culture
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Black Conservative Columnist: End Black History Month
Black History Month: a wretched 28-day miseducation of American children in public schools who aren’t told about all the bad things blacks are able to get away with today, and who are force-fed factually flawed (if not completely fictional) history about how bad slavery was. At least that’s how Mychal Massie, a black conservative, views…
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Smartphone, Dumb Thief: Police Use Selfie to Catch Crook
A Florida man stole a cellphone and took a selfie with it, and it’s a good thing he did, since the phone was linked to the owner’s account, through he he could see the photo. The owner then took the photo to the police, who posted it on their social media outlets and the man…
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George Zimmerman to Fight Rapper DMX in Celebrity Match
Looks like X gon’ give it to him. Rapper DMX has been chosen to be George Zimmerman’s opponent in a celebrity boxing match, which has gained attention nationwide. The details of the fight are yet to be determined, but will be announced at a news conference next Wednesday, according to CNN. Earlier Wednesday morning, owner…
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Jerry Seinfeld Doesn’t Care About Race or Gender, Just Laughs
Asking Jerry Seinfeld about race and gender in terms of who he finds funny “really pisses” him off, Yahoo reports. Talk of diversity in comedy continues—on the heels of Saturday Night Live hiring Sasheer Zamata, their first black female cast member in six years, and two black female writers, after viewers publicly chided the show…
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Dolphins Lift Incognito’s Suspension as Texts Shed Light on Relationship
On Tuesday, the Miami Dolphins lifted the three-month suspension of guard Richie Incognito, days before NFL investigator Ted Wells is set to release his findings into allegations that Incognito bullied and tormented offensive lineman, Jonathan Martin, ESPN reports. “I would to thank my family and friends for their continued love and support. It’s official,” Incognito…
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Film Classics Reimagined With African Leading Ladies
We wish that the film remakes featured in the exhibit ONOMOllywood, the brainchild of Dakar, Senegal-based photographers Omar Victor Diop and Antoine Tempé, were real. The duo was approached by hotel group Onomo International to create a photo series that used Onomo’s hotels as a backdrop. Diop and Tempé decided to create a 20-photo exhibit…
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You Should Watch the Winter Olympics, and Here’s Why
For most of the 90 years that the Winter Olympics Games have been staged, snow and ice was not only the competitive landscape but also the perfect racial metaphor for the games and their athletes. While the colorful, five-ringed Olympic flag symbolized the games’ global reach, there was little color to be seen in the…
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6 Tips for Interracial Couples Who Get Stares and Weird Comments
“I wonder if you’ve addressed the interracial-couple dilemma: the questions, side glances, comments (‘You’re such a cute couple’), etc. I’m a black woman and have been with my boyfriend for five years. While I’ve inoculated myself against the stares and comments, I still struggle with the knowledge that our skin is all some people see.…
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Black Beauty Standards Can Be Just as Unhealthy as White Ones
Last week, there were plenty of reactions to an XO Jane story in which a self-described “skinny white girl” in a yoga class assumed that a “heavyset” black woman, who never said a word to her, coveted her lithe form. Whatever. That misguided essay launched hundreds of responses, including one of my own, which pointed…
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MLK Sons Want to Sell Nobel Peace Prize, Claims Bernice King
A shocking statement released by Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., claims that her brothers want to sell his Nobel Peace Prize and his Bible, which President Obama used to take the oath of office at his second inauguration. She claims that the two items are in her possession and when she…