race & politics
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10 Possible Places Trump Found The Random Group Of Niggas With Him During His Black History Month Press Conference
1. The Random Group Of Niggas Store — a store which specializes in providing random groups of niggas for people who require random groups of niggas for various purposes 2. The break room of a Sage Steele fan club membership committee meeting 3. A lottery choosing numbers 17 through 31 on the posters in every…
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This "Debate" Between Jessica Williams, Shirley MacLaine, And Salma Hayek Is Every Frustration I've Had With White Women
Women of all colors and backgrounds have been fighting for the right to be viewed with just as much humanity as men since we first crawled out of caves. This is a noble cause that all mankind must take up. We all know this. Or at least we should. But somehow whiteness always finds a…
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Mahershala Ali's SAG Award Acceptance Speech Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
While y’all’s cousin Sage Steele was on Instagram lamenting that the airport protesters might cause some people to be a little late for their flights — ultimately reminding us all to never trust a Black person named after a spice — Mahershala Ali took his SAG award acceptance speech as an opportunity to provide the…
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Dear White People Who Write Things: People Who Voted For A Blatant Racist Are Fine With Racism (This Is Not Hard)
I’m going to keep this short, because I’ve written about this before. Twice actually in the past three months. Plus I’m in D.C. for the next day and it’s 5pm on a Friday and I’m going to find some drinks and some wings and some Black people soon. Mostly though I hoped that maybe by now…
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A Cheer For The New England Patriots Is A Cheer For Donald Trump
Sports fans usually don’t want to mix their politics and sports — well, White sports fans — but fans of the New England Patriots have no choice. From Tom Brady’s passive-aggressive endorsement of Trump to the very name of the organization, if the personal is, indeed, political, then Patriots fans need to come to terms…
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Black Man Killed By Pittsburgh Police For "Owning A Home While Black"
I initially planned on writing something Monday about the death of Christopher Thompkins — a Pittsburgh man who was shot and killed by the police Sunday after a burglar entered his home — but hesitated because I wanted to get more facts about the case first. This hesitation was undoubtedly due to two factors: 1. A statement…
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Donald Trump Gives All The Fucks. This Is A Bad Thing.
Donald Trump is a scary, scary man. I can hear you saying “no shit” from my office in DC. From his cabinet picks – nearly all of whom are unqualified for their new jobs or in the case of Jeff Sessions, qualified on paper but good gotdamn – to the potential Supreme Court picks, we’re in…
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Bless Her Heart: Chrisette Michele's "No Political Genius" Is The Best/Worst Thing I've Ever Heard
I’ve spent the better part of the last week wondering why in the hell Chrisette Michele was singing at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Not because I don’t think she’ll engage in nonsense for a check – the girl was just touring for Love Jones: The Musical after all – but I simply can’t figure out where…
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The Difference Between Bougie, Boujee, and Bourgie/Bourgeois, Explained
Really? You’re going to devote an entire explainer to a pedantic semantic distinction only like 27 people care about? Yes. I am going to do exactly that. Why? Because it’s fun! Like, you know how you might see a flyer advertising a concert Jaheim is holding in a Arby’s parking lot next weekend — the…