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Congressman Tweets ‘You Are Welcome Colin Kaepernick’ After Arrest of NYC Bombing Suspect
Shortly after the arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami, the 28-year-old man wanted in Saturday night’s explosion in New York City, a congressman took to Twitter to connect the possible terrorist act with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) sent out a sarcastic tweet directed at Kaepernick’s protest for equal rights for…
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How Twitter Made Me A Better Man
I first logged on to Twitter in 2009. I was (and still am) a Black man, the first in his family to attend and graduate college. By proxy, my pursuit of post-bachelor education was also a family milestone. This is more or less an elongated way to say whatever privilege people think Black men have,…
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What Unity? Twitter Reveals a Great Divide Within Both Political Parties
Bernie Sanders dominates Snapchat, House Democrats just discovered Periscope and your grandma is starting to share her vacation on Facebook Live. Social media isn’t “mediating” life anymore; it is the primary mode of communication for Americans across class, race, gender and age. So when there is a Twitter analysis of the Republican and Democratic conventions,…
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The Many Levels Of Peak Stupid In Bow Wow's "I'm Too Mixed To Relate To Civil Rights," Explained
Who is Bow Wow? Bow Wow is a grown-ass 29-year-old man who still refers to himself and answers to Bow Wow. You know how people say Frank Sinatra was a singer’s singer? Well, Bow Wow’s a millennial’s millennial. To his credit, he did change his name from Lil Bow Wow to Bow Wow a few years ago, right? He…
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If Bow Wow Isn’t Black, What Is He?
So, Lil’ Bow Wow … I mean Bow Wow … I’m sorry … Shad Moss says he’s not black. Let it sink into your brain. Just let it sit there. #NotBlack. I expected Bow Wow to say that he was not an actor or a rapper or a TV host. All of those claims would…
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Leslie Jones' Monday Perfectly Shits on the RNC
Ok wait. I know the title is really weird, but I promise you, this makes sense. Yesterday, for reasons unknown (actually, that’s not true, we know why) racist trolls came out of the woodwork to completely disrespect Leslie Jones on a level that’s usually only heard of on a site like 4Chan. Except this was…
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This Alleged Relationship Contract Between 8th Graders Is The Greatest Thing You'll Ever See
I still have doubts about whether this relationship contract found and tweeted by Longform.org founder Max Linsky (@maxlinsky) today is real. But I’m going to officially choose to believe that it is. Because that choice allows me to officially acknowledge it as the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. Also, it being real means it was created by the…
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Top NFL Draft Pick Eli Apple’s Mom Snags Gig at ESPN
Annie Apple could not be more proud of her boy; but her boy may be even more proud of her. Eli Apple, who was drafted by the New York Giants as the 10th overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft in April, got some good news about his mom as he was finishing up his first…
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