Very Smart Brothas
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Freddie Gray Joins The List Of Murdered Black People Who No One Actually Murdered, Apparently
Officer Caesar Goodson, the driver of the police van where Freddie Gray was intentionally given a “rough ride” — an act that severed his spinal cord, placed him in a coma, and killed him — was found not guilty on each of the charges (second degree “depraved heart” murder, three different counts of manslaughter, assault, reckless…
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Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5, Episode 11 Recap
After two foolishment-free weeks to gather our collective senses, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, Season 5, was back this week with a new round of mildly interesting antics. This week the tables finally started to turn on the Joseline/Mimi union (shock of shocks) as we learn that Joseline was lying her balls off about Stevie …
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I Played Basketball For The First Time In Six Years The Other Day. I'll Probably Never Do That Again. Ball Is Not Life.
As is customary when a new family member is welcomed into the world, other and older family members descend upon your domicile to offer congratulations, salutations, and help. For the parents of newborns, its often the best time since you usually have more help than you know what to do with and the fear of having…
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Game Of Thrones Recap: Season 6, Episode 9 “Battle Of The Bastards”
My God! This week’s episode was fan-fucking-tastic. Kudos to the showrunners and director, Miguel Sapochnik, for crafting an extraordinary hour of television. As you know, Game of Thrones has a pattern of going all out for each season’s penultimate episode. I can’t imagine what it cost them to stage that magnificent battle sequence at Winterfell.…
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Wendy Bell, The White Privilege Turducken, Is Back With A Bucket Of Freshly Squeezed White Tears
During the first round of “What The Fuck Was Wendy Bell Thinking?” — the three-week-long reality show where pundits and laypeople alike put their collective brains together to determine why the former WTAE-TV anchor thought it was wise to go Full Post-Racial Scarlett O’Hara — I held tight to a morsel of hope. “Perhaps” I thought “maybe she’ll eventually realize…
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Happy (Belated) Father's Day, Featuring The VSB Babies
I’ve been sitting here for a few minutes thinking of an excuse for publishing a Happy Father’s Day piece a day after Father’s Day. Well, an excuse other than “We’re Black as hell, man. You all, of all people, should know this by now.” But bullshit excuses are for Marcia Clark and Warriors fans. (Too soon?)…
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A Man Like Him: To My Godfather
I read recently that dreams always start in the middle. There is no real beginning, there is no chronological sequence; just snapshots of visions in jarring order. I think memories work the same way. A lot of my more important memories seem to be snapshots of the climax in a particular moment, or glimpses filled…
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VSB Relaunched Two Years Ago Today. It's Been A Ride.
While being on Facebook and still not understanding what Snapchat is used for might make me the old guy at the club, ye olde Facebook does have one function that serves to heal the world, and make it a better place for you and for me and the entire human race. Facebook’s memory function of days…