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Yes, We Celebrated a Whole Week of 2021 NAACP Image Award Winners and There's Still a Ceremony This Weekend
Y’all already know Black folks don’t half-ass our celebrations. So, it should come as no surprise that the NAACP dedicated an entire week of awarding Black excellence with a daily “virtual experience” for its block of non-televised award winners. Let’s break down what already happened and what’s to come! Y’all Won (Already) The non-televised award…
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Is Condi Rice Mansplaining the #MeToo Movement by Saying Women Shouldn’t Turn Into ‘Snowflakes’?
In words one might not expect from the woman who used to be provost at a major university, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seemingly mansplained the #MeToo movement. “Let’s not turn women into snowflakes. Let’s not infantilize women,” Rice said during a CNN interview with David Axelrod on Saturday night. Instead of rightly…
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Condoleezza Rice Endorses Jeff Sessions for US Attorney General
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday endorsed Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be U.S. attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump. Rice, an Alabama native herself, wrote a letter of appreciation to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) about Sessions, and CNN reports that she said Sessions, a “friend,” is someone she admired…
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VSB Presents: The #BlackestName In America Tournament, Round 1 Day 1
Detroit. The first season of Frank’s Place. The second verse on Lift Every Voice and Sing. Frosted Flakes with added sugar. ?uestlove’s name. ?uestlove’s beard. Your auntie. Grape Kool-aid. Killah Priest. Every character Isaiah Washington has ever played. Delta Sigma Theta. Uncles named “Unc.” The list of things undeniably and unquestionably Black stretches from here to Gary,…