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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earns Provisional Invitation to the Cookout
A few years ago I bought a house in Darlington, S.C., a town so small that there was nothing there but a gas station, a McDonald’s, a Huddle House (a bootleg, better-tasting Waffle House—fight me) and the Darlington Raceway, a 58,000-seat NASCAR track. I was shocked to see people the same color as me wearing…
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How to Protest Without Offending White People
Many people were surprised when President Donald Trump suggested that NFL team owners fire players who quietly choose to sit out the national anthem before games, but I was not one of them. Even though they thought they’d solved the anthem problem by blackballing protest starter Colin Kaepernick, the residual insolence displayed by the players…
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Compton, Calif., Cops Claim They Know Who Killed Tupac
In a newly released documentary, two former members of Compton, Calif.’s police gang unit claim to reveal that a man named Orlando Anderson fired the bullets that killed rap icon Tupac Shakur. The two-hour program, hosted by journalist Soledad O’Brien and Ice-T, aired on Fox on Sunday night. In the show, Timothy Brennan and Robert…
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10 Things Less Disrespectful Than Kneeling During the Anthem (According to Donald Trump)
According to the twisted logic of Donald J. Trump (the “J” stands for “jerks off to pee porn”), anyone who chooses to kneel during a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is disrespecting the flag, hates soldiers, and was born to and raised by a bitch. While it is understandable that some are protective of the…
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St. Louis Police Have Declared an All-Out War on Protesters, Media and Even Themselves
Before Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found Police Officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, St. Louis activists and religious leaders warned that it could get ugly. They said they were going to “shut it down.” They were right about the “ugly” part. Since then, every corner…
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Jay-Z Speaks on Trump ‘With All Disrespect’
“I’m not fearful. I believe that we are resilient, especially us as black people and especially the culture—we’ve been through so much more than this guy.” That’s what Jay-Z had to say about raising his children in the age of Donald Trump. Although Jay-Z has quietly kept busy in the arena of activism and philanthropy,…
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Ray Lewis Kneels for National Anthem Because … of Course He Would
Ray Lewis, the shucker and jiver who admitted he told his team not to hire Colin Kaepernick; the man who condemned the entire NFL national anthem protests; the dunderhead who loudly proclaimed that “All lives matter”; the Pro-Bowl stepper and Hall of Fame-level fetcher of “it”; Ray muthafucking Lewis, who couldn’t wait to bury his…
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NASA Dedicates Building to Hidden Figures Heroine Katherine Johnson
When NASA’s Langley Research Center built its newest, state-of-the-art research facility in Hampton, Va., it was only right that they named it after Katherine Johnson, the NASA engineer and subject of the book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. “You want my honest answer? I think they’re crazy,” the 99-year-old math genius said when she heard…
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This Was Never About the Anthem
When Sharp Cheddar Stalin called the mothers of NFL players “bitches” in Huntsville, Ala., his hillbilly conservative base cheered him on because he vilified the men for disrespecting “our flag.” He castigated them for not showing the proper reverence for the national anthem. Welcome to another game of “stupid or liar.” You already know the…
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Carmelo Anthony Traded to Oklahoma City for Bag of BBQ Chips and Peach Faygo
The New York Knicks continued their decadeslong tradition of front-office ineptitude Saturday when the organization agreed to ship NCAA champion, Olympic gold medalist and nine-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder for … umm … look, I’m not about to waste my time Googling that. Trust me, you don’t know them. OK, they…
