Just a reminder about the vote totals:

This is the part where I point out that white folks were so broken by Obama’s presidency that they gutted the Voting Rights Act, enacted strict Voter ID laws that overwhelmingly affected people of color, elected a bunch of unqualified, racist yahoos who claimed he was a secret Muslim born in Kenya to Congress, and…

This country was founded on racism. It is literally built on the backs of racism. Are you new to The Root? Have you not read all the material?

I gave you a sight that contained studies and you give me an opinion piece?

Who were the “better/smarter white people” that Obama defeated? I am genuinely curious who you think was smarter than that cat.

Are you serious with this shit? The only substantive thing Trump did during his campaign was tell white people what they wanted to hear - regardless of how untrue and laughably ridiculous it was. What more do you believe Clinton could have done? This white “economic anxiety” argument only holds water if those white…

I think it’s not dismissive so much as “I’ve seen shit in security briefings that you can only imagine and I still can’t talk about it. Trust me, Ivanka won’t run because if she does, I might be so inclined as to.....be careless.”

Oh hai, you’ve just explained my dating life, thanks.

...is this the part where you assure me that you would’ve voted for Obama a third time, while you silently auction my body off to the highest bidder, under the guise of not being racist but secretly it is racist?

It makes me very sad that a woman being confident and outspoken scares off the electorate and the same out of a man draws them in.

The only relevant mention of Chelsea should be asking that Hillary also gets why this increasing dynastic US politics is a terrible idea.

Trump won because America is racist.

I’ll believe that in 2021.

She couldn’t even stop Donald Trump with the billion dollars that she spent to run against him. And she still don’t even understand the reasons why. She is the last person who’s word I will take on future elections.

Look forward to the day when Hollywood makes a grand biopic about this brave, beautiful, Black woman who was shockingly assassinated in her prime fighting for the poor and the defenseless. Wonder will it be Angelina Jolie that gets to portray her or Emma Stone?

Nice try, Dmitri. The culprits in this case are most likely police officers.

Do you want to know what happens when turning a blind eye to police brutality becomes official government policy? Just look at Brazil.

This was painful to read. Franco gave so much of herself, and ultimately all of herself to the liberation of her people. This was so, so senseless.

She was a great advocate for the people of the favelas. She was also a harsh critic of police treatment of those same people.

I am so saddened to read this, but not shocked or surprised, which only saddens me more. I can say rest in power and that her spirit will live on, which are both true. But DAMN, I can only shudder to think what she could have done if she had a chance to LIVE in power instead. Thanks for this.