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The 10 Best Places for Black People to Escape White People When We Just Don’t Wanna See Them for a While, Ranked
Even if there’s a white barber working there, his name will be “White Mike” or “White Bobby” and he’s there to escape white people, too. Be warned, though. While there won’t be white people there, there will be elephants. Lots and lots of elephants. All of the fucking elephants. If you need some white-people escaping…
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12-Year-Old Cahree Myrick, Baltimore’s 1st-Ever National Chess Champion, Hones His Game Skills in Local Barbershop: Update
Updated Friday, June 9, 2017, 12:59 p.m. EDT: Our sister publication Deadspin reports that the Baltimore Sun story on which our report was based is inaccurate. Cahree Myrick is not a national chess champion. Read the Deadspin story here. Earlier: At just 12 years old, Cahree Myrick is Baltimore’s first individual national youth chess champion—no…
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The Natural-Hair Movement Should Extend to Men’s Hairlines
Black women’s overall progress is reflected in their heightened investment in natural hair. The current natural-hair movement is more a consequence of black women’s empowerment than it is a cause. Nevertheless, by claiming natural hair as the standard of beauty, black men can also encourage grooming practices that increase personal, political and economic self-awareness—and in…
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10 Black Men Who Could Use Your Irrational Unconditional Support Instead Of Bill Cosby
I feel you, man. I really do. You stayed on the Bill Cosby bandwagon as long as you possibly could — refusing to allow America to lynch an iconic Black man — but the ride just got too bumpy. The wheels flew off, the steering wheel broke, the seat belts got recalled, and the rotors did…
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