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This Is For My Presidents
Some things are not hilarious. Others are. President Replace N-word News Clip
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Clash of the Titans
Booker T. and W.E.B. W.E.B. and Booker T. Are there two more polarizing schools of thought in Black America? Issue & Views takes a look at the two giants. Old Lessons Black People Have Not Learned What say you, Buzzonians? (You’re Buzzonians now, just so you know)
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Forming a Q: AM Edition
The country is attempting to bail itself out by giving away lots of money in the hopes it will be spent wisely. A few warm-up questions before we get to the main event: How do you give away lots of money you don’t have? If the answer is loans, then who are these lenders and what…
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Uh, Chris?
Yikes. The Buzz still doesn’t know the facts. There has been dispute as to the photo’s veracity and whether the woman in question is even Rihanna. Again, these are allegations in an on-going drama. But, Mr. Brown, if that is indeed your handiwork, the above is not a good look for you. At the point…
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Cherry Pickin'
The New York Times: The Buzz is holding out hope that they also found Mos Def with a napkin full of yellow cake. The Washington Post: EXACTLY. The Los Angeles Times: At what point do we step into the fray? Al Jazeera: Don’t worry, Liberia: When it comes time to collect, they won’t be knocking on your door…
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The NY Post Apologizes – Oh Please!
The NY Post issued an apology for anyone who thought the cartoon was racist. I don’t know about you, but the apology comes a bit too late. It’s racist when a newspaper greenlights a depiction of cops shooting a dead chimp with a caption that reads “Someone’s Going to Have to Write the Next Stimulus…
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Rihanna's Pictures— Show or Not?
A graphic picturesapparently taken by police to document Rihanna’s injuries after her alleged assault has surfaced and sparked a discussion about whether a line has been crossed by the media and if posting this photos has any editorial value at all. I’ve had to answer that question once. In the course of a story I…
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Is College Worth It?
Growing up in Texas, I always figured I’d go to college in state for cheap. But during my senior year in high school, a college recruiter convinced me that leaving my home state would bring me closer to my dream of becoming a writer. My family did not have the means, and scholarship-hunting was rough-going…
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Spending Fashion Week in Jail
As part of its Fashion Week coverage, New York magazine published a fascinating account of Kevahn Thorpe, a teenaged shoplifter who is serving one to three years at Sing Sing. It seems that the allure of golden Prada sneakers, skinny Dior jeans and Fendi eyeglasses was too strong for the 17-year-old honors student from the…