Very Smart Brothas
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Michelle Obama Is The Best Thing About America
A few weeks from now, the country will decide if Donald Trump — a unabashed bigot, racist, misogynist, xenophobe, charlatan, and chickenhawk — will be our next President; the person we choose to be America’s representative to the rest of the world; essentially the most important motherfucker on Earth. He will probably (hopefully) lose the election.…
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Panama and Shamira Discuss Solange's "A Seat At The Table"
Panama: So, Solange dropped an album recently that has the internet’s buzzing: A Seat At The Table. Let Facebook tell it, it’s the best, Blackest album that’s been released in quite some time. I’m not sure I’m in that camp, though I can understand why folks love it so much. But I don’t think it’s nearly…
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Atlanta Episode 7: "B.A.N." Recap
“Most people don’t realize their chakras are in another universe.” Does the black community have a problem with the LGBT community, specifically the trans-community and if so is it merely a by-product of oppression fatigue? This question and many others (such as why an Arizona iced tea is ringing up at the register as $1.29…
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On Black Women As Birth Of A Nation's Scapegoats, And Why Roland Martin Needs To Delete His Twitter
At the time of writing, BOAN (an acronym for Birth of a Nation) is trending. Not because of the film itself. Or even directly because of the controversy surrounding Nate Parker — its star, director, executive producer, and head writer. But because it performed below most expectations, which is being blamed on Black women collectively…
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If Mos Def’s Black On Both Sides Came Out Today, It Might Be Considered The Blackest Album of All Time
On September 30, Solange released her third album, A Seat At The Table, to remarkably favorable reviews. Social media lit up like the Empire State Building at Christmas with folks proclaiming how woke and Black the album is. Interspersed with interludes speaking to the Black experience from her mother, father, and Master P, the album…
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Locker Room Talk (And Why "Grab Them By The Pussy" Doesn't Qualify), Explained
After being roundly criticized for leaked footage that revealed him bragging about grabbing anonymous women “by the pussy,” Donald Trump kinda, sorta apologized for it. But then dismissed it as typical “locker room talk.” What exactly is this “locker room talk?” Locker room talk refers to unfiltered conversations men sometimes have with each other in locker…
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Why There's Literally Nothing Donald Trump Can Do Or Say To Lose His Support, Explained
Who is Donald Trump? Donald Trump is a stenchy Cheeto-stuffed condom expelled from a Gila monster’s rectum and repurposed as pinata stuffing. He’s also running for President. Oh yeah. You’ve mentioned him before. Why is he in the news today? In less than a 12-hour span, he’s doubled down on his claim that the Central Park…