Opinion
Opinion
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The Beard You Grow When Youāre Fine With a Dollop of Racism but Not 'Everyone, Even My Barber, Knows You're Racist Now' Racism
20 Questions after watching The Bachelor finale last night while the Nets and Knicks game was on commercial breaks: 1. How much racism do you think would have been acceptable to Matt? 2. On the āsheās racist, but sheās cute and I want to bone, and that makes this a difficult decisionā spectrumāwhich I assume…
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Why Some Reactions to Kirk Franklin's Leaked Phone Call With His Son Are More Concerning Than These Grown-Folks' Business
Let me start by saying that I am not privy to the details or history of the relationship between gospel music heavyweight Kirk Franklin and his 32-year-old son, Kerrion Franklin. Though Kerrion posted audio on Instagram over the weekend of his father yelling, āI will break your fucking neck,ā and calling him all kinds of…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Best Mailbag Ever
The Clapback Mailbag is over. Weāll continue to respond to emails, DMs, tweets and comments every Friday but, to be honest, thereāll never be another mailbag as good as this weekās collection of well-moisturized whiteness. This one is filled with 40 percent more whiteness. This one is the fulfillment of all our clapback dreams. This…
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It Doesn't Feel Like It's Been a Year
So I was soft-hedging off my man because I knew that the ball-hander would be coming off the screen looking to pass, not shoot. Iād played with himāand most of the rest of the people on the court that evening at LA Fitnessāenough to know his tendencies. Whether he liked to turn to his right…
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White People Don't Make No Sense
This headline is grammatically correct. In African American Vernacular English, ānoā is a determiner equivalent to the thermodynamic concept of absolute zero. It is the amount of āmessā that James Brownās papa was willing to take. It describes how much of a joke Rakim considered himself to be. In 1994, researcher Rock Master Scott, in…
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A List of All the Biases That Prevent Me From Considering Drake One of the Greatest Rappers Ever (Which He, Unfortunately, Is)
1. He reminds me of hotel shampoo so much that Iāve just started calling him Hotel Shampoo. 2. The irrational and disproportionate emotional and spiritual attachment I have to the rappers I listened to and loved when I was younger, which makes it more difficult for a ānewerā person to move me. 3. Heās never…
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Candace Owens Is Getting a New Talk Show and I Have Some Topic Suggestions
Candace āIām not like a regular Black, Iām a cool with white people Blackā Owens has a new talk show in the making, yāall. According to The Hill, Candace will debut March 19 on āconservative media brandā The Daily Wire and will be taped in front of a live studio audience in Nashville. Speaking on…
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Capitol Insurrectionist Suspect Flees to Kenya, Is Deported Back to America to Face Justice
The arrogance of white people never ceases to amaze me. Youād think Iād be over it by now, after seeing people who are charged with violently attacking the U.S. government in the name of Trump and white supremacy get permission to vacation in Mexico and the privilege of being served organic food in jail on…
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Cancel Culture Doesnāt Exist, But Even If It Did…Maaaaaan, I Know Conservatives Aināt Talkin'
First of allā¦ In 2002, Rush Limbaughās puss-bucket, Bill OāReilly, successfully used his platform on Fox News to pressure Pepsi to cancel their business relationship with legendary Atlanta rapper Ludacris and pull every single one of its ads that featured him from the airwaves. It took one day. āIām calling for all responsible Americans to…