race & politics
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They Took Brooklyn And They Took R&B, But We Can't Let White People Take Shea Butter Too
If you were too busy watching Empire last week, you may have missed the story of the “Brooklyn Settler.” A bystander recorded a White fella getting into an altercation with another melanin impaired carpetbagger who apparently pushed a baby stroller into his legs. The Settler offered up some gems that Cortes, Columbus, or the much…
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Why This Empire Meme Is The Worst Meme You Will Ever See This Week
1. There’s a particular strain of Blackness that creates the particular strain of Black person who’d create a meme like this. Perhaps it was their upbringing. Or the particular type of education they received. Or maybe even experiences they’ve had as an adult. Either way, however they got there, they are ashamed of Black people. Of Blackness. Because they…
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Why You Should Probably Stop Referring To "Women" As "Females," Explained
Who is Michael B. Jordan? Michael B. Jordan is perhaps the hottest Black male actor under 30 in Hollywood. In fact, he might be the only Black male actor under 30 in Hollywood. Raise your hand if you can name another Black male actor under 30 without Google. Now, take that hand and smack yourself…
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Exactly How Fired Would Jack Kelly Have Been If He Wrote About The Holocaust Instead Of Slavery?
Jack Kelly writes a weekly column at the Post-Gazette. His views are conservative and contribute to the diversity of opinion featured in our newspaper. We have liberal columnists, too, who, like Jack, are provocative and can stir up reaction by readers. Obviously, readers need to keep in mind that our signed columnists, liberal or conservative,…
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Viola Davis's Emmy Win And Speech Was The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
How to Get Away with Murder is not a great show. It’s not a bad one, but the way it shifts from 40 minutes of “Eh, let me check and see what’s on the Travel Network tonight” to 20 seconds of “WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED???” every episode is so conspicuous that you consciously become…
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An Argument For Why We Need Five PTOWB (Paid Time Off While Black) Days A Year
If you’re Black and in America, there’s somewhere between a 100 percent and a 100 percent chance that the following has happened to you at least once. And somewhere between a 95 percent and 99 percent chance that it’s happened at least once this week. You’re minding your Black-ass business, living your Black-ass life. You…
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White Guy Kicks Black Guy's Ass. Cops Come. Black Guy Gets Cuffed. White Guy Gets…A Conversation
Whoever you are and whatever you happen to be doing today, if you’re alive and free and reading this, your day is better than the day the Black guy in this video had. Because I’m certain you did not… 1. Lose a fight 2. Lose a fight, run away from the person you lost the…
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Jack Kelly Of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Is A Fucking Disgrace, And (Probably) Needs To Get Fired
A few months ago, I published a response to a strikingly tone deaf column from Eric Heyl of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. In it, I stated that “Neighboring districts shy away from Wilkinsburg’s forbidden fruit” (Heyl’s column) was literally the worst major newspaper column I’d ever read. I (obviously) did not mince words then, but I also held back…
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James Blake Slammed And Arrested For…Smiling While Black? Being Lightskinned While Black?
After hearing the news about James Blake — the retired tennis star who was tackled, cuffed, arrested, and detained by five police officers as he waited for a car to take him to the U.S. Open — three things immediately came to mind: 1. James Blake is a Harvard grad, a former superstar athlete, and…