Clapback/Mailbag
Clapback/Mailbag
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: Wypipo Be Tripping
Why is clapping back so important? Iâve been asked that question a million times (Iâm bad at math). But I thought we should take some time to explore this question. It might give our readers some insight into why we choose to jab back at those who send us hate mail, insulting tweets and ugly…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: Pocahontas, Potato Salad and Porch Monkeys
I have a confession. The Rootâs staff is going to kill me for revealing this top secret information, but in the spirit of openness and honesty, I feel it needs to be said, so here goes: Not everyone hates us. I know itâs hard to believe. I canât believe it myself. The truth is, although…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: White Friday
In the wake of the Thanksgiving holiday, we would like to offer a kinder, gentler Clapback Mailbag this week. Instead of clapping back at the people who send emails, tweets and direct messages, we would like to thank our haters, because without them, where would we be? As you sit back munching on your leftover…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: Not All Mailbags
Todayâs Clapback Mailbag is dedicated to last weekâs mailbag. I know this sounds like some Inception-level shit where we make references to a mailbag inside a mailbag about the mailbag, so I will include some new stuff, too. Last week was a rough week for mail. I feel like you guys werenât bringing your racist…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: The Gray Area
I want to dedicate this mailbag to my hangover. I think someone slipped a headache into my drink last night at The Root 100 gala. Itâs either a hangover or I have sudden-onset brain cancer. Thatâs not a thing, is it? Or maybe it was Social Media Editor Corey Townsend screaming the lyrics to Cardi…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: First of All …
Happy Clapback Day! Yes, weâre making it a day of the week. The name âFridayâ wasnât imaginative enough. Plus, it has nothing to do with frying. If they only served fried chicken and french fries, then Iâd be cool with the name, but I think the last day before the weekend should be reserved for…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: Unanswered Questions
Itâs clapback Friday, and you know what that means: Time for me to sit down and write another introduction for the emails, tweets and comments that The Root receives during the week. This weekâs clapbacks are dedicated to all the white people who email us with recurring themes, namely: Why are black people so stupid…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: Always Bringing Up Old Stuff
Iâm sorry. First, I would like to apologize to the readers who trusted me to bring them the latest and best clapbacks of the week. Next, I want to issue my deepest regrets to all the idiots, racists and people with generally bad grammar who feel ignored. I have failed you. This week, through the…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: The Whitest Email of All Time
Iâm sorry, yâall, but this week weâre featuring only one piece of email. Itâs not that we didnât receive a lot of hate mail this week. (Donât worry; we wonât ever run out of shitty comments from disgruntled readers of The Rootâever). Itâs just that answering more than one piece of email this week would…
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: The Reverse Clapback
Itâs Friday, you ainât got no job (the U.S. lost 33,000 jobs this month, according to the new unemployment numbers), so you might as well chill with us and check out some mail from some of The Rootâs disgruntled readers. (Is that enough of a lede, Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan?* Yes, Iâm dedicating this…