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  • Another Cop, Another Video

    Don’t get caught slippin’. That’s the lesson for anyone who wants to put forth any malarkey about a post-racial nation. If you haven’t heard by now, NFLer Ryan Moats and his wife were pulled over while rushing to the hospital to see her dying mother. Before you fly off the handle, try to put yourself…

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  • Why I Love Soulja’s Swag

    Soulja Boy Tellem! Hopped up out tha bed, Turn ma swag on, Took a look in tha mirror said wassup, Yeeeeea, I’m gettin’ money (oohhh) -“Turn My Swag On” by Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em I have to admit, I sort of begrudgingly love Soulja Boy’s “Turn My Swag On.” Though the Blackademic within should probably…

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  • Best Actor in Blackface

    I would classify myself as an intensely proud black man. And I feel completely comfortable saying that Robert Downey Jr. deserves his Oscar nod. Denying Tropic Thunder’s smart satire simply because the artists involved are white is simplistic and short-sighted. Frankly, I find Tyler Perry’s use of trite black American archetypes equally as problematic as blackface.…

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