Opinion
Opinion
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The 10 Worst Sentences From Andrew Sullivan's 'When Racism Is Fit to Print,'Â Ranked From 'STFU Andy' to 'Does He Have a Concussion?'
Andrew Sullivan has been saying dumb things about race and racism on TV and the Internet for as long as Iâve known who Andrew Sullivan is. Iâm convinced heâs able to do this because heâs British and has an admittedly nice beardâwhich makes people assume his words are 30 percent smarter than they actually are.…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: White Advice for Black People
Hey guys, sorry there was no mailbag last week. Itâs all Yeshaâs fault (Not really, but sheâs not in today so … trust me, she did it). Iâm sure no one even noticed, but I received some mail that said I should apologize for leaving yâall hanging. Sometimes, instead of arguing and crying so much,…
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Alabama Subway Manager Fired After Being Caught on Camera Using Racial Slur; Tries to Frame It as a 'Slip Up'
My friends, regardless of your race, gender, religion, etc., has the word âniggerâ (or any variant thereof), ever just âslippedâ out of your mouth even though you hate the word? Asking for myself, because that is exactly what a Birmingham, Ala., Subway manager is claiming after she was captured on video loudly berating a black…
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Intentionally Bad Tippers Are Trash People You Should Never Trust, and There Are No Exceptions to This Rule
One of the most underrated parts of a) adulthood and b) being an adult with an occupation that allows for some flexibility on where Iâm able to work is that I donât have to spend much time around people I donât fuck with. No asshole 11th grader I have to catch the school bus with each…
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Gifted Handouts: How Questionable Ethics Are Plaguing Ben Carson's Time at HUDÂ
Even before the President nominated Ben Carson to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, many, including Carson, raised questions about his qualifications to lead a federal agency. However, after 16 months on the job, Carsonâs inability to abide by ethical guidelines has undermined his work at HUD even more than his inexperience. Now…
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#BrooklynBecky: Cops Called on Suspicious-Looking 'Black' Woman Waiting for Uber in the Rain
A recent video of a white woman calling the police on a woman for standing in a likely gentrified Brooklyn buildingâs doorway highlights the black communityâs unawareness of a set of secretly ratified constitutional amendments guaranteeing Colonizer-Americans the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of unapologetic whiteness. On July 25, Facebook user Darsell Obregon…
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Cue the World's Smallest Violin: White Driver Who Followed Black Man, Called Him Slurs, Now Whines About Life Being Ruined
An Ohio state contractor who, in a fit of road rage, took it upon himself to follow a black man to his home and call him a âniggerâ repeatedly is now whining and complaining about his life being ruined. Hmm, this yearâs crop of white tears is exceptional. Jeffrey Whitman, the owner of Uriahs Heating…
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Donald Trump Is America's Greatest President
As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heartâs desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. – H.L.…
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Amazon Should Replace Literally Every White Man to Save Local Taxpayers Money
There was a time that white men offered the local community lots of services in exchange for their tax money. They would invent things like the Snickers bar and the shoelace, they wouldnât exist as things named Tekashi 6ix9ine, and they saved Private Ryan. Residents could borrow any white man they wanted, marry it, and…
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Woman Who Called Police on 2 Black Yale Students Says She's 'Done Absolutely Nothing Wrong' in Whitest Tweets Ever
Marking a record-breaking technological accomplishment, the white woman who called the police on a black woman sleeping in a common room in a Yale dormitory became the first person ever to tweet white tears when she took to Twitter on Wednesday to lament the fact that she has become a victim of her own Beckydom.…