This will be my third time covering The Root.  The last time, I didn’t think The Root could be more racist or give worse advice to black men.

I was wrong.

Like the Jabari tribe of #Wakanda, it might be high time we start barking at white people when they speak out of turn: https://t.co/JGb6qRfnGi #BlackPanther pic.twitter.com/6LdTRruWbl

— The Root (@TheRoot) February 19, 2018

Full disclosure, I haven’t seen Black Panther.  I’m waiting for it to hit HBO.

Sargon of Akkad gives a rundown of the movie and describes this scene from the movie (NSFW Language).

So this is the article that Damon Young published.

We Need To Start Barking At White People Who Speak Out Of Turn

One thing, however, that we can and definitely should start doing is what M’Baku and his Que Dog Jabari Tribe did when encountering a problematic white dude who was speaking when there was no ask or need or purpose for the thoughts and opinions of problematic white dudes.

Bark.

Not a purposeless bark. This isn’t a shih tzu barking through the window at a squirrel. Instead this would be an intentional bark. A targeted bark. An overpowering bark. A drowning bark. A Wakandan bark. A bark meant to communicate “Um, who told you that you can speak? When it is time for your words, we will let you know. And maybe that time will never come. We’ll see. Now, just shut up and stand there. Maybe get on your phone and google ‘How not to be a colonizer.’ Whatever you do, I want to hear you not speaking.”

 The bark doesn’t just have to be a counter for useless words, either. A wayward white hand reaches for your hair? WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! A group of white people huddled on a sidewalk refuse to step aside when you attempt to walk past them? WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! A purse is clutched when you walk on an elevator? WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! (If they’re going to act scared, you might as well give them a reason to be.)

Let me see if I get this straight?

My wife and I, or some buddies of mine and I are standing, talking on a sidewalk or out in front of a restaurant somewhere, minding out own business, and all of a sudden, some black man starts barking or howling at us like a mad animal.

Is this supposed to do anything other than invite a searing blast of mace to the face?

If somebody started barking at me, my first thought isn’t going to be “I had best check my white privilege.”  It’s going to be much more along the lines of “this person is clearly insane and I best be prepared to defend myself.”

I’m not sure how acting like a howler monkey is going to make white people respect black people.

The last time I covered The Root, Young was giving black men advice how to get fired.  Now he is giving them advice on how to get the cops called on them.

This is so bad that if I found out Damon Young was really a Klansman with a black avatar, trolling a black magazine, it would actually make more sense.