racism
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The Cop Suing James Blake for Defamation After Racially Profiling and Assaulting Him Is the Whitest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
Yesterday evening, my not-quite-2-year-old daughter asked for a piece of spicy shrimp that I was eating. I knew she wouldn’t like it, so I shook my head and told her, “Trust me, little baby person, you won’t like this.” Unconvinced, she continued to ask—and for context, her asking is just her looking at me and…
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I’m Scared to Death I Won’t Be Able to Protect My 2-Year-Old Daughter From Her Own Country
Full disclosure: The headline is a lie. My daughter isn’t actually 2 years old yet. She’ll be 2 next month. But I remember, before she was born, making fun of parents who’d tell you their child’s age in months instead of years. And then I became one of those parents. So today, this is me…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Now With 50 Percent More Clapback … and Racism
Some debate has emerged about The Root’s Clapback Mailbag that should be settled by the readers. Since this is for you, (partially) by you, we need you to decide on a jingle for our Friday mailbag. Two people on The Root (amazingly, independent of each other) revealed that they read it humming the name to…
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Calif. Teen Wears Confederate-Flag Sweatshirt to School; Mother Complains After Students Call Him Racist
“Southern heritage” strikes again, and one California mom is upset after her 15-year-old son was called racist because he decided to wear a Confederate-battle-flag sweatshirt to school last week. Welp. According to the Visalia Times-Delta, the mother of the student said that she pulled her children from Redwood High School last Friday after several threats…
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Pa. Man Didn’t Like It When the Steelers Declined to Take the Field for the National Anthem, so He Painted a Swastika on the Team Flag
The “funny” thing about all this outrage over NFL players (and others) deciding not to stand or participate during the national anthem (or the Pledge of Allegiance) is that white people are proving—whether purposely or not—that they know the protest isn’t about the anthem or veterans but about white supremacy. Take Anton Uhl, for example,…
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Russia’s Recent Facebook Ads Prove the Kremlin Never Loved Black People
Thousands of Russian-bought Facebook ads that the social media company is preparing to deliver to Congress reveal a very sound knowledge of America’s racial discord. With some of the ads calling for protections of gun rights, warning of the so-called dangers of immigration and of promoting Black Lives Matter groups, the Kremlin has shown a…
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What We’re Gonna Do When the Revolution Comes
I’ve recently come across some articles and heard the latest theories about the phenomenon of white anxiety as a precursor to the rise of the era of Trump and Trumpism. Essentially, there’s an overwhelming sense of dread that, based on impending demographic trends, has old white people especially worried about their place in the food…
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Ann Arbor, Mich., Police Searching for Racist Thugs Who Tagged Alley Wall With ‘Free Dylann Roof’ Graffiti
Do you know these racist thugs? Ann Arbor, Mich., police are requesting the public’s help in identifying and bringing three white young men morons to justice after they were caught on surveillance footage painting the racist graffiti on a wall in an alley. The wall, which is located in Ant Alley just off the University…
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Mo. Woman Furious After Fried Chicken Allegedly Thrown Into Her Car; Police Investigating
A Missouri woman is sharing her outrage and pain after, she says, someone threw a piece of fried chicken through her car window while she was sitting in traffic minding her own business. Alexis Newsome shared a heartfelt, tearful video on Facebook, detailing her experience, saying that she wants others to understand. “I don’t want…