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It’s not my fault. You know black people—we never accept responsibilities for our actions.

Pssst! Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan is off today flying to the BET Awards, so I get to break all the usual…

Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan is gonna be mad at this short-ass lede, but today there’s no need to pussyfoot…

What is beef?

Hi, everyone, my name is Stephen A. Crockett Jr. I’m 6 feet 2 and love old movies.

Aside from Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan, whose primary job is waking up at the crack of dawn to harass me…

As I was digging through this week’s selection of emails, tweets, direct messages and comments trying to figure out…

Once upon a time, not long ago, when people wore pajamas and lived life slow, when laws were stern and justice…

Don’t hate me for this.

It’s 4/20, so today’s collection of tweets, direct messages, emails and comments is dedicated to all the people who…

It’s Good Friday and Passover Eve. The Root’s deputy managing editor, Yesha Callahan, is not here to force me to…

Welcome back to the Friday Clapback Mailbag: You already know what this is, so don’t be surprised by the collection…

Yesterday, after discovering that the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Isaiah Thomas, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Channing…

Hey, look, guys, I need to admit something: This whole mailbag thing may have been a bad idea.

It seems like only yesterday that we began highlighting the emails, tweets, comments and messages from our readers.…

Yesterday, Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan told me, and I quote: “No one wants to wait around for the mailbag…

You’re the real racists.

I have a confession. The Root’s staff is going to kill me for revealing this top secret information, but in the…

In the wake of the Thanksgiving holiday, we would like to offer a kinder, gentler Clapback Mailbag this week.…