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10 Life Lessons I've Learned From Watching Black Movies
(A blast from the past I felt compelled to update and edit after watching Devil in a Blue Dress again last weekend) 1. Light-skinned business women with long hair are shrewish (ie: Melissa De Sousa in The Best Man), gold-digging (ie: Michael Michele in New Jack City and Veronica Webb in In Too Deep), conniving…
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The 10 Worst Drinks Black People Ever Thought It Was Cool To Drink
10. Cristal Because you will never convince me there’s any discernible difference between Cristal and Andre. 9. Malt liquor (any) I know it’s not politically correct to victim blame, but if you willingly sleep with someone who drinks malt liquor and you wake up with your TV, toothbrushes, and four steps off of your staircase…
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Jagged Edge Is Better Than 112. Here's Why.
Nobody asked me but I’m telling you right now: Jagged Edge is and was a better singing group than 112. Most people will disagree with this. Most people will be wrong. I know this to be fact because I’ve seen Twitter arguments on this topic and I myself started a FB debate where I’m pretty…
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How to Help Your Kids Understand Revolution
When the compressed frustration of black folks spills over into physical expressions of both rage and outrage, the resulting images can be jarring. It looks like chaotic crazy, not the least bit by accident, because mainstream media absolutely loves getting hold of a story, splicing together some footage and wringing the life out of it…
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A List Of People I Apparently Look Like
Now this ain’t funny so don’t you dare laugh but apparently I’m a “motherfucker you lightskinneded” doppelganger to the stars. All my life I had to fight…off the accusations that I look like a varying number of famous to pseudo-famous people. I’d like to say that its flattering but there really aren’t any rewards for…
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The Dos And Don'ts Of Coed Flag Football With Bougie Black People
Last weekend, Pittsburgh tricked us into thinking winter was over by giving us consecutive 70 degree days. This included a spectacular 78 degree day on Saturday; the memory of which makes the 29 degree morning we’re currently experiencing particularly cruel. Fuck you, Pittsburgh. Fortunately, Saturday also happened to be the day a flag football game…
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10 Things About New York City From A Guy Who's Definitely Not From New York City
I was in New York City for two days last week. I was also there for a couple days in February, 36 hours or so in 2013, and for three days in 2012. By all accounts, this makes me a New York City expert. And, since I’m a New York City expert, I feel completely comfortable…
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9 Black Movies at NYC’s Tribeca Film Festival You’ll Want to See
The 14th annual Tribeca Film Festival is coming to New York City April 15-26, and it features a handful of films highlighting some of the diverse stories inside the black experience. There is a short by Spike Lee and a feature film by one of his protégés, Michael Larnell; documentaries about Mary J. Blige and…
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Movies To Avoid Watching If You Don't Want To Hate White People This Week
We’ve all been there before. You see a movie with intense racism and/or racial violence, and while discussing the movie later, you joke — well, hopefully just joke — about how it made you hate White people. Of course, you don’t hate White people. You might have even shared that comment with a White…
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Easter Styles From NYC’s 5th Avenue Parade
On a bright, sunny Sunday, the annual New York City Easter Parade did not disappoint. Sisters were styling, brothers were showing off their creative talents. Here is a look at a few of our favorite Easter hats from the Fifth Avenue parade.
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