Opinion
Opinion
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'Woke,' Leftist & Black: The Incomplete Glossary of White Slurs
When a leftist goes to sleep, are they not âwokeâ? If an antifa retires, do they become profa? How many thugs make up a gang? White people are terrible at roasting. Iâm sure youâve heard some of the most recent pathetic attempts by conservatives to demonize their adversaries. Their lackluster linguistic skills date back to…
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Is This Your King?
Itâs a privilege to play in the NFL, and while there are plenty of talented players deserving of such a prestigious honor, Tim Tebow has proven time and time and time again that heâs not one of them. But thankfully, heâs white, which, in America, oftentimes is more than enough to be rewarded with opportunities…
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Danielle Young Tells Auntie Unfiltered Her Best Tips for Making Big Career Moves on Your Own
âYou are an individual. You are you because you are you,â The Root alum Danielle Young told Auntie Unfiltered. You should never want to try to recreate or emulate what someone has done.â Itâs OK to be inspired by others and to see through them the possibilities of what you can do, but ultimately, âYour…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Stupidity Is a Pandemic
I think it was the Apostle Paul who said: âThere are no stupid questions, just stupid people.â Or maybe it was Shakespeare. I canât remember. In any case, each week, while sorting through the emails, DMs and tweets from readers and people who only peruse headlines before firing off angry responses, we try to avoid…
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Apparently, Some People Are Using the Pandemic as an Excuse to Take Fewer Showers…and I Think That's Qu-White Interesting
See, yâall think I just be talking shit. Yâall think that when I make jokes about the dis-melanated not using washcloths or bothering to wash their legs in the shower, Iâm just pulling white stereotypes out of my ass much like the bars of soap wypipo pull straight out of their asses BECAUSE THEY DONâT…
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Sorry, LeBron. I Wanna See Russell Westbrook In the Play-In Tournament
OK, so maybe I was wrong. Entering Monday nightâs game against the Denver Nuggets, the battered and bruised Los Angeles Lakers (37-28) were clinging for dear life to the 6th seed in the Western Conference. A win would propel them to the 5th seedâand a likely first-round slobberknocker against either the Clippers, Nuggets, or Mavericks…
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Since VSB Is Changing, VSB Is Going to Change
Friday was a fairly emotional day for me. If Iâm being honest, all of last week was. Iâve known Friday was Damonâs last day at VSB for quite some time; no decision as gargantuan as deciding to step away from something you created happens overnight. Yet, even knowing it was coming Friday just felt…huge. I…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: We Have Questions
While Iâm generally known for my quiet, kind-hearted demeanor and as someone who accepts racism quietly and would never push back when someone else says or does something stupid or racist, beneath this placid, compassionate exterior lies a heart that constantly asks the same question over and over again. (Why are you laughing? I know…
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Auntie Unfiltered Discusses Securing the Bag With Kandi Burruss
Kandi Burruss has been in the game a long time. She has had success as a member of the group Xscape; as a songwriter who has penned such eternal classics as âBills, Bills, Billsâ for Destinyâs Child and the girl anthem âNo Scrubsâ for TLC; as a member of the fan-favorite Real Housewives of Atlanta…
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I'll Be Around
This month makes 10 years from the weekend I drove from Pittsburgh to D.C. for a party to celebrate both the three-year anniversary of the launch of VerySmartBrothasâthe blog Panama Jackson, Liz Burr, and I created in 2008âand the release of Your Degrees Wonât Keep You Warm At Night, a self-published compilation of satirical dating…