As a white liberal who wasn’t THAT into Hillary, I still fucking knew not to shoot myself if the foot because I didn’t feel all in love with my option. I talked to a lady I really respect the other day who suggested Hillary would be just as bad. I can’t even socialize right now, I might have a stroke.

Of course. Mandatory time for nonviolent offenders is a money making scheme built on Black and Brown bodies. I work in addictions and frequently see the effects of prison on a person’s morale. It also erodes their social safety net, removes them from services that could potentially rehabilitate them and it…

It is not just that healthcare providers fail to address the holistic needs of POC. It is also that POC are disenfranchised from even accessing services, that they are prevented from knowing that these services exist. It is an entire constellation of barriers that prevent POC from getting the help they need to live…

Also for all the white people getting upset at Mr. Harriot:

Yup, having 2/3 of TheRoot readers in a hospital or grave will not help the web-traffic numbers. Maybe turn this into a toking game instead and we can all just trip balls and go to bed.

It’s honestly a pretty simple, but depressing explanation:

Oh that’s right. Running for office is the only way to go. Working within the party on a county or state level.....naw, nope, worthless. Gotta be a candidate.

BOOTSTRAPS!!!!1!!1!!!

I don’t ever want to hear any white person question the qualifications of any black person in high office again— not after this administration.

Could DeVos make a better argument against the proliferation of charter schools than the one she demonstrates so clearly every time she opens her mouth to argue in favor of the proliferation of charter schools?

Betsy DeVos is 50-fucking-8 years old, old enough to know about Brown vs. the Board of Education and the attempts to desegregate southern universities. This is willful ignorance, the worse kind. You have to have to actually WORK at not knowing this information.

Bought a copy of Mr. Dyson’s Book.

Do me a favor and leave those comments in the greys. You know the ones I am talking about.

The problem with simpletons like Trump is that to them, complicated = bad. Trump wasn’t making an admission, he was making an accusation. He and his ilk don’t have the mindspace for complex solutions.

the sanders ones were the ones that killed me. how do you go from ultra-progressive socialist to rampaging racist protectionist just because you don’t think hillary should have been so chummy with the banks. its a jump you couldnt make with a ramp and a motorcycle. i preferred sanders too, but come on, it was a…

RIP / too soon

Jesus Christ I hated Hillary. But God damn as much as I enjoy chaos and thumbing my nose at the power structure, I wasn’t about to flush my country down the tubes over it. So I voted Hillary, this wasn’t the time to fuck around with third party bullshit.

Yes.