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7 Things That Make White People Interrupt You When You’re Minding Your Own Damn Business
One truism in life, my brother, is that white people do not believe in personal space. Another, my brother, is that white people love to speak to black people (not sure how the other colored communities fare) about lots of random shit that we probably don’t feel like talking about ’PACIFICALLY when we don’t feel…
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10 Thoughts About Queen Sugar and Last Night’s Season Finale
Warning: There will be spoilers. You have been warned. If you haven’t seen it yet, get your life. 1. It was fun watching the postshow special and trying to see myself in the crowd (I didn’t, but I also didn’t watch the whole thing—had to get the babies to sleep and whatnot). The experience of…
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Babies Aren’t Birth Control. Field Trips Are Birth Control
One of the great things about being a parent is watching your child (or children) blossom into whatever kind of person they’ll become. The possibilities are endless, and that potential can warm even the coldest heart. Yay, babies and kids and shit. Part of this blossoming typically includes moving through the ranks of education, from…
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I’m Kind of Starting to Mess With Don Lemon
For the better part of most of the time I’ve known he’s existed, Don Lemon has been a fuckboy. Or at least that’s how he’s presented. From telling black folks to stop littering and stop using the n-word as part of a sort of five-point plan for getting niggas together to even being lazy in…
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Hey, Y’all, I Met Oprah. Here’s What Happened
A little backstory on how we got to the point where this is even a thing: On Nov. 17, 2016, I wrote a piece called “Queen Sugar Hits This Dad Right in the Feels.” By the end of that day, life was different; anything was possible. The piece published first thing in the morning that…
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10 of the Most Rewatchable Movies of All Time
There is one movie I have to watch whenever I see it. I don’t care if I’m flipping through channels or I come across it on Netflix, and that’s My Cousin Vinny, if only so I can watch the judge ask Joe Pesci, “What’s a yute?” Vincent LaGuardia Gambini (Pesci) has had me enunciating “youTH-ES”…
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Did Bobby Brown Make Don’t Be Cruel, or Did Don’t Be Cruel Make Bobby Brown?
I’m a Bobby Brown fan. I’m not sure I’m at stan levels, but I did shell out the money to buy the hardback copy of his autobiography (written with the assistance of Nick Chiles—it’s painfully obvious where Bobby either had help or didn’t write at all) and read it immediately in one sitting. While the…
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How I Lost My 13-Year War Against Starbucks
Really, this is all Dunkin’ Donuts’ fault. All I wanted was the oddly priced large vanilla chai latte—for some reason the large is priced at $2.09, a full 10 cents less than the small and $1.60 less than the medium; that’s all I wanted. But their machine was down. I still wanted my drink. And…
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Queen Sugar Decided That This Is Us Was NOT Going to Get All of My Emotions This Season
There are spoilers in this piece. Consider yourself warned. Last year I binge-watched the television show This Is Us because I wanted to be in my feelings. I got tired of looking at my Facebook feed and seeing everybody and their mama having a good cry together and me not having any idea what they…
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10 Thoughts on Big K.R.I.T. and His New Album, 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
On Oct. 27, 2017, Meridian, Miss., rapper-producer Big K.R.I.T. released his third official “studio” album, 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time (dope title), though any fan of his knows that he’s had countless other projects over the span of his career. This album is making a splash online; Facebook and Twitter have been full of…
