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  • Hey Y'all, His Name Is Eddie KING, Jr. Not Eddie Kane, Jr. Here’s How I Know.

    It is amazing how a simple comment or Facebook status message can lead to clarity, but that’s exactly what happened that has me out here doing it for the culture and providing some definitive information to settle bets that have languished for years. Hell, I, myself, lost $20 on this very discussion because of a…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Unique Views, Episode 20: Jive Turkey, Featuring Pam Grier

    Are you like me? Have you ever wished that there was a bigger, blacker Netflix for all the blaxploitation movies of the past? Well, wait no more! Introducing Brown Sugar, the biggest, baddest, blackest mutha— Patti LaDanielle: Shut yo’ mouth! Just talking about Brown Sugar on Bounce TV. Seriously, the service is dope, free for the first…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Black Movies That Aren't Nearly As Good (Or Even As Black) As We Pretend They Are

    Every fall Hollywood releases the important films—that is, the movies they think will garner Oscar attention. There will be the obligatory biopics with actors embodying disability or overcoming adversity. There will the political films that uncover a scandal or tell stories centered in human misery. Then there will be the artistic achievements, you know,films about…

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    Lawrence Ware

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  • Ask Agatha: The Debt-Related Danger Of Accepting Drinks From Men

    Kali from Durham, NC asks: If a guy buys me a drink, do I owe him something? I feel like they think I owe them something and I hate having them trail after me all night because of a cocktail. Well debt collectors are nothing if not persistent. And that’s what these men are, debt…

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    Agatha Guilluame

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  • Dear Netflix, You Are A Liar.

    Dear Netflix, I’m an ardent supporter and user of your services. I was hittin’ a Netflix and chill before it was even a thing. Of course, I was doing that by myself usually where I’d fire up Netflix and chill on my couch and watch whatever movie I or the mysterious people who have stolen…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • 10 Life Lessons I've Learned From Watching Black Movies

    (A blast from the past I felt compelled to update and edit after watching Devil in a Blue Dress again last weekend) 1. Light-skinned business women with long hair are shrewish (ie: Melissa De Sousa in The Best Man), gold-digging (ie: Michael Michele in New Jack City and Veronica Webb in In Too Deep), conniving…

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    Damon Young

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  • Is Furious 7 A "Black" Movie? (Hint: Yes)

    Last weekend, as I watched Furious 7 confirm that it’s both the most ridiculous and the most dependable movie franchise ever — it’s basically the movie version of the cheddar bay biscuit — I couldn’t help but ponder a few metaphysical queries, namely… 1. Is there a person whose job is to spray The Rock with sweat…

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    Damon Young

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  • The Black Movie Solidarity Struggle

    “Pizza is a lot like sex. When it’s good, it’s really good. When it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.” I discussed this quote with one of the homies, recently. We both agreed that it’s bullshit logic. If I’m not mistaken, the point of the pizza and sex is pleasure. It’s expected to be pleasurable. So,…

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    Tonja Renée Stidhum

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  • The Dear White People Roundtable

    After what seems like a year’s worth of trailers, teasers, and dozens of free screenings for Bougie Blacks and guilt-ridden Whites, Dear White People was finally released. Some are calling it genius and whichever other superlative they can think of. Others have been somewhat underwhelmed. Last week, we started an email thread for the VSB…

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    VSB Staff

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  • “Harlem Nights” and Other Negro Viewing Requirements

    I watched Harlem Nights for the first time last weekend. It was outlandishly Blackety Black Black. Just how I like my men. I loved it. But that didn’t matter. Apparently, making it to 29 without having seen Redd Foxx’s last big screen appearance was a crime against Blackness, because far too many people responded to…

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    Alexander Hardy

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