Everything Forever
Sports commentator Jason Whitlock hates black people. Wait, let me rephrase. Sports commentator Jason Whitlock has a history of hating on black people, making me think that when he walks past a mirror, he probably clutches his wallet (or purse; I don’t know his life) a bit tighter at his own reflection. Also known as…
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#MakeAmericaHateAgain: ‘Nigger’ Spray-Painted on Home Owned by LeBron James
LeBron James might be the most beloved and recognized black man in America today. He is arguably the best basketball player ever to grace the court and easily one of the most charitable sports stars ever to donate a dollar, but in the end, in Trump’s America, he’s just another “nigger.” A Los Angeles home…
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Everybody Hates Chris Cuomo After CNN Host Compares Fake News to the N-Word
Whoa there, Chris Cuomo, slow down—your ignorance is showing. On Thursday the CNN anchor was on Sirius XM’s POTUS channel and was trying to make a connection regarding what journalists feel when they hear the term “fake news.” As reported by The Hill, the host of CNN’s New Day said: I see being called “fake…
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Minn. Bus Driver Uses Racial Slurs Before Kicking Kids Off Bus, Stranding Them
A Minnesota bus driver hurled racial slurs at a bunch of middle school students before forcing them off the bus and leaving them stranded in an industrial park in Moorhead, Minn. Horizon Middle School student DeShanna Dotson told WDAY that the bus driver left her and about 20 students on a street around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.…