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#WhyIDidntReport: A List of Reasons for Every Time It Happened
There are a lot of reasons why a woman may not report when she has been sexually assaulted. It does not go without notice that most of these reasons would be completely misunderstood by most men, but totally reasonable to a woman. If you are a man, you should understand that a lot of the…
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Kamala Harris Talks Brett Kavanaugh and Addresses Those 2020 Rumors
As one of two black women to ever serve in the US Senate, Sen. Kamala Harris knows how important her role is. And she knows why she has to ask the hard questions the public deserves answers to. Even when they make people squirm. Even if they’re US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who recently…
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A Look Back at the Reaction to 'Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People' a Year Later
A year ago, a line in a piece from Saki Benibo—an assertion also articulated a year before in a tweet from Mela Machinko—inspired me to write something of my own based on that statement. The result (“Straight Black Men Are The White People Of Black People”) was my most read VSB piece of 2017. It…
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It’s Official. New Orleans Is My Favorite City in America. Here Are 10 Reasons Why
1. Cliché as this will be, I’m starting with the quite obvious ability to walk around with that drank. Sure, Bourbon Street smells like Hurl of Christmas Past and you’re likely to see a person laid out face down in the street, not dead, just passed out from all of the Everclear 151 and sugar…
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Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Black Culture Medal; Rachel Dolezal Snubbed Again
Quick question: When one of America’s most prestigious Ivy League universities honors Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle and six other African Americans for their contributions to black history and culture, will white people burn their Harvard rejection letters, their Chappelle’s Show DVD sets or the ivy in their yards? According to the Associated Press, Harvard University’s…
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Is Waldorf, Maryland Really That Far? An Analysis
If you live in the Washington, DC area long enough, you’re likely to hear about the city of Waldorf, Md. Waldorf is the biggest city in Charles County, Maryland, located directly south of Prince George’s County, Maryland, also know as the place that most of the people you know who claim to be from DC…
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'Everything Is Love': Beyoncé's Reconciliation Tour Continues As She Reunites With LaTavia Roberson
Trouble don’t last always; that’s the message we’re getting loud and clear from Beyoncé, as in recent weeks, the former Destiny’s Child frontwoman has had what appear to be loving reunions with formerly estranged founding members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson. After meeting a now-pregnant Luckett for a hug backstage at her On the Run…
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Former ESPN Anchor Jemele Hill to Narrate LeBron James’ Basketball Documentary Shut Up and Dribble
Well, that didn’t take long. One of the realest to ever talk about sports, a must-follow on Twitter, and newly liberated fuckboy uncoverer, Jemele Hill, had barely stepped her foot off of ESPN’s campus before it was announced that her next gig will be narrating LeBron James’ basketball documentary Shut Up and Dribble. The documentary,…
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Texas School Superintendent: You Can't Count on Black Quarterbacks, but I Don't Mean That in a Racist Way
An East Texas school superintendent knows about the history and genetic makeup of black NFL quarterbacks but doesn’t know how to use Facebook. Lynn Redden is superintendent of the Onalaska Independent School District in the Piney Woods, about 75 miles north of Houston. Lynn Redden is also a fucking idiot. Redden decided that he had…