Bougie Black People (BBP) are alcoholics. Obviously, they are highly-functioning alcoholics. They hold government…

It's not every day you're able to find a concrete and distilled "intellectual" example of White privilege (WP).…

It was the summer of 2012. I don't remember the exact date, but I do remember the events leading up to it.

Look. I'd be lying if I said I heard of Michele Roberts, new head of the National Basketball Players Association…

After giving star running back Ray Rice a paltry two game suspension for punching his then-fiancee (now wife)…

1. You will not eat.

He will not be as revered by history as Tupac and Biggie. He'll never capture hip-hop's collective consciousness the…

(Editor's Note: After some thought, I've decided to change the title, edit out the hashtag, and remove the…

No coherent thoughts yet. Hard to type while my nose is bleeding.

I keep waiting for it to happen.

It was 2006. Her name was Ashley. We met at one of those "young professional" mixers people only attend to meet…

Of course, anyone with any knowledge of how the Knowles/Carter cult handles things knew Solange's public…

I returned home this weekend after spending the previous week on a cruise ship. Which means the last 48 or so hours…

We started at the bottom, and now we're here. And by "we started at the bottom, and now we're here" I mean "w…

Remember back in 2004? When gay Black men pretending to be straight became America's boogeymen, getting blamed for…

1. I don't know how sincere Robin Thicke's begging happens to be. None of us do, actually. Not even Paula Patton.…

This level of awareness isn’t inherently negative. The process of thinking about Blackness doesn't make you love it…

It's one of the 10 most ratchet things I've seen this year. And six of those 10 are twerk videos. All taking place…

10 observations from the last few days (from Twitter):

Because of some mechanical issues, a Megabus trip last week from D.C. to Pittsburgh — a journey that’s usually six…