Nigga, I ain’t shit
I just know how to rhyme a lil’ bit
I’m just trying to squeeze fit my fat ass in
wherever I can…
I’m not religious, and I know that thunder and lightning are caused by electrostatic charges superheating the air,…
“If a white person said that...”
Although Michael Harriot is on vacation this week, he still agreed to write our weekly Clapback Mailbag. However,…
A Clapback Mailbag original song
If you are a regular reader of The Root (or any of the G/O Media sites), then you might be familiar with the ghetto…
Today’s mailbag is dedicated to the people who are laughed at, made fun of and dismissed as a joke. Every day, the…
In light of this global pandemic, we’ve decided to come forward and admit that our claim that we respond to our…
Each week, as I read the emails, tweets, DMs and comments for Friday’s Clapback Mailbag, I find something that makes…
The Root hates Bernie Sanders.
A wise man (I think it was Rakim...or maybe my cousin Geet) once said: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a…
Every Friday, we clap back at hateful emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers. But, since today is the day…
We interrupt our usual clapback session for a very special Mailbag.
In 1951, the great American poet Langston Hughes, in his poem, “Harlem,” asked: