culture
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Go for ‘Peak Blackness’ This Holiday With These Dishes From the Diaspora
How was your first helping of the holiday meals? Did you go in on all of your favorites when you went home for the holidays, as if mini marshmallows only exist within a 1-mile radius of your parents’ home … for three days of the year? Did you try the corn-pudding recipe from the founder…
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Choosing Family: Stop Telling LGBT People We Need to Go ‘Home’ During the Holiday Season
Each December, I get excited about the idea of the upcoming holiday season—from Christmas music to baked goods to buying presents for loved ones; it is an enjoyable time for many people. This year has been no different. But it also does not escape me that the holiday season can be a difficult time for many…
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Nate Parker Bashed for Sexual Assault Allegations, but What About Casey Affleck?
Recently, on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, co-host Charlamagne tha God asked guests Jamilah Lemieux and Amber Phillips about Nate Parker. Among his varying questions on the controversial subject, Charlamagne referenced the notion of a double standard in that Parker can’t evade backlash over accusations of sexual assault the way that white celebrities such as…
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When It Comes to Being Reality TV’s Most Likable Bad Guy, Stevie J, You Are the Father
Steve J is a likable scoundrel. The famed producer-turned-infamous reality star has seemingly long been a womanizer, but very few people who open up the messier parts of their lives to a judgmental television audience still manage to come across as so affable. It is a testament to Steven Jordan’s personality, which is chock-full of…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 22: Black or Ish? The Allen Maldonado Edition
There is a running joke on the Unique Views podcast that I, Stephen A. Crockett Jr., have agreed to work with Danielle Young, aka Miss Patti LaDanielle, aka Ms. Patti Patti, knowing that she served time in a small prison in Iowa. I’ve also claimed that I work with her because it shows unity and…
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7 Gift Ideas for the Sister Who Celebrates Her Spiritual Side Like Queen Sugar’s Nova
Everyone knows someone like Nova Bordelon from the hit TV show Queen Sugar. She is fierce and fearless—a true Nubian queen. Her body is her temple, and her mind knows no boundaries. She doesn’t buy from corporations. She supports small businesses all day, every day. She may even have her own side hustle. If your sister…
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Embracing Whiteness Won’t Save You
Black people: Embracing whiteness won’t save us. Last week Lee Daniels went on record again stating that much of his success can be attributed to his not embracing racism. Daniels went on to state that he doesn’t “have time to deal with racism” and expressed that his denial of racism in our country came from…