race & politics
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Exactly How Dead Would Luke Gatti (The Bacon Jalapeno Mac And Cheese Kid) Be If He Was Black?
As many of you are likely already aware of, University of Connecticut student Luke Gatti recently became internet famous for a video featuring him drunkenly screaming at, insulting, assaulting, and spitting on a campus cafeteria manager who wouldn’t allow Gatti to enter the cafeteria to eat some bacon jalapeno mac and cheese. A couple days ago, Gatti…
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Bisexual People Are Tired of Your Shit: A Beginner’s Course in Non-Normative Queer Life
As some of you may know, yesterday was National Coming Out Day. Facebook timelines everywhere filled with rainbow profile pictures and inspirational videos and coming out stories and articles about cisgender White men finding love, since we apparently don’t see enough of those. My timeline was likely filled with more queer folks than the average user;…
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Raven-Symone Is Full Of Shit Because Someone Named "Watermelondrea" Would DEFINITELY Get Hired
By now, I’m sure most of you are aware of the comments Raven-Symone made last week on The View in reference to “Black-sounding” names. And, I’m also sure most of you are aware of the swift pushback she received. One, for gleefully admitting that she, a Black person, would willfully discriminate against Black-sounding names. And…
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The Best Argument For Why Morehouse And HBCUs Matter You'll Ever Read
One of my good friends from college is a teacher in Chicago. One particular student of hers has begun the college search and in her attempts to convince him to attend Morehouse College, or at least an HBCU, she reached out to myself, and three of my best friends – all of us Morehouse College…
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Why Would NY Mag Hire A White Writer To Write On The President's Relationship With Black People?
Before I read the first sentence of a new story published by New York Magazine entitled “The Paradox of the First Black President,” I ran a Google search of the author’s name, Jennifer Senior. I’ve seen her byline before, as I am a regular reader of the publication, so I didn’t doubt her credentials, and…
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What Rihanna Really Meant When She Called Rachel Dolezal A "Hero"
Post-racial turducken Rachel Dolezal is back in the news today. But not, surprisingly, for buying a pair of wings and some feathers from a Halloween store, going to a Spokane zoo, and trying to convince everyone she’s an ostrich. No, this time it’s because Rihanna offered her thoughts on Dolezal in a Vanity Fair profile. And when…
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Why The Kayak-Eating Bear Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen This Week
By now, I’m sure many of you have seen the footage of a bear in Alaska using a woman’s kayak to floss his teeth, ignoring the woman’s hysterical pleas to leave the kayak alone. And, if you haven’t watched yet, please do. Unbeknownst to the woman recording this — and, likely, unbeknownst to the bear…
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Dear Howard Homecoming Weekend: I Hate You
It’s Howard University Homecoming this weekend, right? I think so. You’re not sure? No. I didn’t go to Howard and I don’t live in D.C., so I don’t have the Howard Homecoming dates tattooed on my chest. But you do think it’s happening this weekend. Why? Well, I do have multiple friends and followers on…