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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…
Damon Young is a founder of VSB, and the author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker (Ecco/HarperCollins), which won the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor