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Brined, Deep-Fried or Pillowcased, Turkey Is Wack
Turkey is wack. It tastes like mashed printer paper and prime-time CBS programming. Yet every year we find the bird back on our tables on Thanksgiving, in the refrigerator on Black Friday, on a sad-ass turkey sandwich on Cyber Monday and in the trash sometime after that. Before you begin to raise your grease-stained paw…
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They Took Brooklyn And They Took R&B, But We Can't Let White People Take Shea Butter Too
If you were too busy watching Empire last week, you may have missed the story of the “Brooklyn Settler.” A bystander recorded a White fella getting into an altercation with another melanin impaired carpetbagger who apparently pushed a baby stroller into his legs. The Settler offered up some gems that Cortes, Columbus, or the much…
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The #POTUSPlaylist, Reviewed
Barack Obama is truly MY president. Never in my life, have I been so actively concerned with the minutiae of another grown man’s life as I have been with our commander-in-chief. I wait with bated breath for new opportunities for Barack to exude unabashed coloredness. Barack installs White House basketball court? I’m grinning with joy.…
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On Why You Should Like Big Sean More Than You Do (Or Claim To)
Big Sean has just blessed us with the hottest music video of the year with his ode to, our friend, Martin and you are still hatin’. I like Big Sean, but, for some reason misguided reason, you still don’t like him. Your girl doesn’t like him, our fearless leader here at VSB doesn’t like him.…
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On The Dominican Republic And "Convenient Blackness"
Convenient Blackness is en vogue in America and the rest of the “Americas” as well. While we were caught up in the ridiculousness of “She who shall not be named” and the tragedy in Charleston, the Dominican Republic is deporting tens of thousands of Haitian-Dominicans to a country many of them have never lived in.…
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Black America's 10 Most Favorite White Women Ever
Alyson Stoner — and her tasteful Missy tribute after the Superbowl brought the Virginia native back into the spotlight — gives me hope for America. Because along with being everyone’s favorite random dancing White girl in early aughts rap videos, I appreciate it when someone has a genuine appreciation for something that we hold dear.…
