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10 Things The Video For FourFiveSeconds Could Also Very Easily Be
1. An ad for Levi’s new “Naked” jeans, which would basically just be spandex with pockets and pleats. 2. The intro for a late 90’s television drama set in a high school in either Baltimore or the Bronx. This drama would have aired on Fox, it would have starred Keri Russell (as “Ms. Johnson”), Darius…
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Rooting For New England Is Like Rooting For Gout, And More Thoughts About The Super Bowl
1. The NFL football season usually ends for me when the Steelers are done playing. Whether it’s the last game of the regular season or the first game of the playoffs, when the Steelers are out, so am I. I’ll still watch a game if it happens to be on, and, depending on the game,…
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When White Liberals Attack
Doing things The Right Way — when your actions are closely aligned with what would be considered the most moral way to act — is (obviously) the right way to do things. It is often very difficult; and, in the moment, The Right Way is also often unpopular. In this context, human nature is a saboteur.…
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Kyrie Irving, Who Is Very Good At Playing Basketball, Drops Double Nickel On Damian Lillard
Kyrie Irving is very good at playing basketball. Here are the results from the last seven professional basketball games Kyrie Irving — who is very good at playing basketball — played, and how the point guards matched up against him fared. (Each game, btw, was a Cavs victory) 1/16/15 vs the LA Clippers and Chris…
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Six Reasons Why Black Ink Crew Is The Realest Reality Show Ever
1. Because everyone is trying so damn hard. Each character on this show is struggling with something — Ceaser with running a business while suppressing his latent affinity for niggatry, Dutchess with sanity, Teddy with finding shirts that fit, etc — and their efforts are so palpable that it manages to make a show about…
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On Life As A Black Person Who Doesn't Really Like Chicken All That Much
I don’t know where to begin. And, since I don’t know where to begin, I’ll begin from the beginning — the first time I realized I don’t really like chicken all that much. It was a little over a year ago. I was at the Cheesecake Factory, set to order the shrimp and bacon club.…
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Yup, I Said It: Red Velvet (Everything) Is Overrated
I don’t remember exactly where I was or when it was the first time I tried red velvet cake. If it was like any other of my notable firsts, it likely occurred in a Delta’s living room while debating whether the cocker spaniel Noreaga referenced at the beginning of “Superthug” was male or female. But, I don’t remember, so…
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Yes, Black People Can Be Privileged. Because Blackness Is Fucking Awesome.
Earlier this week, our conversation about Light Girls segued to a conversation about colorism, which then segued to a conversation about the concept of privilege. Specifically, how certain members of the Black community are privileged more than others. Predictably, some scoffed at the notion that a Black person living in America in 2015 could be privileged…
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Acknowledging Dark Skinned Black Male Privilege
The word “privilege” is so often used as a catch-all to describe preferential racial treatment that it loses its meaning. When something is used to describe everything, it tends not to describe anything. That said, although darker-skinned Black males don’t possess the type of privilege most commonly associated with certain social, political, and economic advantages…
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The 10 Black People You'll Only Find On The Internet
There are people on the internet. Billions and shit. And, if you spend enough time on the internet, you will meet enough people to discover distinct personality types. Most of these people are the type of people you know offline. And, even if you don’t personally know them, you’re aware of their existence. But, everyone…
