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I Spent the Whole Unite the Right 2 Weekend Looking for Nazis and Ended Up at the White House
Last weekend was the one-year anniversary of the white nationalist Unite the Right terrorist attacks on Charlottesville, Va., and to celebrate, white nationalist leader Jason Kessler decided to do a remix and hold Unite the Right 2, in Washington, D.C. As a University of Virginia alumni and a resident of the vast suburban sprawl that…
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Awkward Black Guy: I’m Not Nigerian But I Played One for a Whole Weekend
“You’re totally Nigerian,” Nkechi Nneji said, holding her hands out in a frame like she was sizing up my face for a photo. “And you’ve got an Igbo head!” This was uttered to me in a vaguely complimentary way by my friend, Nkechi (pronounced EN-KAY-Chee), as she and fellow Nigerian Omarosa (yes, that Omarosa), tried…
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From Hater to Hopeful: How Netroots Nation Changed My Opinion of Kamala Harris
“You’re just a hater!” “She’s the only one who can carry black women!” “So you want Trump to get re-elected?” I hear these things all the time from my political friends. Usually right after I air-drop fifty-kajillion gallons of cold water on their fantasy of a Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) led Democratic ticket beating Donald…
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DNC Chair Tom Perez Says Democrats are Committed to Stacey Abram’s Victory in Georgia … Because This Time it’s Personal
All too often political speakers treat the National Association of Black Journalist Convention as a microcosm of how they treat the black press. They only show up when they’re desperate, and still act like they’re doing us a favor, but seldom have any exclusives or meaningful information to offer. Reince Priebus came to NABJ in…
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Racist Comic Fans Run Titans Star Off Instagram for Not Being the Right Kind of Black
If you thought being a regular old black person in America was tough, try being a black superhero, or a black person from the future, or even worse, a black alien from a galaxy far, far away. You’d have to deal with Thanos, inter-dimensional threats, and you still have to battle the Chicago Police Department,…
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The University of Virgina Hired a Trump Staffer Days Before the Charlottesville Anniversary and, as an Alum, I’m Okay With That
It’s been over a year and America pretty much knows who Donald Trump is. He’s racist. (Full stop). He’s selling us out to the Russians and big business, and he’s a habitual, unadulterated, unfiltered, premium draft, liar. Either you’re down with his Forever 21 white nationalist authoritarian regime, or you’re not. At this point, most…
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So Trump is a Traitor. What Difference Does That Make to Black Folks?
Wow! Did you see the season finale of America yesterday? Totally didn’t see that coming. I know there was this whole buildup when that crazy President Trump got elected in 2016, and the storyline kinda got bogged down last season with the whole “find his tax returns” thing, but what a cliff-hanger! I mean who…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp is the Best Superhero Movie Made About Criminal Justice for White Guys
In just 10 years, the Marvel movie franchise has morphed from simple origin stories to universe-sprawling, intertwined characters and adventures, almost like Game of Thrones but with better CGI and brighter costumes. Once the exclusive playground of blonde white guys, the movies have become a lot blacker, more gender balanced and much more political. In…
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It’s Been a Lousy Week in Politics, and Some of It Is Obama’s Fault
It’s been a horrible week in politics, and it just keeps getting worse. Now, I don’t entirely agree with my colleague Terrell J. Starr’s assessment from yesterday. I don’t think we’re fucked—yet. But if we are collectively watching the movie of America on a date with Authoritarianism, then they just finished dinner, canceled Uber and…
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I Finally See It: Democrats Don’t Hate Trump As Much as They Love White Supremacy
I’ve never really trusted the Democratic Party. Why should I? In a political system that forces us into one of two often problematic choices, it never made sense for me as a black person to decide between Kang and Kodos; in the end, they’ll both try to enslave us. However, like most African Americans with…
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