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This Definitive History of Racist Ideas Should Be Required Reading
There are some books that just demand space on your bookshelf—not just because they’re interesting but also because these books break new ground in a way that will enrich your intellectual life. A new book on racism, Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, written by Ibram X. Kendi, Ph.D.,…
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It’s the Super Bowl of Holidays for Black Uncles, and 4 Other Reasons to Love Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. Yes, you receive gifts during Christmas, and Easter was great because you got chocolate candy, but Thanksgiving? Nah, Thanksgiving has always been the gift that keeps on giving. Thanksgiving is the one place where family, particularly black families, come together to remind themselves about why they’re connected to…
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5 Good Things About to Happen to Blackness in the Era of Trump
A segment of the American populace decided to elect a racist, xenophobic misogynist named Donald Trump to the presidency, and as a result, we as black folks are gonna have to mount up and fight his white supremacist policies for the next four years and beyond. But that being said, I’ve been thinking about some…
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Welcome to the New Nadir
The impossible happened. Against all odds, against all prognostications, America elected a racist, xenophobic and misogynist man in Donald Trump as president of the United States. It’s not as if America hasn’t done this before, of course; we’ve elected plenty of racist, xenophobic and misogynistic white men. But this hurt more because we were all…
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It’s Election Day; You Know What to Do
Today is the election, and like millions of other African Americans, I’m headed to the polls to cast my vote. I can’t really say who I’m voting for, but let’s just say that I’m voting for a woman, and her party symbol is a jackass donkey. But wait; you say you’re not gonna vote? Why?…
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Hey, Cam Newton, All Quarterbacks Matter, Except When They Don’t
As we were all mesmerized by the Alpha Kappa Alpha-inspired outfit Cam Newton wore Sunday, I have to admit that I missed the delicious irony of Newton talking about feeling unprotected on the football field. My fraternity brother Bryan Kelly noted that as Newton talked about his unfair treatment, and how he felt that he…
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Blackface on College Campuses Isn't About Freedom of Speech; It's About White Supremacy
It’s Halloween, so put on your seat belts, brothers and sisters, and get ready for an onslaught of racist Halloween costumes coming from white college students who think your humanity is fair game for chuckles. The blackface paint will flow as white students think that smearing it on, along with a sign that says, “Black…
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A Trump Loss Is Still a Win for the Alt-Right
The Donald J. Trump Traveling Crazy Circus will finally crash and burn on Election Day, when millions of sane Americans head to the polls and pull the lever for Hillary Clinton. (This will happen regardless of what happens at the debate Wednesday night.) And once the election is called for the first woman to be…
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So, Richard ‘All Lives Matter’ Sherman, Now You Want to Speak Out on Police Violence?
So, Mr. All Lives Matter—Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman—decided that he was gonna use his latest press conference to do nothing but talk about police violence. “I think the last couple days, a couple more guys have gotten shot and killed in the middle of the street. More videos have come out of guys getting…
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Donald Trump’s Factory of Ignorant Black Surrogates
So you’re chilling on the couch, sipping on a cold glass of red Kool-Aid, and you decide to turn on cable news. Maybe it’s MSNBC, CNN or, God forbid, Fox News, but all you want is an honest discussion of the presidential election. Just a bit of information you can repurpose as a Facebook post…
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