“You can’t call these people racist, it demonizes them and makes them shut down” is the battle cry of every well-meaning white person who says they want equality but also doesn’t want their grandpa to stop cracking racist jokes at Thanksgiving because “that’s just how he is”.

The issue at hand is that people have been advocating for Alice Marie Johnson long before Kim K. even knew her name, and it was only through her white privilege that she was able to get an audience with the President. That she did a good thing is commendable, but that she will get outsized credit for doing so is part…

Physician, heal thyself. White supremacy is fake news just like any other kind of misinformation, and they need to turn to their own white brethren and stop inviting racist granny and drunk uncle to Thanksgiving dinner if they don’t stop mainlining Faux News.

I read it and was struggling to find a way to articulate a response. Thank you, Monique, for giving voice to what many of us were thinking.

Fucking thank you. I barely skimmed that post because it just dripped with white liberalism.

Isha why didn’t you show the back of the coin too?

I am proposing they sell this alternative coin.

Uhm, NO. If they wanted no one to enter the restaurant because they were closed, lock the door and let patrons out as they leave. In any case there was NO NEED for the off-duty(HA) officer to lay his hands on anyone. As someone said below, if Samantha, Becky and Karen were in the bathroom, it wouldn’t be a problem.

Yes, 911? These bitches been in the restroom for too damn long.

Apology not accepted, sir! Dare I say we need more articles by The Root staff that calls out: white nonsense, black nonsense, Steve Harvey, Killer Mikey, Oma, and the rest.

Hey, I’m okay with that angle. Tell us more! Tell us when people do it. Tell us the amounts of money involved. Tell us which politicians are involved and which ones left the room with a smile on their faces before the actual money talk happened. Tell us every time it happens.

I’d like to say it was something innocent like “landlord looking to make sure there’s no signs of termites or mold or whatever” but this is the real world and it’s never something innocent like actually doing the job of a landlord.

But it has to be a white guy. If it’s a woman with black men, then the cops are gonna assume she’s being kidnapped or something. Either way, take this star while you iron out the details.

This gives me an idea for an Uber like service called Crakr. Use this app to hire a token white person to hang out with you during times like this to avert any unnecessary suspicion.

In cases like that, I start asking all types of questions. Question after question after question. Yea, they left my blackass alone real quick.

Live by Ohms law, die by ohms law.

I find it fascinating that Lena Dunham, the AV Club commenters’ human punching bag, suddenly becomes someone to be protected at all costs when it’s a woman of color calling her out.