st. patrick’s day

  • Days Black People Are Most Likely to Be Called the N-Word, Ranked

    1. St. Patrick’s Day 2. New Year’s Eve 3. Wednesday (any) 4. Columbus Day 5. The anniversary of the O.J. Simpson verdict 6. MLK Day 7. The night of a presidential election 8. Memorial Day 9. Mardi Gras 10. Black Friday 11. Saturday (any) 12. The Fourth of July 13. The first of the month…

  • When the Irish Weren’t White

    “[T]hey steal, they are cruel and bloody, full of revenge, and delighting in deadly execution, licentious, swearers and blasphemers, common ravishers of women, and murderers of children.” —Edmund Spencer “The emigrants who land at New York, whether they remain in that city or come on in the interior, are not merely ignorant and poor—which might…

  • White People Shit That Black People (Not So) Secretly Love

    White People Shit. It’s the semi-pejorative term Black folks use to describe items, actions, and ideas that fall outside of the negro-normative spectrum, preponderantly enjoyed by our Caucasian counterparts. Seinfeld. Mayonnaise. Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. Calling the police. All things that seemingly exist as the exclusive domain of white people and…