Opinion
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Scotts and Prayers
Every week, I come on here to complain about the haters. But as Maya Angelou once said: “Every day, I thank God for indoor plumbing, toilet paper and haters. Because, without them, I’d have nothing to shit on.” Or maybe it was Will Smith. Although the visualization of that quote might make your mouth salty,…
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A List of All the Times I Definitely Did Not Cry at All While Watching Inside Out
So Inside Out is a Pixar movie about a kid named Riley and mostly about the intersecting and competing emotions inside of her that exist like a control center in her brain and how all emotions—even the ones like sadness that we’d rather not have—have a symbiotic relationship. It was released in 2015 but I…
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Op-Ed: With Healthcare at Stake, Stacey Abrams Explains 'What the South Must Do'
When we vote, it may seem like we are voting for a candidate, but that is not entirely accurate. We are voting for the positions that the candidate supports and the types of policies they will enact based on those positions. This is true no matter where we live, and looking at this year’s election…
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I Too Have Pulled Out Some Peanuts During a Zoom Work Call, and I Don't Get Why Everyone's Mad at Jeffrey Toobin
It was a month ago, I think. Maybe two. Maybe last week. Time is a flat circle. I was on a Zoom call with either the people I don’t need to actually see in order to effectively communicate with them—which is most people. Like eight billion people. Or the people I might actually need to…
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It's Time to Stop Watching What's Happening in Tulsa and Do Something About It. The 2 Remaining Survivors Are Waiting
It’s safe to say that Tulsa, my hometown, is having a moment. In 2019, we had Watchmen. Without warning, the opening scene of this acclaimed HBO series plunged viewers into the gut-wrenching violence and horror of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. It was a shocking twist that brought the destruction of Greenwood, affectionately known…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: No Vaseline
Break’em off… Just waking up in the morning, gotta thank my bossfor giving me a day just to respondTo DMs and tweets from fuckwadsWho read our blog and get mad because we do our jobWhen we point out racism, Caucasians flip outThey troll us in the grays, but can’t get outSo they get real mad…
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Ice Cube Is Ellis From Die Hard
Do you remember this guy? If you’re my age (41) or older, you probably do. I’m sure Ice Cube does, because he’s old as fuck! If you don’t, his name is Ellis and he’s from a movie called Die Hard. In it, a group of sophisticated terrorists—led by the iconic Hans Gruber—take a building hostage…
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I'd Rather Wait in Line for Hours for a Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Than to Vote
I’ve always believed that the single Drakiest Drake song is “Shot For Me.” It’s petty, it’s passive-aggressive, and it’s actually pretty damn mean and nasty, but its meanness and nastiness are obscured by Drake’s falsetto-ey intonation. Bitch, I’m the man, don’t you forget itThe way you walk, that’s meThe way you talk, that’s meThe way…
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A List of Things the Biden Campaign's Battle Rap Ad Inspire Me to Vote For
1. Pestilence 2. Plague 3. Asteroids 4. COVID 5. Trump
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Mike Is Still the 'Greatest,' but LeBron Is the Best
The first NBA game I remember watching in full was in 1986 when Michael Jordan dropped 63 on the Boston Celtics in the playoffs. I’m certain I watched games before that one, either with my dad or on one of the BETA tape recordings he’d make of games that aired when he wasn’t home. But…