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Colin Kaepernick Isn't Too Rich To Protest. This Is America, Remember? We Only Listen To Rich People.
Last week, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick became the first athlete in a major America team sport since Mahmoud Abdul Rauf to protest the National Anthem by refusing to stand for it. Kaepernick’s rationale has been that he can’t honor a flag that represents a country that oppresses people of color; Black people particularly.…
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The 10 Best (And Worst) Moments From The Blackest VMAs I've Ever Seen
The realization occurred during Rihanna’s extended dancehall set. As I watched her emerge from a sea of dozens of niggas from Flatbush grinding and winding and puppy-tailing on the VMA stage, I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d ever seen that many Black people on the VMAs at the same time. (No.) Which then made me…
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The Trailer For Same Kind Of Different As Me Is Exactly Why White People Must Be Stopped
When the Gods decide to show favor to us, it is a sin not to rejoice and exult in your fortune. It is also necessary that when given this unexpected bout of grace, its shared so that others can receive and partake in the good. So when Dolezal, the Goddess of Post-Racial Fuckshit, decided to…
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What's The "Blackest" Last Name? Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Or Jenkins?
What’s The “Blackest” Last Name? It’s a question that has plagued us for forever. (And by “us” I mean “me” and by “forever” I mean “since like Wednesday, when I first thought about writing this.”) Out of all of America’s most popular surnames, which is the “Blackest?” And it’s a question that leads to other…
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This Sorority Recruitment Video Is The Scariest Fucking Thing I've Ever Seen And Will Give You Nightmares
There really isn’t much I can say to describe the sublime horror captured on this video. Except perhaps that it’s all there. In 39 seconds of film, the University of Texas’s Alpha Delta Pi chapter somehow managed to incorporate every element of every nightmare I’ve ever had. There’s the preternaturally and eerily chipper voices. Like a…
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Why Nate Parker's College Rape Accusations Resurfacing Isn't Because Of Some Conspiracy, Explained
Who is Nate Parker? Nate Parker is an actor, director, writer, and producer who’s been in over a dozen movies, including Red Tails, The Great Debaters, Beyond the Lights, and The Secret Life of Bees. Interestingly enough, the 36-year-old Parker, who was an All-American wrestler in college, can trace his acting career to an especially fortuitous…
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The POTUS Nighttime Playlist Proves President Obama Saved All Of His Remaining Fucks For The Bedroom
“We’ve kinda suspected it before, but President Obama genuinely gives no fucks at this point. He is fuck devoid. Fuck deficient. Fuck deprived. Fuck destitute. His cupboard of fucks is barren; his tank of fucks has been depleted. You know how, on cloudy nights, you might look up into the vast and endless sky and not find any…
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From Mike Brown To Simone Biles: How Yesterday Exemplified Black America’s Complicated Relationship With America
“Complicated” has become a convenient catch-all to describe romantic relationships that seem to defy explanation. So much so that “it’s complicated” has become a popular way to synopsize them completely; distilling months, even years of context down to two words. It’s also frequently misused, as many — and perhaps even most — of the relationships…
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On Accepting And Acknowledging That America Is A Uniquely Dangerous Place For Black Women
The two most prominent stories on my collective (Facebook and Twitter) timelines yesterday involved the death of a Black woman. One (Korryn Gaines) was shot and killed by police officers during an alleged stand-off. Her five-year-old son was also shot. He is expected to survive. Another (Joyce Quaweay) was stripped naked, handcuffed to a bench,…
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The Many Levels Of Peak Stupid In Bow Wow's "I'm Too Mixed To Relate To Civil Rights," Explained
Who is Bow Wow? Bow Wow is a grown-ass 29-year-old man who still refers to himself and answers to Bow Wow. You know how people say Frank Sinatra was a singer’s singer? Well, Bow Wow’s a millennial’s millennial. To his credit, he did change his name from Lil Bow Wow to Bow Wow a few years ago, right? He…
