respectability politics
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In Laughing it Up With Trump During the Carter Funeral, Was Obama Playing In Our Faces?
The optics of the two former presidents acting like old friends left a sour taste in our mouths.
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Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage Is To Promote Respectability Politics
Chris Rock has a history of punching down in his comedy at Black women and his behavior needs to be called out.
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Here’s the Real Conversation We Should Be Having About Violence in Hip-Hop
Yes, there are systemic reasons, but Black men killing each other needs to end. And it’s on us to do something about it.
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Apparently, There's a Right Way to Be Black and Gay. Thankfully, Lil Nas X Is Having None of It
As Pride Month comes to a close, Lil Nas X's out and proud BET Awards performance drew ire from some even within the Black LGBTQ community.
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A Respectability Rumble of Hotep-tly Hostile Proportions Is Brewing. Ashiness Expected to Follow
Before we begin please join me, my kings and kweens in a word of prayer: First, giving honor to Black Jesus, who is the head of my life. Secondly, Black Jesus, I’d like to say thank you for giving me the divine feminine right to dwell in the Hotep House of the Lord forever and…
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Short-Sleeved Turtleneck Restaurant Owner Stars in Step Up: True to Twerking Respectability Politics in a Pandemic
We have BREAKING NEWS via Associated Press-N-Curl. According to a completely made-up Hollywood trade magazine called Variation, there is a new film in the popular dance franchise, Step Up, coming to a social media screen near you. The owner of Black-owned restaurant TRUE Kitchen & Kocktails has been tapped to star in Step Up: True…
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Cam Newton Can't Seem to Escape the NFL's Respectability Politics—or Jeff Garcia's Stupidity: 'I’m Not Changing the Way I Dress'
White people looooove to police Black bodies, and within the sports landscape, there’s no greater example of this phenomenon than embattled quarterback Cam Newton. Prior to being drafted in 2011, he met with former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson—who was forced to sell the team in 2018 after settlements involving sexual harassment and hurling racial…
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Kanye West Met With Jared Kushner to Discuss 'Ideas' About Policy and Black Voters
To me, 2020 is really just one big episode of The Simpsons. Matt Groening is chock full of wacky ideas, and at this point, we’re waiting to see if a car is going to crash through the garage for real this time. In this week’s episode of 2020, Kanye West wrote on Twitter about doing…