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Answering emails, tweets and DMs from pissed-off readers can take a huge toll on a person’s psyche, but what about…
Welcome back to another edition of the Clapback Mailbag.
This is the part where I usually explain that you are about to read DMs, letters and tweets from our readers. I also…
When a leftist goes to sleep, are they not “woke”? If an antifa retires, do they become profa? How many thugs make…
While I’m generally known for my quiet, kind-hearted demeanor and as someone who accepts racism quietly and would…
A few years ago, The Root’s Michael Harriot wrote what I consider to be a brilliant response to white people’s…
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Black Americans are constantly struggling with an array of paradoxes—one of which is our sense of “home.” For many…
Michael Harriot is on assignment this week. Before he left, he asked someone to fill in for today’s mailbag but…
This edition of the Mailbag is dedicated to all of the people out there fighting racism.
Some mainstream (re: white) writers and thinkers have instinctually sought to find a way to point to “economic…
The Black Lives Matter movement can’t only be about protests. Anti-racism demonstrations that have erupted across…