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10 Ways To Prevent Getting Profiled By The Police If Driving While Black
For the past few months, comedian Chris Rock has been documenting his run-ins with the police by taking a selfie each time he’s profiled and sharing it on social media. Isaiah Washington, an actor best known for his role as Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden in the Joe Torre biopic, Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way, tweeted that…
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Five Reasons Why Tidal Is NOT The Illuminati
Yesterday, a Jay Z-lead cohort of the people invited to Beyonce’s last spades party had some sort of press conference to announce they were taking their collective talents to Tidal, some sort of streaming service. Naturally, considering the people involved, what they’re attempting to do, and the fact that Alicia Keys was asked to speak,…
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Eight Signs You're "Just Black" Even Though You Believe You're "New Black"
New Black fever has continued to spread. It started last year with Pharrell’s interview with Oprah where he spoke of a new Blackness that doesn’t transcend race and culture as much as it attempts to make it obsolete. Since then, several celebrities — including Raven Symone, Kanye West, and (most recently) Common — have spoken about how…
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Chance The Rapper Might Be The Pettiest Dude Of All Time.
Petty dudes have been having a field day lately. First, Big Sean dropped “IDFWU”, a nod to his now defunct relationship with Glee actress Naya Rivera, which at the time felt like the apex of pettiness in song form. It was almost an excercise in abject immaturity with its repeated musings of “I don’t give…
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Here Are 3 Tech Companies Backing Up Diversity Efforts With Cash
Following this week’s unveiling of Apple’s long-awaited smart watch, the company has pledged a whopping $50 million toward creating job opportunities for women and people of color in tech—an industry that has lacked diversity. The smart-device innovator has stated its commitment to diversity, continuing momentum generated by Intel and Google earlier this year. Here’s a…
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Um…Shouldn't Power Get A Royalty Check From Empire Now Too?
The “Blurred Lines” verdict likely won’t signal the end of the music industry. Although I agree that it set a bad precedent, I doubt it’s going to lead to a world where the only music not in danger of facing a copyright suit is made in the shower. But, if we are going to go there —…
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Five Types Of Post-Racial Racists You Will Definitely Meet
The most telling part of the SAE fraternity chant caught on camera — well, the most telling part aside from the tuxes and gowns, because nothing says “it’s time to do some racist-ass shit” like Tuxedo Junction Groupons — is the fact that this song was perfect. The words, cadence, and rhythm were a perfect fit…
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You Do Not Love The Coco More Than This Grandma
1. Everything about this video is what it should be. From the grainy video with the meme splashed across it to the fact that it goes on about two minutes longer than it should and this grandmother has on a church hat. The fact that I can’t even really tell if this somebody’s grandmother or…
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Who Is Full Of The Most Shit In Regards To Penis Size?
After examining over 15,000 people — men ages 17 to 91 in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States — researchers have determined that the average erect penis length is 5.14 inches. This, and other findings of this study, means many people are up to their necks in bullshit. Who exactly is up to their neck in bullshit?…
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VSB Goes To Harvard
Over this past weekend, Damon and I had the privilege and honor to speak at the Harvard Black Law Students Association’s Spring Conference on a panel entitled “Black Media Matters” where we discussed Black representation in the media, Black media in the context of the larger media picture, and way that new media has allowed…
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