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Why I Decided to Become a Black Conservative
A few months ago, The Root began a series of stories under the name “I Tried It,” chronicling the experiences of writers who were willing to step outside their comfort zones to try things they normally wouldn’t consider. Some were incredibly adventurous, like senior reporter Terrell Jermaine Starr’s visit to one of the most radioactive…
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Tucker Carlson Wants to Start a Race War So Bad, He’s Now Beefing With Joy Reid
On Tuesday night, Tucker Carlson—the political pundit, professional white person and proof that “mediocre-est” is a word—tipped the Las Vegas betting odds in his favor on which Fox News personality will eventually kick off the race war when he jump-started a new beef with MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid by saying that her “entire public career has…
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Aziz Ansari and Shitholes: Men Understand Consent Like White America Understands Racism
America is still in the throes of two ear-deafening shouting matches over private episodes that somehow became public knowledge. Although they were vastly different occurrences, they parallel each other in that the responses to both incidents were both loud and angry. I’m sure you’re exhausted from hearing about the first: when our Dorito-dust-covered doofus president…
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Tucker Carlson Is Right. I Hate White People, and Here Are 20 Things I Do to Keep That Hate Alive
Yes, it’s true. Tucker Carlson is right. I hate white people. This secret was revealed earlier this week when Carlson’s show had a segment on “Major Websites Running Bigoted Articles” and chose to spotlight The Root. And in that spotlight, each of the articles he referenced as examples of this hate was an article I…
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Why Fox News, Littlefinger and Horse Twitter Are Beefing with The Root, Explained
Of course I do. You look concerned. Is something wrong? Oh, that? Yeah, Tucker Carlson is beefing with The Root for being racist against white people. Tucker Carlson is a white man. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to minimize Tucker Carlson. Tucker Carlson is not just a white man; he’s the white man. When…
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‘How Else Are You Going to Meet People?’ Tavis Smiley Defends His Sexual Relationships With Employees
You’d be hard-pressed to imagine a more cringeworthy pairing than accused sexual harasser Tavis Smiley and Fox host Tucker Carlson, but that’s exactly what viewers received Monday night as Smiley took to Carlson’s show to offer some kind of explanation for the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct of which PBS is accusing him. Spoiler alert:…
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Fox News Has Replaced Its Most Popular Racist Misogynist With Its Sexist, Racist Rising Star
Ding, dong, the grand wizard is gone. Sadly, the baby grand wizard is already on deck. After much speculation over Bill O’Reilly’s fate at Fox News in the wake of numerous allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him sparking an advertiser mass exodus, the network announced Wednesday that The O’Reilly Factor would be canceled. In…