You know you’re about to have to do one of these for Gabby Douglas, right?

Like; you couldn’t do the whole “My boyfriend is a football player called ‘Tank’, or My husband just out of prison for killing someone who winked at me, or My Dad’s a dirty cop who’ll go Liam Neeson on your ass” ...

He feared become one of those “once you go black you gonna need a wheelchair” statistics. It was suck or be sucked. The man had no choice!

I refuse to drink the Megyn KKKoolaid. She totally made a play to disarm you guys and it worked a little bit; she knows a little heady fame and flattery can soften many a razor sharp critic.

The good sis Martha outchea doing it.

Looks like you experienced one day of what it’s like to be a black person.

I came here to say this!

Now we can prove, once again, that not only are black men more likely to be imprisoned, they’re also more likely to sit behind bars for a far longer time.

Girl, I haven’t read your article just yet. I just want to say, YESSSSSS!!! CONGRATULATIONS YOU ON THE ROOT, GIRL!!!

You fit in beautifully @ The Root! I love your writing style! I’m SURE you will have many more contributions to the site! Looking at y’all Root staff!

More than five, but less than 6 years ago, I was a member of a mixed-raced, creative writing group. We met once a week to discuss writing techniques and the such. During one meeting, the topic of race and writing characters with realism. Of course, we had members (mostly white) who said that they could write…

So.....5 white folks and 45 black folks attempting to break through color barriers or whatever the heck the premise of this event was. Sounds about accurate that even its STILL up to black people to do all the work of “mending race relations” that white folks always complain about trying so hard to do but always…

Hey thanks. It takes a village. And And a smartphone;)

Sister. Woman. Negress. My pronoun is She. My past is Pink Oil Mosturizer, my present is Queen Sugar, my future is round trip ticket to Boule. I will see you at the cookout and I will vouch for the potato salad because I will make it myself.

Good shit my (brother/sister). I’ll be seeing you at the cookout, or at Aunt Keisha’s for Thanksgiving!

I am Black every day of the week and twice on Sunday;)

Thanks for the explanation points.

So to summarize: White people historically behaved as barbarians. Despite the psychological torture it causes Black people, White people continue to practice barbarism and currently make costumes of our skin color to use as touchstones to relive the days when White people owned our bodies. I know you’re (rightly)…

Oh please with the “I’m a white immigrant so I don’t get it” schtick. Racism is global. Europeans invented it. Stop acting like not being American means something.