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Trump Forgets He's Racist and Vile, Calls on Rep. Ilhan Omar to Resign Over Anti-Semitic Remarks
In the alternate universe where Trump lives—a universe that strangely resembles a trailer park on the side of a barely used freeway—the president can be one of the most vile, racist, xenophobic, hot-tempered, bullying, making fun of the disabled, Russian-elected officials to ever steal the White House and call for an actual American elected official…
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Hey VSB Commenters, Reclaim Your Time and Your Comments (From Disqus)!
If you were a commenter on Very Smart Brothas before the switch to Kinja, this is your chance to reassociate all your old comments from Disqus with your new Kinja account. Just follow these steps: Go to kinja.com/claim. Click the “Claim With Disqus” button. Log in to the Disqus account used to comment on Very…
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New Survey Wants More Journalists to Enter Comments Sections; Nah
Whenever I am asked why I don’t go into the comments sections of any of my published work, my response is immediate and in the form of a question: “Why do you hate me?” I am black, gay, work in media and have private student loans. Have I not suffered enough? For years now, many…
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Colin Kaepernick on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Comments: ‘It Is Disappointing’
Colin Kaepernick admits that he was disappointed to learn that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg finds his and other NFL players’ protest against over-policing of African-American men, women and children to be “dumb and disrespectful.” During an interview with Katie Couric, RBG noted that she wouldn’t have someone who protested by burning a flag thrown…
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Is Fox Sports Commentator Skip Bayless Woke?
I know that the often controversial Skip Bayless generally doesn’t have enough decent, compassionate, thoughtful sports sound clips to fill a thimble. He’s often wrong about sports and often is just wrong in general. Who can forget the time Richard Sherman called him out and the time Jalen Rose blasted him for being, well, Skip…
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Don’t Read the Comments … Especially if You’re a Black Woman
Two weeks ago I wrote an article in the form of an open letter to Nate Parker, confessing my conflicted feelings about the recently resurfaced revelations about his 17-year-old rape trial. It should be noted that my article was one of dozens on the topic, and far from the most damning. While I openly expressed my…