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  • Paul George Got On Twitter This Morning. He Shouldn't Have.

    Athletes are a talented bunch. But nobody has ever accused them of all being smart. Or having any real concept of common sense, decency, or consideration. Such is the case of Paul George of the Indiana Pacers. When we last spoke of Paul George, his leg was breaking every kind of which a way. Well…

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  • Defending Ray Rice Is Just The Same As Defending George Zimmerman

    ***Damon’s latest for Ebony on the similarities between Ray Rice defenders and the people defending George Zimmerman and Darren Wilson*** For (many) Black people, this is the most maddening and exasperating part of racism. Not the actual racism. But the denial that the actual racism exists. Knowing this, and how frustrated so many of us are by…

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  • VSB Roundtable: The Blackest Thing You've Ever Seen

    I’m keeping the intro simple this time. Earlier, Maya showed me this vine: Perhaps it’s not the single Blackest thing I’ve ever seen — I’d have to dig into my archives to make that determination — but it’s definitely top 10. Maybe even top five. What’s yours? —-Damon Young Damn that’s Negro as fuck. Sets…

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  • REMINISCE – Saturday, September 6 | Washington, DC

    REMINISCE | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 THE BEST DAMN 90’s PARTY IN DC FREE BEFORE 11PM w/RSVP ($10 otherwise) | OPEN BAR 930-1030PM DJ UNDERDOG AND NICK THA 1DA on the 1s and 2s LIV NIGHTCLUB | 2001 11th St NW | WASHINGTON, DC RSVP: REMINISCEDC.EVENTBRITE.COM

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  • Proof That God Really Does Exist: Carlton Banks Is On Dancing With The Stars

    Although I belong to a church, I wouldn’t call myself a “church person.” Still, I do believe in God, who always manages to quell any doubts about his existence by doing things like creating the Pacific Ocean, inventing praise dancing just so Black people can be even Blacker in church, and ALLOWING CARLTON BANKS TO…

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  • Man Arrested For…Waiting While Black? Being Polite While Black? Being Black While Black?

    Just watch this fucking shit.

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  • Ferguson At Fairfax And Wilshire

    You might recognize Leo Breckenridge from his role as “Andre” — the Panama character in our TV pilot. Here he is with a performance piece for Ferguson and Michael Brown, filmed in L.A. on Fairfax and Wilshire — the corner where the Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed.

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  • Just So You Know We're Not Making This Shit Up

    From “Michael Brown Spent Last Weeks Grappling With Problems and Promise” — today’s NY Times piece about Michael Brown. Who, by the way, was buried today, two weeks after getting killed by a police officer. Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and…

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  • Why Nick Offerman Is My Favorite White Man

    Ok. That’s a lie. Louis CK is still my favorite. (And yes, I know Louie CK is half-Mexican. But still. Just shut up and read.) But, Nick Offerman is slowly closing the gap.

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  • Mo'Ne Davis Is Better At What She Does Than You Are At What You Do, Part 2

    Nuff said.

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