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A Republican Legislator Said Slavery Wasn't Racist Because Slave Owners 'Were Making Money.' Then Things Got Even Weirder

A New Hampshire state legislator is under fire for insisting that “owning slaves doesn’t make you racist.” In a private interaction with a former New Hampshire resident and during an interview with The Root, the Republican lawmaker doubled and tripled down on his assertion by altering the definition of the word “racist,” rewriting history and…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

July 24, 2019
News

Louisiana Teacher Makes Racist Facebook Post but It's OK, She's No Longer Employed: [Updated]

Instead of posting a meme on Black Twitter, a Louisiana high school teacher took to White Facebook to offer her well-thought-out solutions for some of America’s toughest challenges by suggesting that you-know-who “quit acting like animals” and cease “voting for handouts and pay taxes.” There. She fixed it for you. Valerie Scogin, a high school…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

September 11, 2018
Entertainment, Social Media

Apparently, Ron DeSantis and Racist Republicans Love White Facebook

As the great physicist, mathematician and (I’m pretty sure this is correct) the first person to stuff figs inside of cookies, Sir Isaac Newton, proclaimed in his third law of motion: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” While the only thing I know about quantum mechanics is the early ’90’s TV…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

August 31, 2018