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Taye Diggs Doesn't Want His Son To Be Black; Black People Don't Want Taye Diggs to Be Black Either
1. Taye Diggs believes you are an idiot. And yes, “you” encapsulates literally any and every person who happens to be reading this. If you are reading this — or, if you’re not reading this and just happen to be alive somewhere breathing air or eating Baja Fresh — Taye Diggs believes that you’re a…
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Damon On BET (And Jezebel) Speaking On The Wackness Of The "New Black"
Last month, BET invited Damon to New York City to address the New Black wackness running amok and read an edited version of “Eight Signs You’re “Just Black” Even Though You Believe You’re “New Black.” While in the city, he also stopped by the Jezebel offices to contribute to a video piece Hillary Crosley Coker…
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"New Black" Is The New Black
This level of awareness isn’t inherently negative. The process of thinking about Blackness doesn’t make you love it any less. Sometimes, it makes you love it more. And, as The Blackest Names tournament proves, it can be fun. But, an existence in and navigation of a place where you’re perpetually forced to examine how your…