May 19SaveTelevision5/19/20Television5/19/20Bring Some Trustworthy Potato Salad Because You Are Invited to Questlove's PotluckTonja Renée Stidhum4SaveY’all hungry?
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May 25 2018Save5/25/18Drank Options to Bring to a Memorial Day Cookout for the Person Who Never Knows What to BringPanama Jackson92SaveOne truism in life: Never trust a person who has no idea what liquor to bring to a cookout. There are exceptions to…
Apr 20 2018Save4/20/18What’s the Best Song to ‘Electric Slide’ To?Panama Jackson80SaveI hate the Cha Cha Slide. Like, I will never ever get up and do it at a wedding, graduation party, funeral party or…
Nov 28 2017Save11/28/17Black Folks Who, Though Invited, Probably Wouldn’t Come to the CookoutPanama Jackson132SaveAh, #TheCookout. That grand bastion of blackness where nobody ever reneges during spades, and the brown liquor,…
Sep 1 2017Save9/1/175 Rules for Black Cookouts ... and LifeMichael Harriot92SaveAs one of the world’s leading cookoutologists (I would say I’m the leading authority, but my aunt Phyllis hasn’t…
Jul 21 2017Save7/21/17The NAACP Invited Trump to the Cookout, but He Said ‘Nah’Michael Harriot27SaveYou know how there’s the one person at your job, at your church or in your sorority who you can’t stand, but you…
Jun 30 2017SaveThe Root Video6/30/17 The Root Video6/30/17Watch: Your Ultimate Guide to Black BBQsDanielle Young55SaveSummertime is here, and with this glorious time of year comes one of the favorite pastimes of black people…
Feb 16 2017Save2/16/17White Folks Can’t Just Come to the Cookout Because They Perform BlacknessMichael Arceneaux234SaveWhenever a white person does something remotely decent related to black people or black culture—be it displaying…
Oct 17 2016Save10/17/163 Charged in Fatal Shooting of Tyson Gay’s DaughterVeronica GravesSaveOn Sunday, three men were charged in connection with the shooting death of Olympian sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old…
Jul 20 2016Save7/20/16Kan. Black Lives Matter Turns Planned Protest Into Cookout With PoliceBreanna EdwardsSaveA Wichita, Kan., Black Lives Matter group was planning a protest march on Sunday as the nation continued to grapple…
May 27 2016Save5/27/16Will I Attend Your Memorial Day Cookout, Or Nah? (A Flowchart)Damon Young369SaveBecause I can't let bad cookout decisions happen to good people.
Sep 3 2015Save9/3/15Things Your Bitch Ass Better Not Do At A Labor Day CookoutDamon Young474SaveLabor Day is almost here. Which means the summer is officially over. Which sucks. Because it felt like we had three…
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