Very Smart Brothas
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Kellyanne Conway Is White As Fuck
Of course, out-of-season Ann Taylor mock turtleneck with sentience Kellyanne Conway’s genetic phenotype is compromised of what we’ve come to define as Whiteness. This is evident, obvious, and conspicuous. She is demonstratively — and, in this picture while surrounded by a couple dozen HBCU administrators, strikingly — White. It’s the type of Whiteness that would…
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It's A Low Down Dirty Shame What Remy Ma Did To That Nicki Girl From Queens
When I heard direct shots cast at Remy Ma on Gucci Mane & Nicki’s reconciliatory collab “Make Love”, three words immediately came to mind: are you dumb? Apparently Remy felt similarly – and on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 1:03 PM EST, one Onika Tanya Maraj got her entire life snatched in just under 7 minutes by…
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"Get Out" Takes Cultural Appropriation To The Cultural Harvest Level
It seems like every other day a new initiative or podcast or deep-dive interactive project is launched in an effort to shed some understanding on race in America. Well look no further, because Jordan Peele’s Get Out is a capital “A” accurate understanding of race in America and the not even slightly exaggerated psychosis it…
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Even When White People Finally Get It Right, They Still Get It Wrong
In one of the most entertaining “spontaneous” bits I’ve ever seen performed at the Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel allowed a group of flabbergasted and starstruck tourists into the Dolby Theater to walk past the audience. This, of course, introduced the world to #GaryFromChicago and his wife — computer generated composites of every Black uncle and…
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2017 Academy Awards Open Thread
Will Moonlight pull the upset, or will La La Land’s unstoppable celebration of cinematic Whiteness prevail? Will Uncle Denzel and Viola and Mahershala walk away with hardware? Will we have another “Hidden Fences” moment? Will Jimmy Kimmel do something — anything — funny? Let’s see!
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10 Pitch-Perfect Examples Of "Yeah…That's Some White People Shit" In Jordan Peele's "Get Out"
Couple things: 1. There will be more extensive reviews and conversations about Get Out next week. In fact, next week might just be Get Out week on VSB. (And yes, there is that much to unpack and deconstruct about this movie. It’s fucking brilliant.) 2. I saw it last night. If you haven’t seen it…
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Can Someone Please Explain To Me Why Future Is A Thing Because I'm Trying Really Hard And I Just Don't Get It
Years ago, I dated someone who was a big fan of HBO’s Girls. Such a big fan, in fact, that it wasn’t uncommon for her to spend a Saturday or Sunday binge-watching episodes she’d already seen. I happened to be at her place during one of these binges, and I sat and watched a few episodes with her.…
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"Get Out" And 10 More Films About The Existential Terror Of Existing While Black In America
Jordan Peele’s Get Out takes the existential realities of black men in this country and uses it as the plot for a horror film. A black man going to meet the parents of his white girlfriend is enough to send shivers down one’s spine—especially given the history of violence directed toward black men who were…
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VSB in Atlanta Recap: Meetups, Panels, #ObamaDay, and Thangs
What started out as a trip to Morehouse College (and a chance to actually speak at my alma mater) to speak to a journalism class about finding their voice turned into a whirlwind busy as the dickens Sunday and Monday in the A. Lots of stuff happened. Let’s talk about it. Let’s start with the…