Somewhere in my massive editing process, something dropped out, but let me state it: obviously, this was not for the regular audience of The Root. This is for my fellow white people peeking in. Stopping systemic racism starts with white people and there’s no way around it. Changing your FB profile photo and swapping…

The rapper also had a few words of advice to white people who don’t want to be associated with white supremacists, and it’s pretty simple: call them out on their shit.

But there are a lot of other people who don’t visibly express their racism in public on a daily basis.

I normally am slow to call for trigger warnings, but that was literally horrifying. I am not black, but I feel like some people might not want to take on reading it this week.

Oh god, just reading about the women being probed while all on fours and held down while being butchered without anesthesia made me clench my vaginal muscles and bite down on my lip to keep myself from crying out. Goddamn.

The irony is that in the process of defending Trump they are enabling the very people who would at the very least remove them from their jobs if not just outright lynch them for daring to think they are equal to white people by taking those jobs.

They are really selling out humanity as a whole. If we just aren’t going to act like we have sense, let’s just fucking do this and all go wild. Let’s just be fools “on both sides.”

It’s quite amazing how many people will happily sell out their own for a little head scratch and a treat.

Just remember that it is possible to be a bad person and also be a victim of domestic violence. This is evidence that she may be kind of shitty, but not evidence of his innocence.

Right? I bet there’s some progressive movement down south...let me stop there.

It is so great to hear about rising political stars, we need more people like this. But also:

IF YOU MARCH WITH NAZIS AND KLAN MEMBERS YOU ARE NOT “GOOD PEOPLE”. FUCK THIS PRESIDENT.

Obligatory:

The art was created by a rapist. There can be no separation.

Fuck this guy, and fuck all this “separate the art from the artist” horseshit. I will enjoy the work of filmmakers who have not been accused of and/or convicted of sexual assault.

CREEPY PEDOPHILE CONVICTED CHILD RAPIST

Forever name and shame the Hollywood assholes who signed the Polanski Petition. Fuck all y’all.