Opinion
Opinion
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The Rootâs Clapback Mailbag: Weâre the Real Racists
Youâre the real racists. Iâve always wanted to say that. That phrase has surpassed âNot all white peopleâ as the No. 1 complaint in the comments, emails, messages and tweets we receive at The Root. So todayâs Clapback Mailbag is dedicated to the people who believe The Root should be added to the list of…
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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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I Tried It: A Night at the Opera
If I had to guess about my first real introduction to opera, it was back in the Napster days. I was in high school, and like many other kids who knew how to use the internet at that time, I was frequently solicited with musical requests once my parents got wind that there was a…
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I Tried It: Iâm Not Mad at the âCome Meet a Black Personâ Event Organizer and You Shouldnât Be Either
When I told my mother I was going to the âCome Meet a Black Personâ event in Lawrenceville, Ga., she readily told me, âPickeny gal, a mind dem a nah sum ku klux klan sin ting yah nuh.â This is Jamaican patois for âItâs a trap!â My friends also warned me that it was a…
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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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I Tried It: Notes From a Silent PartyÂ
Confession: I was absolutely thinking about pulling out of my first silent party an hour before I was to leave for it. I was running on minimal sleep and nursing a dehydration headache all day; and it was one of those cold, rainy fall days for which God invented cuffing season, malbec and Showtime Anytime.…