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Serena Williams: The Next Avenger
As a kid, I was never really into comics. I watched the occasional Saturday-morning cartoons, but beyond that, the unique arcs and storylines of the Marvel and D.C. universes are something that I’ve come to understand more of only in recent years—usually while a male paramour is rabidly trying to explain that the schism between…
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Why Spike Lee and Don Lemon Should Do a Traveling Tour Together
Oh, Spike. Everybody is currently aware that in a few weeks, Spike Lee’s latest foray into black hypertension, Chi-raq, will be released. The trailer hit the Internet with a bang and had the e-streets and the real streets talking. Some folks are already offended by the movie because of the implied depiction of Chicago. Others think…
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3 Reasons Why It’s Dumb to Say That Black Mizzou Students Should Have Gone to HBCUs
In the wake of recent events at the University of Missouri, a troubling trend has emerged on social media. A number of black folks have decided that now is an appropriate time to openly question the college choices of the black students who enrolled at Mizzou, as well as other blacks who attend predominantly white…
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How The University Of Missouri Is Drowning In White Tears, Explained
Can you explain what “White Tears” are again? Sure. “White Tears” is phrase to describe what happens when certain types of White people either complain about a nonexistent racial injustice or are upset by a non-White person’s success at the expense of a White person. It encompasses (and makes fun of) the performative struggle to…
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Mom of Slain Chicago Boy Condemned for Spending Funeral Money on a Car
“Help me lay my baby to rest,” is the heading of a GoFundMe page set up for the mother of slain youth Tyshawn Lee, who was shot down last week in an alley on Chicago’s South Side, lured there by his father’s gang rivals, police say. Chaquela Moore created the page on Nov. 2 for…
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Talk About Your Ex on the Internet Like Eric Benét and David Justice Did
Earlier this week, a middle-aged black man named “David” and another middle-aged black man named “Eric” bonded over the memory of an ex they share. According to them, this ex’s public persona was much different from her private one, and since they were both painted as “the person in the wrong” when each of their…
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Empire, the Thrill Is Gone
Empire is a huge show. Season 1’s success caught everybody by surprise, including the people who created the show, and you cannot convince me otherwise. I even claimed, hyperbolically, that Empire was the best show on television for a number of paradoxical reasons. Each week, last season, the viewership grew, and for good reason. With…
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Zoe Saldana Slams the ‘Bigots’ and ‘Hicks’ Who Are Being Hypocritical About the Immigration Debate
Zoe Saldana can’t wrap her mind around Americans who are xenophobic, who are being extra critical of and discriminatory against America’s immigrants. Why? Well, in an interview with Latina magazine, Saldana made sure she reminded folks that not so long ago, their ancestors were also immigrants—given that the only indigenous Americans are Native Americans. “The…
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If You Think They Don’t Want You on the Jury, You May Be Right
The issue of black participation on trial juries is one with multiple layers of complexity. As a civil rights trial attorney and former criminal prosecutor, I am always disappointed to see the myriad ways in which many in our community attempt to avoid their civic duty of participating in the criminal-justice system as jurors. Even…
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NABJ Reorganizes Amid Estimated $380,000 Deficit
Figure Nears $380K; Executive Director’s Job, 2 Others Cut The leadership of the National Association of Black Journalists told members Thursday that “NABJ’s projected 2015 deficit will be higher than the previous board reported at the 2015 convention. The projected deficit is likely going to be nearly $380,000.” On Friday night, a notice on the…