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  • During His Presidency Obama Found That White Hate of Black People Made Reparations a Pipe Dream

    It isn’t that the first Black president didn’t believe or want to give Black folks their 40 acres and a mule; it’s just the level of white hate he witnessed during his time in office made the push for reparations a “non-starter.” “So if you ask me theoretically: ‘Are reparations justified?’ The answer is yes,”…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 26, 2021
  • Senate Referee Shoots Down Minimum Wage Increase, Now Some Democrats Want Her Fired

    Let’s play a game, shall we? Can anyone tell me what the minimum wage was in 2009? How about 2011? What about 2015? If you guessed slave wages, you are right. For the past 12 years the minimum wage has been $7.25. That’s it. For perspective I’d like to add that in 2009, “Boom Boom…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 26, 2021
  • One of Biden’s Cabinet Picks Is Looking Doomed, but Her Replacement Could Be a Black Woman and That’s Fine by Me

    One of Biden’s Cabinet Picks Is Looking Doomed, but Her Replacement Could Be a Black Woman and That’s Fine by Me

    I know that I was in full cape mode for all of President Joe Biden’s picks when I learned that Republicans were being extra hard on those of color. Then I learned about Shalanda Young, and sadly it has made Neera Tanden’s bid as the director of the Office of Management and Budget expendable for…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 25, 2021
  • Biden’s Nominees of Color Facing More Intense Republican Scrutiny Than His White Picks. If Only We Knew Why

    Biden’s Nominees of Color Facing More Intense Republican Scrutiny Than His White Picks. If Only We Knew Why

    It would be nice to live in a world where everything made sense. For example, I’d love to know why Taylor Swift is so popular in America, yet I don’t know one Black person who can sing three of her songs. I’d love to know why Colin Kaepernick doesn’t have a job yet a Trump-loving…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 24, 2021
  • Black Rapper Cut From White Freaknik, aka CPAC, for Anti-Semitic Tweets

    Black Rapper Cut From White Freaknik, aka CPAC, for Anti-Semitic Tweets

    What happens when a hotep goes so far off the deep end that his third eye opens so wide that he blinds himself? Well, that person can no longer speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). A man who calls himself “Young Pharaoh” and who surely owns a vast array of “made in…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 23, 2021
  • Since Ted Cruz Couldn’t Stay In Cancun, Someone Sent a Mariachi Band to His House

    Texans without heat in the freezing temperatures were still thinking about their senator and his missed vacation when they came up with the brilliant idea to send a little bit of Cancun to his home just to show him how much they care about him. On Sunday, a mariachi band played outside the home of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 23, 2021
  • Merrick Garland Gets Emotional During Senate Confirmation When Talking About Race, and I Owe Him an Apology

    I owe Merrick Garland an apology. When it was announced that Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court (See Mitch McConnell as to why that didn’t happen) would now be President Biden’s pick for attorney general, I said some pretty harsh things about Garland. I called him as special as a pair of all-white socks from…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 23, 2021
  • The Supreme Court Just Told Trump He Must Hand Over His Tax Returns

    What is the difference between OnlyFans and Donald Trump’s tax returns for the last eight years? A New York grand jury would have to pay to see nudes on OnlyFans but they are about to see Trump’s butt-ass naked taxes for free. That’s because The Supreme Court, aka the Court of all courts, aka the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 22, 2021
  • Trump to Speak at White Freaknik, aka the Conservative Political Action Conference

    The problem with Donald Trump is that white people, (I know, not all white people, but a lot of y’all) love him. They really believe that he is a messiah or a magician or a madman but they aren’t just enthralled by his antics, they are literally in lockstep with his bullshit. So because the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 22, 2021
  • Indiana Republicans Boo Black Lawmakers Speaking About Discrimination

    Indiana Republicans Boo Black Lawmakers Speaking About Discrimination

    Nothing says discrimination like booing a Black person trying to talk about discrimination. Such is life during a floor debate inside the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday in which Black lawmakers claimed that a bill would allow students in the largely white St. Joseph County township to leave the racially diverse South Bend Community Schools to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 19, 2021
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