Midway through reading Boluwaji Ogunyemi’s New York Times essay “When ‘Black Like Me’ Means ‘White Like Them,’” I needed to find a napkin. I had to wipe the drool from my mouth after falling asleep from reading yet another essay that centered on the age-old myth that black people are betraying their cultural…

It's been a little over 12 hours since I first saw Buzzfeed's "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People." It was shared on the timelines of quite a few of my friends yesterday afternoon, but I didn't get a chance to actually watch it until last night. And still, 12 hours later, I'm shocked by how bad it is.

1. Because it's not true. Charles Barkley — like Mike Freeman before him — was not completely wrong when saying that there are some Black people who deride other Blacks for speaking properly or achieving academically. But just because something may technically be right doesn't mean it's true. Because the truth is that…

1. The Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman is Black. I assumed he was with a last name "Freeman," but I had to google to confirm. I did not, however, google Freeman's bio and background, so I'm going to assume he has some Black family members, Black friends, Black acquaintances, Black neighbors, and possibly even a Black…