blackest thing
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Why "I Hope He Whooped The Shit Out Of George Zimmerman" Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Heard This Week
1. Because although Melissa Harris-Perry said “hope,” its said in the same spirit of Cedric The Entertainer’s “wish.” Remember, she gave this speech at Cornell University. If she gave that speech at Cornell’s House of Naturals in East St. Louis instead, I’m 99.9% certain “I hope he whooped the shit out of George Zimmerman” would have…
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Why Cicely Tyson Combing Viola Davis's Hair On HTGAWM Was The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen This Week
I am convinced there is a writer — or, perhaps, a group of writers — on the How to Get Away with Murder staff whose sole job is to think of and craft the single Blackest scene they can possibly film that week while maintaining the show’s integrity. Perhaps their job title is ‘Blackness Grip”…
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Why This Kid's YMCA Membership Card Pic Is The Blackest (And Cutest) Thing We've Ever Seen This Week
1. He’s shooting a jumpshot with the form people use when they want to mimic shooting a jumpshot, even though that’s no one’s actual jumpshot form. Basically, it’s a “We Fly High” (Ballin’) video jumpshot. This is Black. 2. Even though this is a pretend jumpshot with pretend form, his smirk clearly lets you know…
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Why The "Unmasking" Of Viola Davis On HTGAWM Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen This Week
1. Because Blackness, in its essence, is about innovation and creativity born out of circumstance. It’s assigning practical solutions to less than ideal situations. It’s the perpetual shifting of an imperfect paradigm. It’s how soul food was created. It’s why ball players from Chicago are traditionally adept at getting to the hoop because it’s too…
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Why This Picture Of Joe Biden Counting Cash And Eating Ice Cream Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen Today
1. Although Bill Clinton has been a honorary Black American so long that he’s basically honorary Black emeritus, Joe Biden is the one who truly deserves that honor. Because he’s been an outspoken advocate for civil rights. And because along from Huck from Scandal, he’s the only other White man to willingly serve under a…
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Ebola, Hoes, and Mixtapes: The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen This Week, Redux
Every now and then you see something so hilarious you hope and pray that its true. This is how I felt today when a friend of mine sent me a link this Tumblr with the following exchange. It turned me into a detective to do as much research as possible into it. 1. It’s real.…
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Why This Seagram's Gin With A Complimentary Du-Rag Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen
This bottle of Seagram’s gin with a complimentary du-rag, brought to our attention when @itweetdafif shared it with Panama Jackson, is the Blackest Thing we’ve ever seen this week. Here’s why. 1. There’s a certain level of Blackness you need to ascend to in order to willingly purchase and consume a bottle of Seagram’s gin. And…
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Why Charlo Greene Quitting Her Job On Air Is The Blackest Thing We've Ever Seen This Week
1. Her name is Charlo Greene and she’s a reporter in Alaska. This is an extra Black name in the lower 48. In Alaska, though, this is peak Blackness. 2. She is enterprising, and confident enough in her enterprise to sacrifice a career she presumably went to school for — and paid tens of thousands…
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The Blackest Thing We've Seen This Week
Why this Kool-Aid ad featuring Malcolm Jamal-Warner, brought to our attention by Tonja Stidhum, is the Blackest thing we’ve seen all week. 1. There is no single food Blacker than the Kool-Aid packet. Not greens, not chitlins, not salt, not nothing. Imagine Cornell West playing dominoes at Rucker Park in Harlem. That’s how Black the…
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VSB Roundtable: The Blackest Thing You've Ever Seen
I’m keeping the intro simple this time. Earlier, Maya showed me this vine: Perhaps it’s not the single Blackest thing I’ve ever seen — I’d have to dig into my archives to make that determination — but it’s definitely top 10. Maybe even top five. What’s yours? —-Damon Young Damn that’s Negro as fuck. Sets…