reconstruction era
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KKK Applications Asking for Race, Address and Blood Type Distributed in Indiana
Hide your kids, hide your angry white husbands, because the Klan is reportedly recruiting every-white-body so long as they’re willing to submit to a blood test.
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The Miseducation of Wypipo: 10 Reasons Why America Needs White History Lessons
It’s easy to believe the 1619 Project, Critical Race Theory and reverse racism are attempting to rewrite America’s past if you’ve never studied white history.
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Exclusive Trailer: PBS POV Documentary The Neutral Ground Explores the Power a Losing Confederate Has in the U.S.
Here at The Root, we’ve provided exhaustive coverage on the ongoing fight in connection with the removal of Confederate monuments across the nation. The pushback against this glorification of inherently racist symbols has finally gotten some real results within the past few years. Sometimes protestors have to take action; sometimes government officials authorize the removal…and…
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Republicans Introduce Federal Bills to 'Restrict the Spread' of Critical Race Theory as CRT Continues to Live in Their Heads Rent-Free
At this point, Republicans are Haley Joel Osment curled up underneath his covers whispering to Bruce Willis, “I see Critical Race Theory.” They’re convinced that you can’t get Critical Race Theory wet or feed it after midnight, otherwise it will spread and gremlin-ize Americans everywhere into hating their country as well as their whiteness. They…
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Texas Republican Caught on Video Organizing 'Brigade' of Volunteers to Watch Voters in Mostly Black and Latinx Houston Precincts
A Republican official in Harris County, Texas, was heard on a video presentation saying that 10,000 volunteers were needed to form an “election integrity brigade” in Houston to fight against election fraud, the Washington Post reports. We know that there is no evidence of election fraud in Harris County, but the person in the video…
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Texas Republicans' Response to Georgia's Voter Restriction Laws: Hold My Beer
Republicans, no matter which state, know one thing: The more access people have to the ballot box, the less likely most people will vote for them. The remedy to that problem is simply to restrict people’s access to voting. Republicans in Texas, following the voter suppression efforts of their colleagues in Georgia, have advanced a…