Mr Harriot you are brilliant and are right and I hate white people so much!! crying right now

you are an embarrassing dork

Michael are you going to speak about the recent racist attack on an elderly asian woman in New York by a black man??? While two black security guards stood there and watched...and then went and closed the door. Nah...you are way too much of a COWARD to do that.

Since Rooo is on his “scared white woman who contacts tech staff” ish and is too frightened to reply to me directly I will leave this here. She references  my “insulting or abusive” language but I invite everyone to look at my comment history and you will find none. She must not have too much going on in her life…

Oh you again, the self appointed comment gestapo. Not sure where I was “harassing the regular commentators” anyone can read my history and see that’s not the case. You are like the Roots very own “concerned white woman”, always sticking her nose in other people’s business and calling “tech staff” on them.

You’re like the third or fourth person who thinks I’m Russian. Not sure why my comments give off that vibe. Serious question, does the Root have a problem with Russian hacking, and what about my comments makes them seem Russian - is the content, some kind of grammar mistakes? I am truly fascinated with the Russian…

Um just so you know, you come off a little abrasive in your comments.

This is a site that reflects the black experience in America. Thats why I come here. But that doesn’t mean that diversity within the writer’s pool will negatively impact that or change what the site is about. Having a white voice may positively impact some of the writers by giving them a different perspective, that’s…

I come here to read the black perspective, that is the whole point. Not sure why you feel the need to attack me. I usually get a lot of positive feedback to my comments, Michael himself has given me a shoutout.

I definitely think Michael writes with some levity to make us all laugh but I wouldn’t call his writing “satire”. Seems like the article was very well thought out ( even though I may not agree with everything), not sure why you think it’s not “reality”.

Can you explain the Russia/Root connection, I am new here. Every time someone gets mad a one of my comments they say I’m Russian. Is Russia hacking the Root, why do they want to hack the Root????

Um, I am a white woman so I probably shouldn’t comment on this. But I do have a problem with this... “staff writers at The Root are all straight black males”. I think a little diversity would definitely help. We accepted a lovely black woman into our sorority sophomore year and it really helped change our perspective.…

Thanks for minimizing a very painful memory for me and turning it into a joke.

I’m sorry but your comment was just unacceptable. I’m not trying to pile on but you were just so insensitive. Have you thought about donating money to the NAACP or doing something positive for black folks to make up for this???

You don’t get it - this was really expensive China that was given to him by one of his biggest clients. My family was having a fancy brunch, told the caterers what settings we wanted, and they were like “Sir, there is no China in this cabinet”. We had to serve brunch on some marked up Corelle and there were some very…

Im started to respect your troll if that is what you are doing. You can’t be this dense. If you do have children someday...they hopefully grow to be 18....you will still refer to them as “your children” because thats what they are...not “your adults”.... so when your children reach 18 you are co-signing the previous…

Calling someone a “miserable piece of shit” is name-calling, saying they seem dumb due to the content of their post is not name-calling. But anyways, I’m not going to risk the sorority losing a broom and just do nothing. Next time someone grabs something of yours, feel free to stand and watch to see if they are going…

You implied I was advising children not to talk to strangers, and that it was disingenuous. What I was explaining in my previous comment is I was not referring to actual children when I said “I hope you don’t have children”. I was referring to any children you may have had, which had reached college age, and had been…

You are getting all worked up and resorting to name-calling. Calm down and learn how to have a conversation. I’m not going to let someone walk off with the sorority’s broom am I?

The hpothetical “children” I was hoping you did not have is a child that has now turned 18 and went to college. The reason I said this is you would advice them to introduce themselves first to strangers, and I feel that would be dangerous.