ferguson
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Kendrick Lamar, And The Beauty Of Black Rage
Yesterday, Kendrick Lamar dropped “The Blacker The Berry” — one of the most beautifully angry rap songs we’ve ever heard. He’s furious, and it’s fantastic, and we needed to talk about it. 1. This song is an exercise in compelling writing. Not just song writing. Writing period. I wanted to READ the lyrics while listening…
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Kendrick Lamar Said Something Dumb. Looks Like Rappers Are People, Too.
In a recent cover story for Billboard magazine, hip-hop wunderkind Kendrick Lamar spoke on Ferguson in comments that lit up the Blackosphere and caught the ire of self-imposed musical Civil Rights leader and idiot savant, Azealia Banks: “I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it’s already a situation, mentally, where it’s f—-ked…
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Ferguson Isn't About Black And White. It's About Green.
Robert McCulloch, the prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County, was first elected to the post in 1991, and has held the post ever since. He often runs unopposed. He’s been re-elected six times. One of those times came after a 2001 grand jury where he allowed four officers to go free after shooting two unarmed…
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F*ck The St. Louis Police Officers Association And Everything They Believe In
If you watch the news, you’ve probably seen or at least heard about the pre-game display that a few of the St. Louis Rams football players put on when walking out of the tunnel on Sunday before they, the Rams of St. Louis put an otherworldly ass whippin’ on the Raiders of Oakland. Five players – Stedman…
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An Argument For Not Blocking Your Ridiculously Stupid And/Or Racist Facebook Friends
The last two weeks of November produced a vortex of news stories (Ferguson, Cosby, Ray Rice) everyone seems to have an opinion on. And, when everyone seems to have an opinion on something, that “everyone” includes “stupid and/or insensitive and/or racist motherfuckers.” Nowhere was this more evident than it was on Facebook, as these weeks…
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Thanksgiving And Shit
My wife and I are masochists, apparently. Because that would be the only reasonable explanation for us deciding to host somewhere between 30 and 35 members of our family for Thanksgiving this year. Actually, the real explanation is laziness. We’re both from Pittsburgh, which means that every holiday we’ve spent together has been spent shuffling from…
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Darren Wilson Is A Dick. Literally
Darren Wilson is a dick. Not in the figurative sense (although he is that too). No, I came to that conclusion after seeing the first clear images of him — the photos of the injuries he sustained while involved in the life-threatening altercation with the 8’4, 720 pound Michael Brown. Darren Wilson is dick, literally.…
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Ferguson Is Burning
I spent a couple hours this evening at a friend’s going away party. He recently accepted a job overseas, and 50 or so people gathered at SAVOY — a Black-owned restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Strip District — to see him off. The crowd was predominately male; (mostly) Black men ranging from the early 20s to the…
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12 Year Old Killed By Police; Darren Wilson Preps For TV Interview
It would be very difficult to find a juxtaposition that articulates how many Americans (Black and non-Black) feel about our country’s concept of justice better than two stories I read this morning. From Tamir Rice Shooting by Cleveland Police Under Investigation: The police shooting death of a 12-year-old boy with a toy gun in Cleveland…
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Missouri Just Declared A State Of Emergency, Which Means There's A 99.9% Chance Darren Wilson Will Not Be Indicted
And that fucking sucks. I have nothing else to say about this right now because I have nothing else to say about this right now that I haven’t already said. Just, if you’re in or near Ferguson or plan on traveling to or near Ferguson any time soon, stay safe.