race & politics
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Why I Don't Talk About Race With My White Family
I came across this very interesting piece on Gawker the other day about a Black man (he’s mixed, but ya know, he’s Black) talking about a discussion he got into about race with his white cousin who was pretty much of the mindset that racism was more or less a figment of Black imagination and…
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Was The HBCU Experience Necessary For My Success? Maybe. Maybe Not.
I have a friend who I consider to be uber-successful. I have very successful friends. Every one of my immediate closest friends from college has at least one advanced degree. A few have Ph.D.s. Some own their own businesses. Some of us are married. Some of us are parents. Point is, everybody, on paper and…
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Dear Black People: It's Okay To Be Mad Selma Was Snubbed By The Academy
In the next month, you will hear, read, and possibly even talk about how Selma was largely shut out of this year’s Academy Awards. While the film was nominated for Best Picture — a category that has nine nominees and makes you wonder if Selma was placed there just so we’d shut up about it…
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Kendrick Lamar Said Something Dumb. Looks Like Rappers Are People, Too.
In a recent cover story for Billboard magazine, hip-hop wunderkind Kendrick Lamar spoke on Ferguson in comments that lit up the Blackosphere and caught the ire of self-imposed musical Civil Rights leader and idiot savant, Azealia Banks: “I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it’s already a situation, mentally, where it’s f—-ked…
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This Time, Let's Not Stop Talking About Boko Haram
One of my duties for EBONY is to decide which of the day’s news stories will be published on the site. There’s only space for 10, so after sifting through the dozens of articles that populate my Facebook and Twitter feeds every morning and searching a dozen or so different news sites (The Washington Post,…
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Black Card Revocation Commission: An Inquiry About Dominoes
Hi. My name is Panama Jackson. I went to an HBCU. I grew up watching Martin, A Different World, The Cosby Show (awwwwwwwwkward), Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and even spent precious moments of my life watching Homeboys from Outer Space. I’ve watched both Alex Haley’s Roots and Queen and own at least two Tyler Perry movies…
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President Obama Is Officially Trolling The Fuck Out Of Conservatives, Part 2
To reiterate, In the past two years, President Obama has effectively… 1. Legalized gay marriage 2. Legalized marijuana 3. Given legal status to millions of illegal immigrants …and, in December… 4. Basically made Cuba the 51st state And now he’s planning to make community college free…for everyone. Which means he’s planning to provide a free…