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Donald Trump Just Blamed the White Supremacist Hunger Games on ‘Many Sides.’ Here’s What He Meant
As white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Va., to form neo-Nazi, Confederate Voltron, President Fuckboy McToupee decided to weigh in on the terrorist act in Charlottesville from a lawn chair where his bloated, dollop-shaped golf body chilled on his New Jersey vacation. He thought it necessary to comment on what is being called the largest gathering…
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Airbnb: We’re Not Racist! One of Our Best Friends Is Black!
Taking a page from the manual How to Apologize After You’ve Marginalized a Community, Airbnb announced a new partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that will see the company donating money to the NAACP and … Well, it’s not really “donations,” per se. The new agreement is more like revenue…
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Why Black America Isn’t Worried About the Upcoming Nuclear Holocaust
Dear White People: I know your last few days have been fraught with peril as your president has engaged the only world leader as crazy and demented as he is in an intercontinental game of the dozens. I can only imagine how it must feel to go from tap dancing through a world of limitless…
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2 Dope Queens Coming to HBO
No, this is not about Cersei Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen. It’s about Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson. You’ve probably heard of the hit podcast 2 Dope Queens, where the two comedians rehash their lives, current events and pop culture. HBO announced Thursday that the duo has partnered with the network for four hourlong specials. “2…
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10 Possible Reasons Rihanna Photoshopped That Pic
Everybody on the internet is flipping out over a recent Instagram photo posted by superstar Rihanna that appears to be photoshopped (and by “everybody on the internet,” I mean Black Twitter because—aside from the Beyhive and The Root—the internet is basically composed of my mama’s Facebook page, porn and pasty white dudes on Reddit arguing…
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Betty Shelby’s New Job Is Why Cops Won’t Stop Killing Black People
Sometimes, being black is like living inside a terrible movie where the world is so racist that it’s damn near impossible to believe. For example, imagine being a movie producer and I came to you to pitch this idea: OK, there’s a woman cop named Betty Shelby. One day, while on duty, Shelby kills an…
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How Ferguson, Mo., Changed America … and Me
On Aug. 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., a police officer named Darren Wilson fired at least six bullets into the head and body of an unarmed, 18-year-old named Michael Brown Jr. Four hours later, they finally removed Michael Brown’s body from the sweltering heat and took his corpse to the St. Louis County morgue. By…
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Everything White People Think About Affirmative Action Is Wrong
After uniting with Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Betsy DeVos to form the Trump administration’s version of the Caucasian Avengers, Jeff Sessions has directed his efforts toward uplifting a class of people who have long been ignored by the American educational system: white people. According to documents obtained by the New York Times, the attorney…
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If Game of Thrones Had Black Characters, This Week’s Episode Would’ve Been Totally Different
You can apologize now. Many of you thought I was reaching a bit when we first started this series, but as each episode has progressed, it’s become clearer that Game of Thrones really is basically an entertaining, fantastical primer on dealing with white America. After episode 4, there should be no doubt. There were explicit…
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Steph Curry Is Petty As …
While he is known for raining 3-pointers from long distances and handling the rock with as much ease and agility as Donald Trump manipulates throngs of Appalachian Caucasian rallygoers, until this week, very few people knew that Stephen Curry is also highly regarded as one of the pettiest motherfuckers on the planet. In two separate…
