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  • NAACP: Now What?

    The NAACP has done alot of good, but I’m not confident that they have a useful purpose going forward. As I said on CNN the other night, the NAACP has some challenges with focusing. They seem to want to tackle everything at once, which ends up with them not tacling anything thoroughly. They boycott N-words…

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  • The Search for Self

    While I am not so inclined, there are alot of black people using DNA to search for thier African roots. It’s not that I’m not curious, it’s just that I don’t know, once I spend that money and find out, how that information will enrich my life. Are any of you curious about your African…

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  • Losing "Vibe"

    When I heard about the shuttering of Vibe Magazine, it took me back to my time at Vibe Magazine, in its heyday. It wasn’t long after the magazine got started that it captured the imagination and other black people like me not easily categorized or filed away. The kind of people who had to buy…

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  • The Curious Case of Michael Jackson

    Michael Jackson is dead, and if there was ever any doubt, we know now that the 80s are over. There will be a generation of music lovers who will never know what it was to see an artist at the top of his game battling for spots in the Top 40 with other incredible talents,…

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  • Top Ten Cover Stories Sanford Should Have Used

    You look at South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s situation, and it’s hard to know where to start. For a politician, Sanford is the worst liar ever. Six-year-olds make up better stories about missing cookies — dude really should have hired someone to write him a cover story. His staff unraveled a tale Ripley wouldn’t believe.…

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  • The Ten Laws of Blog Beef

    To the extent that I care, I have to ride with Perez Hilton on the recent punching incident involving him and the Black Eye Peas. Of course you know, any brother who dresses like Peter Pan is going to be sensitive to any questions about his manhood. So Perez was wrong for calling Will. I…

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  • Me and Spike Lee Do the Right Thing

    I didn’t know June 30 was the 20th anniversary of Do The Right Thing when I ran into Spike Lee at the Root’s Inauguration Ball, but I knew it had to be coming up, right? Not for nothing, the sneaker-freaks went bonkers a few years ago for the Jordan Spiz’ikes, paying up to $1000 for…

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  • Obama Doesn't Care About Black Fathers

    President Obama didn’t grow up with a father, so he can be forgiven for grinding the ever-popular “irresponsible black father” axe. “”If we are honest with ourselves,” he said, “we’ll admit that… too many fathers also are missing—missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead…

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  • Usher: Still Father of The Year?

    News of singer Usher Raymond’s filing of divorce papers lit the Internets ablaze, but I could help but wonder how this affects all those people who thought Usher was Father of The Year not quite two years ago. I’m happy he’s going in for full joint custody — it’s the only way to fly —…

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  • Madonna: The Kid Collector

    Madonna just got approved for another brown bouncer. I guess she’s a lil long in the tooth to make milk-mongers the old fashioned way, and since she started out the gate on the late side anyways, so she’s trying to make up for lost time by becoming the Old Woman in The Shoe, collecting random…

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