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NJ Teacher Suspended and Under Investigation for Cursing at Black Students While Calling George Floyd a 'Criminal'
In today’s episode of White People Who Have No Business Teaching Black Students, a New Jersy high school teacher has been suspended after two separate videos surfaced that showed him all in his Klan-ish feelings while shouting at and cursing at students during a virtual class—all because he’s sick of hearing about white privilege and…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Maybe Whiteness Is Not a Pandemic
Last week, a white man did white man things, which caused a lot of pain and heartache. Some people call Robert Aaron Long a “spree shooter,” while others call him a “mass murderer.” Because he went from location to location to kill people, he may technically be a serial killer or a hate criminal —…
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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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Whiteness Anonymous: A 12-Step Program for QAnoners and 'Not All White' People Suffering From Trump Withdrawal Syndrome
It’s been 29 days since Joseph Robinette Biden became the 46th president of the United States, sending QAnon Adventists into severe withdrawals from America being made great again. While some outlets have shamed the idiots patriots who were victimized by the cult of Q, The Root would never. According to an NPR/Ipsos poll, 17 percent…
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Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People
It feels counterintuitive to suggest that straight black men as a whole possess any sort of privilege.
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