Opinion
Opinion
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The University of Virgina Hired a Trump Staffer Days Before the Charlottesville Anniversary and, as an Alum, Iâm Okay With That
Itâs been over a year and America pretty much knows who Donald Trump is. Heâs racist. (Full stop). Heâs selling us out to the Russians and big business, and heâs a habitual, unadulterated, unfiltered, premium draft, liar. Either youâre down with his Forever 21 white nationalist authoritarian regime, or youâre not. At this point, most…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: The Seinfeld of Mailbags
Yeshaâs back, which means I have to sit here and write an extended lede. Sometimes I feel like Yeshaâs just being mean to me. I bet she doesnât even read these intros. I could probably ramble on about anything and she would just check to see if there were the requisite amount of words to…
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A Real Week In New York City on an Intern's Salary
Welcome to the life of a recent college grad who is interning in New York for the first time. Iâm going to spill the real tea on how we millennials spend our hard-earned money, because let one marketing intern tell it, sheâs living the life working in HR and making $25/hour. The intern recently talked…
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Florida Couple Grins for Drug Arrest Photo Following Police Chase … And Whew, Chile, the PrivilegeÂ
What happens when peak Florida meets peak caucasity meets peak privilege? This photo op with two grinning drug suspects and the cops who managed to arrest them without anyone even sustaining a scratch as an injury. Seriously, it would be almost laughable if black people werenât being beaten up (in the best case scenario) for…
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Papa John's Founder Regrets Resigning, Whines About Board Making Him Step Down 'Without Any Investigation'
The founder of Papa Johnâs is apparently ready to drag the company down with him, now saying that he regrets resigning and promises to fight the chain that he created over how he was made to resign after using a racial slur. Stay classy my friends. John âPapa Johnâ Schnatter issued a public apology last week…
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Texas Shouldn't Execute Chris Young for Murder Even Though He Is Guilty of the Crime [Updated]
Updated: Monday, July 17, 2018; 3:53 EDT: When I wrote this piece, I was not aware that, according to court records, Chris Young sexually assaulted a woman in front of her three children at gun point the morning before the murder. Gunpoint. Three children. I have no words. That act is evil; the man who did…
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We Don't Trust the Criminal Justice System Until It Clears a Black Man of Sexual Assault. Then We're All In
In what I imagine will eventually be a very regretful decision on her part, Angela Ryeânoted #BlackGirlMagic trumpeter, public speaker, CNN contributor and womenâs empowerment scionâdecided to jump out the window in defense of her âbrother,â Charlamagne Tha God (CTG). Through Instagram comments that referenced resurfacing allegations that CTG drugged and raped a then-15-year-old girl…
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White Woman Calls Cops on California Man Chilling in His Car Listening to Yoga CDÂ
Imagine youâre vibing in your car, mentally working on aligning your chakras when a white woman comes and tries to throw a whole bucket of ice water on that mess by calling the cops on you. Thatâs exactly what happened to Ezekiel Phillips, who believes that if he wasnât black, the woman would have never…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: An Annotated Guide to White Fragility
âFor Caucasians so loved the world that they gave to us their white tears. That whosoever believeth in it should not perish, but have everlasting whiteness.â – Wypipo 3:16 You werenât supposed to get a mailbag today because Yesha and I are both off. But, as the Bible tells us in II Wypipians 3:16, âThe…
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According to Forbes' Calculations, I'm the Next Self-Made Billionaire,' Not Kylie Jenner
Although many people found it curious when Forbes magazine referred to Kylie Jenner as the woman on-deck to become the youngest ever âself-made billionaire,â I found the claim to be 100 percent believable. Because, after reviewing every possible method of Forbeâs valuation, I determined that I, too, am worth $899 million. Others, including comedian and…