aziz ansari
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The Secret Reason Why Some Black People Defend Diddy and Other Flawed Black Icons
Folks like Diddy, Bill Cosby and Russell Simmons have defenders who fear the demonization of successful Black celebs.
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Former Root Staff Writer Cord Jefferson Wins Oscar For ‘American Fiction’
He shouted out Hollywood's need to make smaller pictures for less money.
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Hey Guys, Can We (Men) Please Stop Trying So Hard to Convince Everyone That We’re Stupid?
Budd: Larry, there ain’t nobody out there! Larry Gomez: “There ain’t nobody out there … Larry.” What’s your point? That you’re not needed here? Budd: My point is, I’m the bouncer … and there ain’t nobody out there to bounce! This passage, of course, is from Kill Bill: Vol. 2. It occurs toward the beginning…
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Playing the Blame Game: Consent Is Both Simpler and More Complicated Than You Think
He liked me. I liked him back. I exchanged my phone number for his beeper information, and it was a go. In the days of analog communication—before inboxes and DMs—that is what a hookup entailed. His responses to my pages were timely, and he didn’t mind spending countless hours discussing hip-hop. I was digging Ghostface.…
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The Conversation About Aziz Ansari Is an Uncomfortable Mess, Which Is Why We Need to Have It
If there were one word to accurately describe the now-much-discussed piece in which a young woman accuses Aziz Ansari of sexual assault on their first date, it would be “messy.” What’s laid in front of readers is an awkward and, at times, bare account of how the date devolved into a veritable tug-of-war of sexual…
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Aziz Ansari and Shitholes: Men Understand Consent Like White America Understands Racism
America is still in the throes of two ear-deafening shouting matches over private episodes that somehow became public knowledge. Although they were vastly different occurrences, they parallel each other in that the responses to both incidents were both loud and angry. I’m sure you’re exhausted from hearing about the first: when our Dorito-dust-covered doofus president…
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Black, Brown Nations Long Dissed by Media
Trump’s Targets Strike Back, at Home and Abroad West’s Wealth Came From Places Trump Slandered. . . ‘Not Just Racist, but Inaccurate’ Haitian-American Anchor: It Was ‘Mean,’ ‘Racist’ Who’s Reporting the Thinking Behind the Racism? Press-Freedom Monitors Visiting U.S. Writer Sees ‘Five Decades of White Backlash’ Tale of Bad Date With Aziz Ansari Stirs Debate…
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Kerry Washington: Not Only Are #OscarsSoWhite, but So Is Every Industry
Actors Kerry Washington and Aziz Ansari had a candid (well, as candid as one can be in front of an audience) conversation Friday for the fourth season of Variety and PBS’ 0Actors on Actors series Friday. The two actors of color discussed diversity in television and the possible reasons that the medium is more diverse…