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  • Racism Explained to ‘New Blacks’ Like They're 5 Years Old

    It seems as if every other week, another black celebrity sits down in front of cameras, microphones and a cunning white interviewer with a disarming smile and nefarious means, and tries to explain to the world the delusion that he or she is living in a post-racial America where inequality and prejudice no longer exist.…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Unique Views Podcast, Episode 8: Mathew Knowles Knows Talent 

    Like we always do at this time (Kanye voice), we back, y’all! More importantly, I’m back, y’all, with two co-workers who are here because of a court order. I know that y’all don’t care, but they are the Podcast Pips, aka Patti LaDanielle Young (her real name is Danielle Young, and she makes that clear…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • The Insult And Intimidation Of Black Women Is As American As Apple Pie

    In an ideal world, we would spend the next few hundred words articulating the significance of a Black woman achieving rapid career acceleration in the entertainment industry after decades of hard work. Leslie Jones’s addition to SNL, an institution Whiter than tampon commercial underwear, is a major accomplishment. As is her being cast in the Ghostbusters reboot.…

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    Shamira Ibrahim

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  • Leslie Jones' Monday Perfectly Shits on the RNC

    Ok wait. I know the title is really weird, but I promise you, this makes sense. Yesterday, for reasons unknown (actually, that’s not true, we know why) racist trolls came out of the woodwork to completely disrespect Leslie Jones on a level that’s usually only heard of on a site like 4Chan. Except this was…

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    Joel Philip

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