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Idris Elba Proves Cool Is More Important Than Swag
At Very Smart Brothas, Damon Young unpacks the celeb’s attractiveness and concludes that it’s all about “being placed in a position that enabled him to be cool.” Well, it seems like Black women’s feelings about Elba are directly correlated to when they first saw him. Basically, my completely unscientific opinion tells me that the majority…
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When Do We Allow Whites to Criticize Blacks?
Very Smart Brothas‘ Damon Young grapples with the way black people tend to recoil at certain comments, even when those comments address the same things we criticize about ourselves. … I know we generally do not take kindly to White people criticizing anything that has to do with Black people and Black culture. As stated…
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Why Being a Single Man Is Overrated
Very Smart Brothas‘ Damon Young reflects on half a year of being single and says it’s not bad, but it’s not all the beer commercials make it out to be. The most “interesting” of these “interesting” thoughts? Being a single man is kind of overrated … 1. It can be very lonely As a person…
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What Black Movies Can Do Better
At Ebony, Damon Young provides a list of tips for black filmmakers who aspire to make movies that measure up to Coming to America and Love Jones. Anyway, instead of continuing to make the usual myopic and ambiguous remarks about the lack of “memorableness” synonymous with today’s Black films, I’ve decided to be a bit…
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Why I Haven't Seen 'Red Tails' Yet
In an entry at his Very Smart Brothas blog, Damon Young lists several reasons that he has not seen Red Tails, including being turned off by its guilt-based marketing and calling into question the perception that we need to see black faces on the big screen in order to bolster our self-esteem. (Today’s post is…
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Is Jay-Z Now a Relationship Role Model?
In an entry at his Very Smart Brothas blog, Damon Young deconstructs Jay-Z’s past as a so-called player and decides that he does not get to become a role model simply because he overhauled his image. He may be a loving husband and father, but he is not a role model. … But calling the…
