white privilege
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: White Magic
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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‘The Epitome of White Privilege’: White Woman Who Spit on Black Protester Might Have Hate Crime Charge Dropped
Some white people are racist, and some white racists are just nasty AF.
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Believe
Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Whiteness, Explained
What exactly is ‘whiteness’ and why does The Root use it so much?
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Bill Maher Is Just Another White Man Whitesplaining Racism to Black People
Let’s talk about this thing between Bill Maher and Kevin Hart and how Maher stays being the kind of loud and wrong white liberal MLK warned us about.
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Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Teachers From Talking About Racism
Greg Abbott signed the controversial bill that prescribes how Texas teachers can talk about racism.
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NJ Teacher Suspended and Under Investigation for Cursing at Black Students While Calling George Floyd a 'Criminal'
In today’s episode of White People Who Have No Business Teaching Black Students, a New Jersy high school teacher has been suspended after two separate videos surfaced that showed him all in his Klan-ish feelings while shouting at and cursing at students during a virtual class—all because he’s sick of hearing about white privilege and…
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Why White People Hate Critical Race Theory, Explained
They’re back! On Monday, Mississippi state Rep. Chris Brown (not that one) introduced two bills in the state legislature affirming the “resolute opposition to the promotion of race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating.” While the concurrent resolutions seem like no-brainers, the measures are part of the Republican Party’s nationwide effort to eliminate the anti-racist terror…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Maybe Whiteness Is Not a Pandemic
Last week, a white man did white man things, which caused a lot of pain and heartache. Some people call Robert Aaron Long a “spree shooter,” while others call him a “mass murderer.” Because he went from location to location to kill people, he may technically be a serial killer or a hate criminal —…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Wypipolympics
We interrupt the regularly scheduled Clapback Mailbag to bring you this special program: Welcome to the inaugural Wypipolympics! To give back to the white community, the National Institute for the Greater Good of African Americans Proudly Launching A Stand for Equality (NIGGAAPLEASE) sponsored this weeklong competition to celebrate the staffers at The Root who earn…
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