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  • The Black Person’s Guide to Game of Thrones

    I was talking to a friend about my weekend plans, and I told her that I probably wouldn’t do much because I’d probably have the bubble guts nervously awaiting the season premiere of Game of Thrones. Her reply perplexed me, shook me to my core and made me rethink many of the choices that I’ve…

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  • Bethune-Cookman President to Resign Amid Financial Woes 

    Bethune-Cookman University has announced that President Edison Jackson will resign almost a year before his contract ends. The trustee board of the private HBCU, located in Daytona Beach, Fla., accepted his early retirement but has not announced the terms or specific date of his departure, saying only that it will be announced at a later…

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  • DeQuince Brown Free on Bond After Witnessing Cop Kill DeJuan Guillory

    The Mamou, La., woman who witnessed a police officer shoot her boyfriend in the early hours of July 6 has been released from jail, according to multiple reports. According to ABC News, 21-year-old DeQuince Brown was released on $75,000 bond after spending four days in the Evangeline Parish Jail for first-degree attempted murder of a…

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  • We Fact-Checked Umar Johnson’s Hotep Tantrum With Roland Martin Because Someone Had To

    While everyone is grabbing the popcorn for the Blac Chyna-Rob Kardashian beef, the real donnybrook was happening Monday on TV One’s News One Now, when host Roland Martin had ankh-right leader Umar Abdullah-Johnson on his morning show. Everything seemed cool in the Great Ascot vs. Daishiki War, and then everything exploded. Johnson called a panelist…

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  • Jay-Z Announces 4:44 Tour

    Fresh off the success of the release of the album 4:44, and just in time for every blond-haired entertainment reporter to open Monday night’s episode with something corny like, “He may have 99 problems but ticket sales ain’t one,” Jay-Z has announced plans for an upcoming North American tour. According to Rolling Stone, the 31-city…

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  • Audio Interview Confirms DeJuan Guillory Was Unarmed, Lying on Ground When Cop Shot Him in the Back

    Updated Saturday, July 8, 2017, 11:49 p.m. EDT: A new interview sheds light on the Mamou, La., death of DeJuan Guillory. The interview is with Joe Long, the attorney for DeQuince Brown, who witnessed an Evangeline Parish sheriff’s deputy shoot Guillory in the back on July 6, killing him. Pen Point News investigative reporter Daniel…

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  • These Blackface-Wearing, N-Word-Spewing Culture Vultures Would Like to Teach Your Kids About Hip-Hop

    Please pardon me while I take a deep breath and decide how I want to tell you this story. It has so many layers, and I want to get it right. Maybe I should tell you about the lady who wants to pull a Kylie and Kendall by taking ’90s-era hip-hop artists, putting her name…

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  • Okla. Man Arrested After Fight About Star Wars vs. Star Trek

    An argument over Star Wars vs. Star Trek erupted into a WWE match and offered proof of why we need better police officers in this country. According to Fox 25 News, 23-year-old Jerome Dewayne Whyte (who—despite his last name—made it to the championship round of the Blackest Name Ever tournament) was arguing with another man…

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  • A Comprehensive Guide to Sending and Receiving Nudes

    “Love is blind, but just in case, send nudes.” —ancient African proverb I may have added that last part, but we now live in a world where pictures are worth a thousand texts, and apparently people can send and receive nude photographs on their phones. (I know using the word “photographs” makes me sound ancient,…

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  • Everything You Wanted to Know About the Umar Johnson Memes but Were Afraid to Ask

    Umar Johnson is back in the news again, blowing up black Twitter after his recent appearance on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club with DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne tha God. During a wide-ranging interview, the king of the “ankh-right” (because the word “Hotep” deserves better) railed against interracial marriage while dropping some jewels (pronounced…

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