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On Those Too Stuck On ’90s Nostalgia to Appreciate Great NBA Basketball Today
There are few ironies as clear and demonstrative as the fact that Michael Jordan—a man who from 1985 to maybe 2005 was perhaps the coolest man on the planet (and is still able to sell millions of shoes from the residue of that status)—has somehow emerged as a proxy for what is decidedly uncool. Of…
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One Has to Wonder Why Snoop Dogg Thinks Game of Thrones Is Based on Real History
I can’t help wondering what exactly Snoop Dogg was smoking during his recent interview with the New York Post. Or what he smokes while watching Game of Thrones, a fictional television series. Because according to the rapper, the series is based on history. During the Post interview, about Snoop’s upcoming album, Hardeep Phull asked Snoop about…
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I’ve Been Down in the Dad Hole for 4 Years and I Have Questions
Let me start this whole thing off by saying that I used to be cool. At one point in my life I was a working DJ, avid sneaker collector, hip-hop aficionado, fluent speaker of slang and avid consumer of modern popular culture. Then, a little over four years ago, things changed. I became a father.…
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Snoop Dogg on Roots Miniseries: ‘When You All Going to Make a … Series About the Success Black Folks Is Having?’
There was one person who wasn’t tuned in to the History Channel’s premiere of the Roots miniseries, and that was Snoop Dogg. On Monday the rapper vehemently refused to watch the LeVar Burton-executive-produced series, saying he’s tired of seeing black people beaten. “How the [f—k] they gonna put Roots on on Memorial Day? They gonna…
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Why #AllGritsMatter
The Great Grits Debate of 2016 continues to rage and is bringing out the worst in two groups that are really two sides of the same coin—people who love savory grits calling those who love sweet grits savages; those who prefer sweet grits saying that the savories don’t know nothing about good eating. At times…
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Is It Cultural Appropriation? I’ll Be the Judge of That
Much as it pains me to admit aloud, maybe there’s something to all those stupid-ass memes that your “woke” Facebook friends like to share that compare real-life “ignored” atrocities to the asinine s—t that makes BuzzFeed headlines. That Blake Lively’s delusional Instagram post dominated an entire Wednesday lends credence to their gripes. Even I couldn’t…
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If NYC Top Cop Bill Bratton Wants to Discuss ‘Thugs,’ He Should Start With the NYPD
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, one of the architects of New York’s racist stop-and-frisk policy, has weighed in on the fatal shooting that took place at a hip-hop concert at Manhattan’s Irving Plaza Wednesday night, and his statement was as prejudiced and hypocritical as one would expect from New York City’s top cop.…
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The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a Nation
Dear Professor Gates: I am seeking help with finding the parents of my husband’s four-times-great-grandmother Leanna Donegan Knox (born in 1794 in Hopkinsville, Ky.). She was mulatto and, according to an Illinois Servitude and Emancipation record, the daughter of a white woman. She owned land in Todd, Ky., until 1847, when she was “removed” to Illinois. I found…
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If You Ever Wanted to Complain About #BlackSalonProblems, Today Is the Day
I consider myself lucky when it comes to the salon I currently go to. After months and months of searching, I finally found one within 30 minutes of my house. And to understand why that’s an accomplishment, you have to know the area I live in. Sure, I may be an hour and some change…