pop culture
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Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Sucked Because She Hasn't Been Dead Long Enough
At some extremely contrived professional mixer five years ago, a woman asked me to name the movie that surprises people when they learn I haven’t seen it. Before I could answer, she volunteered her’s: “Malcolm X.” This alone was grounds for getting up and walking away from the bar, but I stayed because that would have…
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Sample Literacy Test: Would You Have Been Able To Vote?
The movie Selma is coming to theaters in a few months and the cracker jack marketing team behind the movie decided to drop the bomb on the masses early. As part of the promo for the movie, they crafted a literacy test, complete wtih questions that were used to bar some Black folks from voting in…
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When Being Educated, Rich, and Privileged Doesn't Stop You From Being Black
I often joke with people that I didn’t know I was poor until I got to college. The reason I say this (we weren’t really poor) is because I remember, way back yonder in 1997 when I graced God’s land of Morehouse College, encountering Black folks who came from means. Not that my family was wanting for…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 9 Recap
Another day, another hour of my time Mona Scott-Young has taken from me that I can’t get back. The fact that I willingly hand it over is beside the point. This past Monday’s shenanigans involved the whole cast and crew and dare I say that there was a bit of common sense involved? I dared…
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Woman With Ass Everyone Has Already Seen Takes Picture Of Ass Everyone Has Already Seen
It’s impossible to deny that Kimberly Noel Kardashian West has a nice ass. But now, in 2014, acknowledging the quality of Kimberly Noel Kardashian West’s ass is like acknowledging that bacon burgers usually include bacon. Pictures, video clips, and gifs of her ass are so ubiquitous, so pervasive that it’s turned the provocative mundane. Kimberly Noel…
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Dear Black People: Stop Spreading The Lie That Music Was "Better" Back In The Day
I have a confession: Every time I hear someone say music “ain’t what it used to be,” my ass itches. I mean this figuratively but you get the picture: This is, IMHO, a top tier bullshit statement — one of many that have somehow become hallowed communal knowledge. We peddle in many generically “truthy” statements…
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Five Recurring Black Comedy Characters Who Need To Die
Lebron James isn’t having the greatest week. His Cavs are struggling and now the Progressive ad featuring him as “Flobron” is receiving heat. From The Root: One quick look at the Instagram comments on Progressive’s page shows that some people feel the ad campaign is derogatory to black men. Instagram user generalsdaughter wrote: There were absolutely NO OTHER CONCEPTS that…
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Army Forgets That It's 2014, Says "Negro" Is Okay As Descriptor
I’m going to give the US Army the benefit of the doubt here. I’m going to assume that somebody everybody shit the bed on this one and somehow, someway, EVERY motherfucker who read the new regulations somehow either missed or is so non-racist that they couldn’t even see what they saw that their eyes had seen.…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 8 Recap: The Return of #bae Moniece
In case the title didn’t inform you, I’m here for Moniece. Granted, its 99 percent all fun and games. If I ran into her in real life, I PRAY that I’d have the sense to turn around and run like Usain Bolt. But, I know me. Which means, I’d probably end up on a date…