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Cancel The Debates, The Choice Is Clear; Clinton Vs Trump Is A Bucket Of Prune Juice Vs A Bucket Of Shit
If, for some mysterious reason, The Cheesecake Factory were to all of a sudden add a two gallon bucket of shit to their menu, it would (probably) get quite a bit of news coverage and (definitely) cause quite a bit of confusion. “Why would they do this?” people would ask. “What benefit could that possibly…
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Nouns Black Men Use In Place Of Names To Greet And Acknowledge Each Other, Ranked
(Couple things before we start) 1. Some words like “man” and “dude” are universal and used by every race/class of American man, so they won’t be included. “Brother” and its derivatives (“bro,” “brah,” bruh,” and “brotha”) is also somewhat universal now. But it has a specific meaning/connection to Black men, so it makes the cut.…
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Michelle Obama's Embrace Of Feckless War Criminal George Bush Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened Last Week
There’s no escaping capital letter Whiteness. Not here, at least. This is an immutable fact about America that Black Americans instinctively and grudgingly process and attempt to navigate through. Of course, there are spaces large and small we can create (and have created) that offer a suitable — if temporary — respite from it. Spaces…
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VSB Meets Luvvie (And We're All Judging You If You Don't Buy I'm Judging You)
One of the best things about having a space like VSB for eight (!!!) years is that it allows for growth, progression, and evolution to be tracked, archived, and curated. We’ve seen relationships form at the molecular level, and we’ve watched them grow. (And, in some cases, end.) We’ve seen VSB-related marriages and babies. We’ve…
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10 Breakups That Would Totally Absolutely Devastate Black America More Than Brangelina's
My cousin, the unsinkable sarah huny young, and I regularly frequent the same coffee shop. But we rarely see each other there because she’s usually there early (9am to 1:30-ishpm) and I usually don’t get there until after 2pm. Today, however, I had a meeting there at noon and was able to chop it up…
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Four Simple And Practical Things Black People Can Do So White People Won't Be So Gotdamn Fucking Scared Of Us
Yesterday, footage was released of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher getting shot and killed by Betty Shelby, a Tulsa police officer. Crutcher appeared to have his hands up, was unarmed, and, from the multiple camera angles made available to the public, didn’t appear to be any sort of a threat. Yet, that didn’t prevent him from getting executed by…
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Can We Please Start A Campaign To Convince Rappers To Stop Bullying Meek Mill?
I was a high school teacher for three years. And after that an administrator at a University. And I ran a summer camp one summer. And before any of that happened, I was a school student for 17 years. My point? I know what bullying looks like. I know what it tastes like. (Unseasoned meatloaf.)…
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The 10 Worst Parts Of David Brooks's The Uses of Patriotism, Ranked From "This Is Fucking Stupid" To "This Dude Is On Crack"
David Brooks is a popular columnist for the New York Times. Today, the Times published a column from Brooks titled “The Uses of Patriotism” — a response to the anthem protests spearheaded by Colin Kaepernick. It is an abjectly and remarkably terrible piece of writing; a paternalistic and condescending screed on American history and race…
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The Best Alcoholic Beverages To Bring To A Gathering Of Black People, Ranked
(“Best” in this context is defined as “shit that’ll be consumed and gone by the end of the night”) 10. Beer (any kind) Because people will need something to drink after literally everything else is gone. 9. Ciroc I’m 94 percent convinced that people only drink Ciroc because it has a cool logo and rhymes with…
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Let's Wait Until The Facts Are Out Before We Rush To Conclusions About Tyree King's Death
13-year-old Tyree King was shot and killed by police officers in Columbus, Ohio last night. Naturally, whenever something like this happens, there’s a rush on social media to vilify, assign blame, and create hashtags. But we have to keep level heads and refrain from hysterics. Because we weren’t there, and we don’t know who’s really…
