black culture
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Making a Way Out of No Way: Defending African-American Culture
I’m black and have always identified as such, and until recently, I never questioned exactly what that meant. Having grown up on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., formerly known as Chocolate City, attended an HBCU and worked at two black companies in the past, I’ve been happily surrounded by myriad black people. Recently, that’s included…
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Azealia Banks Is Right On Iggy But Wrong On Just About Everything Else
In a fair amount of ways, Azealia Banks and I have had similar life trajectories. Bear with me here. I am by no means claiming that I could have become an infamous black sheep artist – anybody who’s ever heard me get a little too jiggy with my Spotify playlist knows that a record deal…
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Black-ish Is Cute And Cuddly, Not Controversial
The first thing you notice when watching Black-ish is how cute everything and everyone is. The voiceovers are cute. The kids are cute. Anthony Anderson (“Andre”) and Tracee Ellis Ross (“Rainbow”) are cute. Laurence Fishburne’s cuddly non-cuddlyness is cute. The interactions they all have with the kids are cute. The house is cute. The asides…
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An Ode To Felicia A. O'Dell And All The Black Dramatics We Love
Hi. My name is Alex and watching Soul Train clips on YouTube is one of my favorite procrastination methods. I wish I could jump in the Magic School Bus and heel-toe back to a time when Black and Black-loving America gathered ‘round on Saturday mornings to witness well dressed Black people, jamming on the motherfucking…
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Old "Bae" Becomes New Flavor For Whites
In this, the 2014th Year of Our Lord, on the 23rd day of the month of July, at 6:55 p.m. EST, TIME Magazine ran a story. It’s headline read: “This is What Bae Means.” Yes, stupid stories happen. Stupid headlines even more frequently. But TIME Magazine, once a premier weekly magazine (the first of its…