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Clapback/Mailbag, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Free Dumb

Each Friday, we clap back at readers' emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

August 20, 2021
Politics

The 1609 Project: The Republican-Approved History of America

The GOP's attacks on teaching accurate history have sparked a new whitewashing industry. But what would a GOP-approved history book look like?

By

Michael Harriot

Published

July 23, 2021
News, Race Matters

Mike Pompeo Says It's 'Dangerous' to Teach the Nation's Founding Was 'Flawed.' Mike Pompeo Is All Conservatives

Sometimes right-wingers make arguments that are so absurd that crafting a counterargument seems almost pointless. Yet, here we are.

By

Zack Linly

Published

July 8, 2021
Law Enforcement, News, Police Brutality

George Floyd Is Dead Because America Is a Racist Country

me One year ago today, George Perry Floyd was alive. Today, you will likely read, see and hear reminiscences about Floyd’s death. There will be stories about legislation, police brutality and the criminal justice system, but none of that killed George Floyd. He was not called the n-word. He wasn’t targeted by a white supremacist…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

May 25, 2021
News, Opinion, Opinion

What if White People Are Wrong?

Of all the toxic traits that white supremacy offers, perhaps its most oxymoronic byproduct is the supreme confidence with which it endows its adherents. At this very moment, someone reading these words is absolutely certain that they are excluded from the group most Black people consider to be racist. Meanwhile, perhaps the most anti-racist white…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

April 20, 2021
Entertainment

Netflix and Will Smith Team Up for a New Docuseries, Amend: The Fight for America

On Tuesday, Netflix announced its latest project from actor, producer, and America’s freshest prince Will Smith and producer and comedian Larry Wilmore. In a press release sent to The Root, the six-part docuseries titled Amend: The Fight for America, aims to “enlighten, entertain and challenge what Americans know about the Fourteenth Amendment and the unwavering…

By

Shanelle Genai

Published

February 2, 2021