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Black America's 10 Most Favorite White Women Ever
Alyson Stoner — and her tasteful Missy tribute after the Superbowl brought the Virginia native back into the spotlight — gives me hope for America. Because along with being everyone’s favorite random dancing White girl in early aughts rap videos, I appreciate it when someone has a genuine appreciation for something that we hold dear.…
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How Many Different Jobs Have You Had?
I was asked recently what I’d like to do if I could have any job I wanted. That answer usually centers somewhere around wanting to be the person who finds music for movies; a music supervisor if you will. I’ve always thought that would be a grand job for myself as it puts two things…
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The (Not So) Definitive List of the Top 25 Reasons Black Men Feel Disrespected
25. Using big words I don’t compressionhenoiafda understand 24. Wearing the same exclusive shoes I have on to the same place at the same time 23. Getting cut off in traffic 22. When I cut you off in traffic and you don’t realize that I didn’t mean it and you get upset 21. Walking too close…
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10 Things The Video For FourFiveSeconds Could Also Very Easily Be
1. An ad for Levi’s new “Naked” jeans, which would basically just be spandex with pockets and pleats. 2. The intro for a late 90’s television drama set in a high school in either Baltimore or the Bronx. This drama would have aired on Fox, it would have starred Keri Russell (as “Ms. Johnson”), Darius…
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Six Reasons Why Black Ink Crew Is The Realest Reality Show Ever
1. Because everyone is trying so damn hard. Each character on this show is struggling with something — Ceaser with running a business while suppressing his latent affinity for niggatry, Dutchess with sanity, Teddy with finding shirts that fit, etc — and their efforts are so palpable that it manages to make a show about…
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Bad Decisions I Will Continue To Make
I have a small crew. We don’t tag buildings with graffiti or jump crews called The Sharks. We’re better than that. We tend to meet up for things called “cocktails” and they eat sushi when its available and I eat things that aren’t sushi. I do not like sushi. Anyway, one of the folks in…
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An R&B Playlist For Colored Girls Who Listened To The Toni Braxton Secrets Album Too Soon And Have Yet To Recover
I’ve been voluntarily flailing from irrational emotion to irrational emotion for over a week now because Jazmine Sullivan has released a new album. Jazmine’s songwriting on Reality Show is so specific and raw, “Brand New” really had me ready to ugly cry like I paid for bae’s studio time and he just up and left…
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The 10 Black People You'll Only Find On The Internet
There are people on the internet. Billions and shit. And, if you spend enough time on the internet, you will meet enough people to discover distinct personality types. Most of these people are the type of people you know offline. And, even if you don’t personally know them, you’re aware of their existence. But, everyone…
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