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The Type Of Funny Anecdote Michael Brown Will Never Be Able To Tell
(At EBONY, Damon shares a story about a shoplifting experience as a kid, and realizes the only difference between him and Michael Brown is that he was lucky enough to live long enough to tell it) I’m 35 now, almost two decades removed from that summer. The Hilfiger shirt from the picture with my mom still…
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That Time We Were Reminded That "Black American" Is An Oxymoron
I know we did something on Mike Brown already earlier this week, but with the way this situation in Ferguson has ballooned, I just can’t think/write about anything else. Even if I did, it wouldn’t feel appropriate. I’m also too stunned/shocked to write something coherent. And I’m assuming many of you feel the same way.…
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Mo'Ne Davis Is Better At What She Does Than You Are At What You Do
Sunday afternoon, 13-year-old Mo’Ne Davis — a pitcher for the Taney (Pa.) Dragons — became the first girl to throw a complete game shoutout in a Little League World Series clinching contest, throwing pitches that reached 70 mph. I also had a busy Sunday afternoon. I went to brunch, ordered extra sausage, drank a kiwi Belini,…
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Seriously, If Shaneen Allen Goes To Prison, F*ck Everybody
I first read about Shaneen Allen, the Philadelphia mother who was arrested for driving through New Jersey with a handgun, a month or so ago. It was a ridiculous story then, but I assumed common sense would prevail and Allen — who had a permit to carry and didn’t realize it didn’t apply to New Jersey…
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How Safe Do You Feel In America?
America is not a safe place for the Black American. It’s an obvious but sad truth, one every Mike Brown (and every Eric Garner, and every John Crawford, and every Oscar Grant, and…), every news story about weekend violence in whichever city you’re from, and every memory of how your life is impacted by a…
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Waiting For 'Black Jesus' To Rise
(Aaron McGruder’s highly anticipated ‘Black Jesus’ debuted last night. Damon and Panama exchanged a few emails about it this morning.) So, let me tell you about my day yesterday. Between 8am and 11pm, I wrote an 800 word piece for EBONY, wrote a 400 word piece for Madame Noire, edited and formatted Alex’s piece yesterday,…
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Maya Francis Featured On The Root's "Young, Black and Viral" Tonight At 8PM
Hot shit VSB senior writer Maya Francis will be featured with Xavier D’Leau and Kazeem Famuyide for “Young, Black and Viral” — a Google hangout where the three young internet stars will talk about “crafting their brands, building social followings and using their influence to amplify new voices for their generation.” Maya might even talk about Beanie Sigel.…
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Beyonce Inspires Two Very Strange Women To Make Shitty Music
My expectations weren’t exactly high when waiting to listen to Lil Kim’s addition to “Flawless.” But, because I respect my elders — and because her Hardcore poster remains one of the most seminal moments of my life — I listened to it. And it made me sad. Ok. I’m lying. Kim’s very public deterioration over…
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"Bougie Black Girl"…And "I Love Bougie Black Girls" Tees Available Today
After a couple months of requests and pre-orders, we decided to bring back both the Bougie Black Girl and the I Love Bougie Black Girls t-shirt campaigns. The details remain the same. Teespring.com/bougieblackgirl2 for the Bougie Black Girl shirts. And Teespring.com/ilovebougieblackgirlspart2 for the I Love Bougie Black Girls shirts. Both campaigns end in 10 days. (Also,…
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Ebola Patients Cured By New Serum…Which Means We're All Going To Die
Look, as optimistic as I want to be about this new treatment for Ebola, we’ve all seen enough post-apocalyptic horror movies to know how it starts: 1. A fucked up but manageable disease kills a bunch of humans. 2. We scramble to find a cure. 3. We find a cure that “works.” 4. Except the…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
