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Judge of Characters: Hello, 911? It’s Me, White America
What in the world happened this week? It seemed like racism was determined to show its casual and ugly face all over America with the terrible trend of #LivingWhileBlack. All of a sudden, black people are having the cops show up after someone white calls the cops because they’re afraid. These black folks have been…
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Judge of Characters: Black Men, White Wives … This Is America
Donald Glover basically broke the internet when he released his video for “This Is America,” a disturbing visual with enough interpretable art all up and through it. Even the biggest art intellectual likely needed to go back and watch it 47 times. I know I did. But that’s a testament to good art, right? You…
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Judge of Characters: Kanye West Doesn’t Care About Racism
This has been a very hard week to swallow, namely because of rapper and former black man Kanye West. Kim Kardashian’s doting husband has been known for his sporadic rants, but this time (like many times before) he took to Twitter to share whatever thoughts were running through his brain. Clearly, the sunken place has…
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Judge of Characters: How to Hate on Beyoncé, a Guide
Here’s the thing about Beyoncé: She is legit one of the greatest entertainers of our time, if not the greatest. Fight me. Since Queen Bey’s epic, unapologetically black Coachella performance, the whole world has been talking. Black folks have their chests puffed out in pride over it, yet there are others out there who saw…
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Judge of Characters: Can White People Do Black Hair?
Perhaps the proper question is, can “transracial” mascot Rachel Dolezal do black hair? Well, she does, and has been doing so for a while; she acknowledged in her book, In Full Color, that she would do hair in college as a side hustle. That hustle has grown into a full-on kitchen-beautician business, and Dolezal is…
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Judge of Characters: The Hatred of Black Women
The death of Stephon Clark does what many black men’s deaths at the hands of police do: rally the troops to protest why, for some strange reason, black lives seemingly don’t matter. There’s no way for us to think otherwise when Clark was shot down in less than seven seconds in his grandmother’s backyard. But…
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Judge of Characters: Black Lives Don’t Matter
There’s something so beautiful about the students-turned-activists who have emerged from the awful tragedy of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. Instead of being victims, these kids became champions for human rights and gun control, reflected in the March for Our Lives on Saturday. They have been fully embraced by almost everyone. However, the Black Lives…
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Judge of Characters: Learning to Share the Culture When Black Panther Goes Beyond the Black Community
Black Panther has revolutionized superhero movies—well movies in general. The film with the predominantly black cast has broken records, sparked community service and inspired STEM center openings around the United States, and with that greatness comes the responsibility of sharing the culture. It’s very obvious that black people experience T’Challa and his kingdom in a…
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Judge of Characters: Colonizers Are Having a Hard Time Stomaching Black Panther’s Success
It’s official: Black Panther is a blockbuster hit, and our feelings will never be done with this film. This movie has emotionally affected us all. While there are many melanated people who are swathed in pride because of Black Panther’s representation and all-out beauty, there are just as many (if not more) melanin-deficient folks who…