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Most Chicken Wings Are Trash
If you are a chicken wing connoisseur—which I consider myself to be—you undoubtedly know the best wing spots in your city like you know your own face. You know the hours they’re open, the number of rubs and sauces available on their menus, the days they have specials, whether they provide free ranch and/or blue…
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White Doctor Claims His Daughter Was Attacked in Baltimore by 'a Group of BLM.’ Receipts Say That’s a Lie
It seems like the more popular the Black Lives Matter movement becomes in America, the more desperate white people are to discredit it. Usually, their go-to method of making the movement look bad (to other white people) is to take the absolute worst moments during BLM demonstrations—the rioting, the looting and that one time in…
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Breonna Taylor’s Family Reaches $12 Million Settlement With City of Louisville [Updated]
Attorneys for the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician shot and killed by Louisville police in March, confirmed that they had reached a settlement with the city Tuesday. As CNN reports, Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, filed a wrongful death suit against the city earlier this year. The city of Louisville and Taylor’s…
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Peyton Manning Honors Prestigious Alums With Scholarship Endowments at 6 HBCUs
Sometimes it’s hard to keep secrets when your actions speak for themselves. When Grambling State alum Doug Williams learned that an anonymous foundation endowed a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, he was hell-bent on finding out who it was. “When I asked who did this, I was told the donor wished it…
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Candace Owens Blames LeBron James and BLM for Shooting of L.A. Sheriff Deputies
Candace Owens is a special kind of bootlicker. There might not be another Black conservative who has dedicated as much of their platform to getting white people to pat them on the head for denying the existence of systemic racism. I can’t think of another Sunken Place resident who goes out of their way to…
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Protesters Chant 'Orange Lives Matter' at Oklahoma Prison Facing Coronavirus Outbreak
In Taft, Okla., a group of protesters have gathered outside a local prison currently facing an outbreak of COVID-19. KTUL-8 reports that protesters have taken to chanting “Orange Lives Matter,” outside of Eddie Warrior Correctional Center, a minimum-security women’s prison. They’re concerned with the way the prison has handled an emerging coronavirus outbreak. Merri Davila…
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Professor at Duquesne University On Leave for Using N-Word, Encouraging Students to Do So as Well
White people really stay looking for excuses to use the N-word. A university professor in Pennsylvania is on leave for not only using it in a class but giving students permission to do so as well. According to NBC News, Duquesne University placed educational psychology professor Gary Shank on leave after a video was shared…
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Police Stay Lying All the Time
Cop privilege is a thing. I can already hear the Blue Lives Matter crowd collectively rolling their eyes into the back of their heads at this statement, but let me explain. First of all, no one ever needs to wonder if an investigation into the shooting of a police officer is being taken seriously. We…
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25 Questions for the People Who Wear Masks While Driving Their Cars
1. Why are you doing this? 2. I don’t get it? 3. I mean I get how COVID has invaded our brains and made us question whether the things we’re doing are healthy and safe? 4. Just yesterday I rubbed hand sanitizer on a Snickers wrapper before opening it? 5. Which I’m certain isn’t safe?…