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The Problem With the Billionaire Space Race, Explained
There’s no better metaphor for capitalism-based inequality than billionaires competing to reach the upper sky.
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Stupid or Liar?
White people are smart. They be knowing stuff. And, as a lowly negro writer, it is my duty to study the emails, letters, tweets and direct messages received every week and use them as a valuable learning tool. Even when they say things that are not true, I must understand that the vast majority of…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Every Friday Is Good Friday
People who read the Clapback Mailbag often ask how I can stomach wading through the morass of emails, tweets, comments and direct messages each week. It is true that they are often filled with hate, grammatical errors and ignorance, but the reason I love Fridays is simple: I love when white people get angry. I…
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Old Girlfriends and Authors Are Attempting to Delegitimize Barack and Michelle’s Black Love
First they tried to delegitimize him by saying he wasn’t born in America. Then they concocted some nonsense about Barack Obama being educated in a Muslim madrassa. When that didn’t work, they tried to say he went to a church that was too black because his pastor preached “liberation theology.” After nearly a decade of…
