Very Smart Brothas
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Thoughts On WTAE-TV Anchor Wendy Bell (The "White Privilege Turducken") Getting Fired Today
When I wrote about WTAE-TV anchor Wendy Bell’s racially problematic Facebook post last week, I began by stating I did not intend for her to get fired. This was true then and is still true now. I wasn’t writing with that aim. And even now, after learning she was let go earlier today, I don’t feel particularly happy…
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On Kehlani, Nick Young, And Gender-Based Double Standards For Cheaters
In recent days, artists and ball players have provided a gotdamn clinic on how NOT go about several facets of everyday living. They’ve also exposed one of the most significant double standards we have in the Venus vs Mars debate. For those not in the know, a singer you don’t know named Kehlani used to…
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Did I Get White Saviored #OrNah?
On Tuesday evenings, my daughter has dance class. She takes a combination tap and jazz class and is a good dancer. She is now seven years old and her mother and I have had her in dance since she was nearly two. I’ve been a dance dad for a very long time. Even now, I’m getting…
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WTF Is Going On With Kehlani, Kyrie Irving, PartyNextDoor, And Chris Brown, Explained
Who is Kyrie Irving? Kyrie Irving is a point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Really? That’s the answer you’re going to give? You’re going to sit up here and pretend that Kyrie isn’t your favorite player in the league, and that you haven’t been writing about him since 2012? I didn’t think that was relevant…
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Ways Slavery Wasn't Really All That Bad, At Least According To (Some) White People
There’s a bit in one of Patrice O’Neal’s stand-up specials where he talks about how arrogant Americans (generally) are, how proud we are of that arrogance, and that this arrogance about our arrogance is why people from other countries hate us. To make his point, he jokes that people in other countries know who the American…
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Ask Agatha: Things "Aint Shit" People Say And What To Do When Your BF's Friend Hits On You
Deena from Cobb County, GA asks: My friends and I started talking about the sort of shit ain’t shit people always say and we got on quite a roll. What do you think are some famous ain’t shit phrases? A classic ain’t shit phrase is “I’m just a person.” Because who isn’t right? I have…
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My Facebook Is Really Black
Do you remember a few months ago when people were unfriending folks left and right because they found out their friends were Donald Trump supporters or über-conservative or even sometimes closet racists? Yeah, that never happened to me. In fact, I’ve only had to side-eye a few people because of their pseudo-support for Bill Cosby,…
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Fuck This Entire Election Cycle
When Donald Trump was scheduled March 11 to stump on the University of Illinois Chicago campus, I was driving to Detroit with the goal of getting out of town before the inevitable protests began. I openly questioned on Facebook the purpose of protesting Trump, as if making a scene in public wouldn’t just embolden his…