race & politics
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For The Love Of God, Stop What You're Doing And Caption This Pic
This is Levi Pettit. He is one of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon members caught chanting about niggers and lynching and acronyms. This was taken during a press conference where he apologized for his actions. Behind him are a group of Black people who, judging by their faces, totally were asked to appear with Pettit, replied “Are…
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Vote Republican? Nah…I'm Good (Sorry, Stephen A)
Stephen A. Smith, the popular talk show host on ESPN, recently stated that Black people should vote for the GOP so that both the Republican and Democratic parties will work harder to obtain our votes. Stephen A. Smith is wrong. Black Republicans have attempted this since the 1930s and have an abysmal record. Prof. Leah…
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Someone Please Tell Deadline.com That White Folks Gonna Be Alright
Yesterday, Deadline.com published Nellie Andreeva’s “Pilots 2015: The Year Of Ethnic Castings – About Time Or Too Much Of Good Thing?” — a piece with so many layers of wrong that calling it a wrong lasagna (ht to Kara Brown) doesn’t quite do it justice. It was a wrong lasagna dipped in wrong Progresso Italian bread crumbs,…
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It's Great Mo'ne Davis Had It In Her To Forgive That Guy. But Still, Fuck That Guy
Around this time last week, news first began to circulate that Mo’ne Davis helped unveil a new sneaker line — with 15% of the proceeds going towards impoverished girls. A day or so later, more great news about the 13-year-old appeared: From Variety: The Mo’ne Davis story is coming to Disney Channel. The 13-year-old who made…
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Why Baltimore Raven/Mathematician John Urschel Is The Blackest Person Who Ever Existed This Week
1. Because math — not English, not social studies, not horticulture, not even science — is the Blackest subject. At least it is according to JR Writer. And Fabulous. And Cassidy. And every other rapper who’s devoted several bars to bragging about dropping out of school but always being good at math. Because being good at…
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Dear Black People: Can Someone Please Tell Me What The "Gay Agenda" Is?
The first season of Empire concluded Wednesday night. Which means I went the entire season of Empire without watching one minute of Empire. There’s really no specific reason why. I’m not boycotting Wet Wipes Howard and it’s not like my Wednesdays are so busy that I couldn’t watch if I wanted to. It just belongs to…
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PJ Visits EmersonWRITES: Who Will Survive In America?
If you’ll remember, a few weeks back Damon and I had went to speak at Harvard. You probably remember because I wrote about it. Well, before that trip happened I happened to mention the possibility of this trip to a really good friend of mine who happens to live in Boston. I’ve known this young…
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Jon Stewart's Take on the SAE Fraternity Chant Gone Viral Is Great.
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