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Black Folks Have Been Calling for A Boycott and It’s Happening on February 28th. Here’s The Tea
Incensed by DEI Rollback, Black folks started calling for boycotts of Walmart and others.
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You Heard of the Tulsa Massacre, But I Bet Nobody Told You About Red Summer of 1919.
From May of that year to December, over 25 race massacres took place on American soil.
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As Black Folks Are Under Assault, We Must Learn From Our Past During This Black History Month
In the years after slavery, many tried to destroy our bodies and spirit. Our people endured lynchings and false imprisonment.
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Why Are Our Black Leaders So Damn Quiet in the Face of Trump’s Destruction?
From Raphael Warnock to Barack Obama, Black leaders have been mum. Better still, who exactly can we call on as Black leaders in 2025?
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Why Is ‘DEI’ Such a Dirty Word to Trump? The Answer Has Been Right There For Years
One only needed look at Trump’s administration the during his first go-round.
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What's Ailing Bishop Eddie Long?
I’m concerned about Bishop Eddie Long. In August of 2016, Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, went viral after video showed that he’d lost an alarming amount of weight. “People are asking, ‘Bishop, what happened to all of you?’” he said on a video posted to Facebook that has since been taken…
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The Top 10 Racists of 2016 Not Named Trump
“Sup with ya man’s?” I knew Kanye West had done something wrong. The text was from a frat brother I never hear from unless we are debating Ye’s music or behavior. “What did Ye do now?” I replied. He sent a link of Kanye walking into Trump Tower looking like Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man.…
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The Black Christmas Music Debate: If ‘Santa Baby’ Isn’t on Your List, Your List Is a Fraud
I love Christmas … but I really love Christmas music. I’m the kind of guy who will start listening to the Yuletide classics immediately after Halloween—and only if I wait that long. While I love the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Christmas Time Is Here,” and I can appreciate Frank Sinatra’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,”…
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Frank’s Hot Sauce and 9 Other Black Thanksgiving Faux Pas That Will Earn You a Side Dish of Side Eye
I have a complicated relationship with Thanksgiving. It has historically been framed as a day, every year, when we are gluttonous to celebrate the fact that white people were saved by Native Americans. Therefore, it is only fitting that Thanksgiving, like the word “n—ga,” has become one of the blackest things in America. As with…
