culture
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No, You Can’t Just Wake Up and Decide to Be Black
Apparently people seem to have a hard time grasping the concept of race when it comes to being black. That was clearly seen in the comments section of my Paris Jackson post about how she had declared herself a black woman. I left the ending vague and with a question on purpose because I wanted…
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Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali and Hidden Figures Win Big at SAG Awards
The 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards took place Sunday night, and on the heels of President HWSRN’s immigration ban specifically targeting Muslims, some award winners used the opportunity to speak out against the atrocities that unfolded over the weekend. Mahershala Ali took home the SAG Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Moonlight,…
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The Radical Uses of Anger: All White Women Aren’t the Enemy, but White Supremacy Always Is
Black women have never labored under the assumption that all womanhood is created equal in a white supremacist society. We have had to fight for access to the full spectrum of womanhood, to be treated not as breeding chattel but as fully human. We know white supremacy to be a feminist issue on the most…
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Woo Ha! Missy Elliott Drops New Single and Teaser for Documentary
Hot girl forever Missy Elliott recently dropped a new single and released a teaser for a documentary based on her life Friday. The 90-second trailer promises a film that delves into one of hip-hop’s most creative minds. “It’s never just a record for me,” Elliott says in the beginning of the clip. “It’s never just…
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Mary, Mary, Why You Buggin’? Tina Campbell ’Splains Her Support of Donald Trump (Though No One Really Asked)
Tina Campbell, one half of contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary, is yet another black woman who has come out in support of President Dick L’Orange. Campbell took to her Facebook page this week with an open letter, giving our new president both her forgiveness and support. Awwwwww. She lists her reasons as biblically based. “I…
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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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NBC Ain’t Shit: Megyn Kelly to Replace Only 2 Black Folks* on Today Show
In their groveling assent to the “people of the country who are so forgotten”—you know, real Americans—NBC is reportedly contributing its own special brand of self-interested racism to the culture by keeping daytime TV and news as white as it wanna be. You would have thought, after the MSNBC debacle when the network tried (and…
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Welcome Back to Music, LeToya Luckett. You Had Me Waiting Forever, Girl
I knew that I loved LeToya Luckett when I noticed in the thank-you notes for Destiny’s Child’s immaculate sophomore album, The Writing’s on the Wall, that she shouted out Pappadeaux’s crawfish platter. Of course, there was already an affinity there—she’s from the same hood in Houston I’m from (Hiram Clarke, ho)—but really, that crawfish mention…
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Unique Views, Episode 28: Ginuwine’s Catalog Can Compete With Jodeci’s; Yep, We Said It
What it do, y’all? We back at it like a drug habit. It’s your favorite host’s favorite hosts: Stephen A. Crockett Jr. (the 3rd), aka “Lattisaw,” and the most liturgical, dancingest host whose white gloves stay spotless, Ms. Patti LaDanielle, aka Danielle Young. And I have to jump right in: Danielle totally froze! Ohmigod, it…
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UW-Madison Student Trying to Start White Nationalist Group on Campus Pleaded Guilty to Arson of Black Churches
You can’t make some stuff up. According to WISC-TV, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who is in the middle of trying to start a white nationalist group on campus has served time in federal prison for setting two black churches on fire. Daniel Dropik, 33, pleaded guilty to arson charges in 2005 after starting fires…