race & politics
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It's Official: Bill Cosby Is Out Of His Gotdamn Mind
Bill Cosby is out of his gotdamn mind. This is the only thought that went through my head this morning while watching a fuschia pajamas-clad Cosby address anonymous fans on a rotary phone in a video intended on winning back the public. Because, when watching a fuschia pajamas-clad man who’s been accused of dozens of rapes…
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Draymond Green Summarized The Entire Black Experience In Five Seconds
At the beginning of the interview, he is every Black American trying to do the right thing. Every worker catching two trains to work this morning. Every parent dropping their kids off at school. Every husband agreeing to go weekend toaster shopping even though the toaster they currently own works perfectly fine. And then, something…
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The Worst Part Of The DOJ's Report On Ferguson
We know that the Department of Justice will continue to investigate the Ferguson Police Department. And, if Ferguson doesn’t adhere to whichever changes the DOJ orders them to make, they will face some type of consequence. We know we’ll use the empirical evidence of the systematic racism in Ferguson to continue to fuel our own…
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Ben Carson Is The Dumbest Motherfucker Alive
I do not care that Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr. graduated from Yale and became the director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins when he was 33, the youngest ever in that position. (For comparison’s sake, at 33, I was still saving my cups from Panera Bread — leaving with them instead of throwing them away, keeping…
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Yeah, Bill de Blasio Is Trolling The Hell Out Of Internet Conservatives
Look, I’d be lying if I said I’d heard of either Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr before today. But since, according to Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, hundreds of thousands of New York City public school kids are Muslim, it makes perfect, logical, and practical sense to close schools on the days these holidays are observed. This isn’t…
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From One Awkward Black Girl To Another, Thanks Issa Rae
When I first heard HBO ordered a pilot for Issa Rae’s hit Youtube series “Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” it took several rounds of “Hallelujer” and “Yes, Lordt” before reality settled in. I wondered: Would HBO pick up the series, written and produced by Rae and “The Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore? There’s certainly a…
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In Defense Of Too Many Of The "Wrong" Type Of Black People On TV
At the moment, Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl — a memoir with a buzz largely fueled by the popularity of her similarly themed webseries — is currently sitting on the New York Times’ bestseller list. Last week, Rae appeared on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, a show selected to replace The Colbert…