The news that Mississippi had finally outlawed slavery had W. Kamau Bell briefly celebrating the end of racism on Thursday, before hearing about the Idaho man who allegedly slapped a crying child he referred to as a “n—er baby.” “Oh goddammit,” Bell fretted. “Give me back the T-shirts. Racism’s back…
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