pop culture
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BET's #NeverForget "N*gga Wake Up" Call To Stacey Dash Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened Last Week
It’s been a particularly strong last few days for Blackest Thing of the week contenders. Perhaps the East Coast white-out made us all subconsciously double down on our Blackness, like seeing all that snow outside made us channel our inner Sojourner Truths. I don’t know. I do, however, know that today there are three contenders who…
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Dear Stacey Dash, You Are Fine. I Hate You.
Dear Stacey Dash, You are fine. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, I just might hate you. Here’s why: the things that you say make my ass itch. I do not like it when my ass itches. Alas, as I scroll my decidedly Black-as-fuck Facebook feed, you and your recent comments about…
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Why Awards Like The Oscars Matter To Black Artists, Explained
Who is Janet Hubert? Janet Hubert is a veteran actress best known for her role as Vivian Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” In season four of the show, Hubert was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid; an act that upset so many Black people that an professed affinity for the “First Aunt Viv” has become…
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How Come Nobody Talks About En Vogue Anymore?
I could talk about music incessantly. Like Steve Hightower (of Steve Hightower and the High-Tops fame), music is my one true love. Or at the very least, my first love. I used to steal tapes. I remember my first CD purchase. I’ve had full fledge arguments with friends that nearly turned into brawls over people’s…
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Do The Knowledge: An Atlanta Story About The Infamous North Avenue IHOP
I’m a t-shirt fiend. I’m always on the lookout for something new and interesting. But also, I’m ALWAYS looking for shirts that represent a time in my life. In December, I was doing my standard holiday perusing and came across this online store selling a shirt that says, “Do The Knowledge” via Student Union NYC.…
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Thanks, Obama.
While perusing Facebook a few days ago, I came across this tweet for President Barack Hussein Obama’s last State of The Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday, January 12. Typically, I couldn’t care less about those speeches; it’s an annual event where every sitting President lays out his “guys, I’d really like to do some things” priorities…
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An Ode To Jaleesa Vinson: The Unsung Hero Of A Different World
In an effort to distract myself from the bad news of recent days — the fate of NY area sports teams, the latest Kanye track, my most recent bank statement — I’ve kicked off a binge of A Different World. A cursory Google search of the series will generate hundreds of thousands of words written…