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  • A List Of People I Apparently Look Like

    Now this ain’t funny so don’t you dare laugh but apparently I’m a “motherfucker you lightskinneded” doppelganger to the stars. All my life I had to fight…off the accusations that I look like a varying number of famous to pseudo-famous people. I’d like to say that its flattering but there really aren’t any rewards for…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • I'm Only Rooting For Confirmed Shitty Human Floyd Mayweather Because He's Black. Is This Racist?

    This weekend, Floyd Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao in what will be the most highly-anticipated boxing match I can remember. It’s so highly-anticipated that people who generally give no fucks about boxing — people like The Wife Person and I — will be making plans this week to not only watch the fight, but possibly (gasp!) pay…

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    Damon Young

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  • A Conversation With A Guy Who Actually Admits To Having Racist Bones In His Body

    It follows the same script every time. A (usually White) public figure says or does something that’s kinda, sorta, racist. People notice the racism and call him on it. He replies by denying it, using at least one of the following statements as his “evidence” 1. “I’m colorblind”/”I don’t see color” 2. “I have ***insert…

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    Damon Young

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  • How "Coon" Became The New "Female"

    “while the word female is appropriate under certain contexts, beware of the cat who uses it as his universal descriptor of all women. honestly, although i have a few theories (my favorite one has something to do with sting and the police), i have absolutely no idea why this is such a strong indicator of…

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    Damon Young

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  • The Psychic Toll Of Existing While Black

    I’ve never been more conscious of the tenuousness of life and finality of death than I have been since I first considered marrying my now-wife. Bringing someone into my life — a person whose safety and well-being I volunteered to be personally accountable for — just changed things. It changed how I assess the present and conceptualize the…

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    Damon Young

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  • 10 Ways To Prevent Getting Profiled By The Police If Driving While Black

    For the past few months, comedian Chris Rock has been documenting his run-ins with the police by taking a selfie each time he’s profiled and sharing it on social media. Isaiah Washington, an actor best known for his role as Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden in the Joe Torre biopic, Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way, tweeted that…

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    Damon Young

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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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    Damon Young

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  • Five Types Of Post-Racial Racists You Will Definitely Meet

    The most telling part of the SAE fraternity chant caught on camera — well, the most telling part aside from the tuxes and gowns, because nothing says “it’s time to do some racist-ass shit” like Tuxedo Junction Groupons — is the fact that this song was perfect. The words, cadence, and rhythm were a perfect fit…

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    Damon Young

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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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    Damon Young

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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…

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    Damon Young

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