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The 10 Worst Haircuts In Black Male History
Earlier this week, Baron Davis made an appearance on First Take and introduced us all to a new hairstyle. It’s been called a Jheri Curl, but I wouldn’t quite call it that. Mainly because it’s not wet enough. It looks more like a batch of collard greens an aint-shit cousin left on the stove too long…
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Nothing Makes Sense Anymore: Five Takeaways From The Weirdest And Wackiest NBA Finals I've Ever Seen
1. It’s far too early to make any concrete declarations about victors or losers in this series. Mainly because Stephen Curry is a preternaturally gifted lightskinned genie equipped with the ability to actually make the type of shots that regularly get terrible pick-up basketball players stabbed for even attempting. And I’m forever fearful of people…
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Coming to America: A West Indian’s Guide
I moved from Trinidad and Tobago to New York City in the summer of 2013. When I settled into my new environment, I quickly learned it was nothing like I had imagined. Thankfully, I overcame the worst of the culture shock and found my footing. Here are a few tips I can share from my…
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The Black-Ass Books, Albums, Movies And More I'm Giving My Black-Ass Baby When He's Born
As I wrote a couple weeks ago, The Wife Person and I are expecting. A child. An actual human baby. An actual human baby we will have to actually parent. In anticipation of this actual human baby we will have to actually parent, we’ve had a few conversations about the type of parents we anticipate being.…
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10 Ways FitBit Changed My Life In Less Than A Week
For my birthday, I was gifted a FitBit Flex. My sister came into town to visit for a week and kept going on about how she had to get her “steps” in everyday, often pacing back and forth in 5 or 10 minute spurts trying to crack her goal for the day. The idea of…
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"Trap Queen" And Other Black Songs White People Love Waaaaaaay More Than We Do
Essentially, everything about Fetty Wap is an anomaly; his name sounds like a colloquialism for masturbation or a Great Value brand version of a “Money Dance.” He’s from New Jersey yet sounds like an Atlanta artist, and while he reps Haiti to the fullest, he isn’t remotely West Indian. For real, he had some griot…
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10 Surprising Things Panama Jackson Is Older Than Today
1. The 34-year-old John Amos when he was cast in Good Times as the husband of the then 193-year-old Esther Rolle 2. Any rapper who’s ever released an album worth listening to. Because nothing says “Yeah, I don’t drink coffee. But, if I did, this CD would make a great coaster!” better than “a rap album…
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The Only Things On Earth That Matter Less Than Your Opinion Of How Disgusted You Are By Caitlyn Jenner
1. French rap. And by “French” I mean “Gospel” 2. Fruit salad with no pineapples 3. The three T-Mobile Sidekicks I have stored in a shoebox somewhere in my home. And the burnt orange and black Von Dutch hat also in that shoebox. 4. Unfortunately, every movie Kevin Smith has made since Dogma 5. White tears…
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10 Myths About Black People That Need To Be Taken Behind A Barn And Shot In The Fucking Face
Smart Black kids are regularly teased by other Blacks for “acting White” and ostracized because of their academic achievements It can not be denied that some Black people have experienced this. But creating and promoting a narrative that this type of intentional academic self-sabotage happens all the time — like there are sentinels on every…
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