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A Short and Not-at-All Exhaustive List of Things Alabamians Should Vote for That Are Not Jeff Sessions
It is with the utmost disrespect that my heart can muster that I say this: Jeff Sessions has the tenacity of the world’s most stalwart, racist cockroach. The 72-year-old former attorney general, who Coretta Scott King famously argued was too racist to be a federal judge, is expected to announce today that he is running…
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10 Things White People Don't Really Seem To Give A Fuck About
1. Black people Some things really need no explanation but ya know, we explain shit and shit around here. I’m not, however, going to explain this shit because I mean, duh. 2. The rights of anybody but white people, but especially Black people White man with a gun? Exercising his rights. Black man with a…
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How to be Internet "Famous" and Day Job Anonymous at the Same Damn Time
I don’t want to bury the lede, so here’s the punchline: On Friday, I left my day job after 14 years to work for VSB full time; nobody at my day job had any idea about VSB. Full stop. For my entire tenure as a government employee, working that good government job, I flew under…
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I Saw Girls Trip In A Theater With Like 17 Million Black Women There And Now I Have Thoughts About That Experience!
1. It was the first time I went to a pitch black movie theater — while wearing some nice jeans and some really fresh sneakers, if I say so myself — and somehow felt underdressed. I felt like I was wearing house party clothes to a day party. 2. While at a mall a few…
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A List Of Things I Care More About Right Now, At 2:05 PM EST, Than I Care About O.J. Simpson's Parole Hearing
1. This surprisingly tasty gluten-free donut I just ate 17 minutes ago. 2. The thought of whether its too soon to get another donut, and if two donuts in an hour is a decision I really need to be making, even if said donut is gluten-free. 3. The homie Aisha Harris’ review of Girls Trip,…
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Have Your Heaven Now: What Lupus Taught Me About Life
Lupus was part of my life story long before I gained firsthand experience as a young tenderoni. I’ve watched my mother battle the autoimmune disease for my entire life, and she had already dealt with the shit for 15 years before I entered the world. Grandma says the first signs of impending fuckery (my words)…
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12 Thoughts on Jay Z's New Album, "4:44" Because We All Care Right Now
At midnight EST, Jay-Z dropped his latest album 4:44 amidst one of the better promo runs we’ve seen in a while. Of course, to listen to it you had to either sign up for Sprint and why would you do that or have a subscription to Tidal, which is only slightly less unreasonable than signing…
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The Joy They (And By They, I Mean White People) Can’t Steal
On November 4, 2008, we witnessed a collective moment of hope and inspiration in the Black community with the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. As a moment of pride and patriotism, I don’t think there has ever been a time in the African American experience where we’ve felt as though…
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10 Thoughts About "All Eyez On Me", Both A Day Late and a Dollar Short
I finally saw All Eyez On Me, the Tupac Shakur biopic that’s been years in the making after a bunch of fits and starts. It was pretty universally panned by critics, but I loves me a good bad Black movie so a bad review is like catnip to a thug. Also, I’m a big fan…
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The 10 Blackest Moments From A BET Awards Show I Only Watched An Hour Of Because It Was Long As Shit And I'm Old
Full disclosure. This will not be a recap of the entire show. Because I did not watch the entire show. Because I’m old as fuck and took a nap at 8pm and woke up at like 10pm. Because old ass niggas take evening naps. And then for the first few moments of watching the awards,…
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