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  • Charlie Sheen: What's Black Got to Do With It?

    I’m not sure you’re aware of this — but there’s this actor named Charlie Sheen, and he’s having an itsy-bitsy meltdown, and it’s getting just a smidgen of press coverage. Before last week, I hadn’t mentioned the name “Charlie Sheen” in years. He was a part of the Hot Shots film franchise when I was…

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  • This Week in Blackness: Barack Obama is the Worst. President. Ever.

    After watching a LOT (read: 20 minutes) of CNN in conjunction with “Meet the Press” last Sunday, I finally came to the conclusion everyone really wanted me to. Barack Obama is, in fact, the WORST. President. Ever. Want proof? Check out Episode 5 of Season 2 of “This Week in Blackness,” presented by the Brooklyn…

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  • Note to Michael Steele: Black /= Charisma

    On September 1st, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele graced the stage in Washington once more for a town hall meeting hosted by the young black Republicans of Howard University. (For the sake of full disclosure I have to admit up front that I was, at one point, a Republican. I have since been exorcised…

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