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Dear America, Where's My Hug?
“…so how you feel? Frustrated, irritated, sometimes I don’t know myself I be too numb, to feel something sometimes…” ~ Khujo Goodie of Goodie Mob, “Thought Process” Soul Food (1995) As the news of Eric Garners murderer – and I use that term with all of the weight it carries considering that the medical examiner…
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REMINISCE Ugly Sweater Holiday Party and Toy Drive | Saturday, December 6th | DC
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2014 REMINISCE UGLY SWEATER HOLIDAY PARTY AND TOY DRIVE Come out and party with the cool kids. We all want to have a holiday party where we don our ugly sweaters and drink to our hearts content! Well let us do all the heavy lifting for you. Come out in your best…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 12 Recap: Is This The End?
On this season finale – well at least before we get the shenanigans that are the reunion show – we get some stories that end up on an up-and-up note and also we get stories that involve Hazel. And to know Hazel is to know that she never wins. Ever. But, let’s talk about Ray…
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F*ck The St. Louis Police Officers Association And Everything They Believe In
If you watch the news, you’ve probably seen or at least heard about the pre-game display that a few of the St. Louis Rams football players put on when walking out of the tunnel on Sunday before they, the Rams of St. Louis put an otherworldly ass whippin’ on the Raiders of Oakland. Five players – Stedman…
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Rapper Drops Mixtape. Just May Pay For It With His Life
What will follow is the most ridiculous thing I think I may have read in life. I don’t even mean that in a cavalier fashion. I mean that in the most sincere way possible. Like, when I say that I don’t like J. Cole, like, at all, I say with the utmost sincerity. That’s how…
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My Big K.R.I.T. Conundrum
I really want to like Big K.R.I.T. I keep trying. But it’s not working. Everybody sings his praises. He’s one of the more highly touted artists out right. His album Cadillactica is getting rave reviews. I enjoy his interviews since he seems to actually have something to say. He’s personable. I’ve even met him and…
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Beyond The Lights: Here's Why I Go To Movie Screenings
[DISCLAIMER: There are no spoilers in this. Some of you may feel like there are though. There aren’t. But we’re all allowed to have feelings. If you intend to see Beyond the Lights, just keep that in mind. Your feelings that is; not my lack of a spoiler.] It feels like nearly once a week,…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 10 Recap: I Do Not Like Morgan
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Ray J. In fact, the very reason I was so excited about this season of Love & Hip Hop was because it was to prominently feature Ray J Da Gawd. And where there is Ray, there are shenanigans aplenty. Except that didn’t happen. At least not the…
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I Went To My First Private School Birthday Party. Here's What Happened.
If you all remember, my daughter is now in private school. She went from a pretty much all Black charter school to a not-quite-lily white but cmonson its a private school in the DC-area white private school. To say that the difference has been remarkable would be selling it short. She’s as happy as a…
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Sample Literacy Test: Would You Have Been Able To Vote?
The movie Selma is coming to theaters in a few months and the cracker jack marketing team behind the movie decided to drop the bomb on the masses early. As part of the promo for the movie, they crafted a literacy test, complete wtih questions that were used to bar some Black folks from voting in…
