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Maybe Kyrie Irving’s 3rd Eye Really Could Predict the Cavs’ Future
Those who follow the NBA know that you’d be wise to take any Adrian Wojnarowski reportage on anything LeBron-related with a grain of salt. For reasons that remain unclear, Wojnarowski doesn’t miss opportunities to craft stories about LeBron James in ways that are less than flattering. That said, it’s hard not to be fascinated by…
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The 10 Blackest Things About This Kid’s Journal Entry Roasting His Teacher for Lying About Christopher Columbus
1. The matter-of-fact way he states, “Today was not a good learning day.” Which, in this context, is the equivalent of starting a sentence with, “But I just think it’s kinda funny that … ” 2. “I only wanted to hear you not talking” is probably the best burn I’ve heard since Morgan Freeman’s character…
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Hey Guys, Can We (Men) Please Stop Trying So Hard to Convince Everyone That We’re Stupid?
Budd: Larry, there ain’t nobody out there! Larry Gomez: “There ain’t nobody out there … Larry.” What’s your point? That you’re not needed here? Budd: My point is, I’m the bouncer … and there ain’t nobody out there to bounce! This passage, of course, is from Kill Bill: Vol. 2. It occurs toward the beginning…
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This Painting of the Obamas as Janet and Tupac From Poetic Justice Is the Blackest Thing I’ve Ever Seen This Week
When I was a kid, my dad used to make a Kool-Aid concoction he’d call “Kool-Aid wine.” It was reserved for special occasions—Thanksgivings, birthdays, Super Bowl parties, that time Cops was in Pittsburgh (and on our block!) and we invited people over to watch, etc.—and many of my favorite childhood memories are connected to it, as…
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Can We Talk About How a Woman With the World’s Whitest Name Pretended Not to Know That Norway Is White?
Admittedly, there are times when witnessing the audacity of caucasity in its full splendor that there’s nothing left to do but marvel at it. Perhaps, if you’re feeling particularly magnanimous, you can even appreciate it. Not because of what it does but because that level of confidence and performative obliviousness can be aspirational. I mean,…
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Just Published the Worst Editorial You’ll Read in 2018
If you are the type of person who pays attention to this sort of thing, you might have noticed that Pittsburgh is often lauded nationally for being an attractive place to live. The Economist named it America’s Most Livable City in 2014. A writer for MTV referred to it as the “new Brooklyn.” The Washington…
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Donald Trump Isn’t Racist, He’s Just White
Sometimes, when thinking about President Donald Trump and our reactions to the things he says and does, I’m reminded of the type of “good guy” who, when touting his personal attributes and distinguishing qualities, lists nothing but mundanities as if they were exceptional. He “has a job.” He “has his own place” and “pays his…
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Video Emerges of Manager of Pittsburgh Pizza Chain Brutally Beating Black Woman in Store
Video footage surfaced Friday evening of a black woman inside Pizza Milano—a popular Pittsburgh-area pizza chain— being pushed, restrained, head-butted and tackled by a manager of the store, who then, while on top of her, slammed her head repeatedly into the floor. (Warning: The video is very graphic and disturbing.) Equally disturbing is that Pizza…
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Maybe My Ancestors Were Kings and Queens, but More Than Likely They Were Goat Herders … and That’s Fine!
I get it, I get it, I get it, I get it. No, I really do get it. I get the hell out of it. I get the shit out of it. I get it so much it hurts. And I don’t get everything. Shit, I don’t even get most things. For instance, I don’t…
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Will ‘Shithole Countries’ Be Enough for People to Finally Admit That Donald Trump Is Racist?
The answer, of course, is no. And by “no” I mean “LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL FUCK NO. THAT SHIT AIN’T EVER GONNA HAPPEN. THESE DUDES COULD WATCH DONALD TRUMP INSCRIBE THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MEIN KAMPF ON MIKE PENCE’S ASS CHEEKS AND THEY’D STILL BE LIKE, ‘WELL, THE PRESIDENT IS JUST VERY DOGMATIC ABOUT GERMAN CALLIGRAPHY.’” THESE FECKLESS…
