Very Smart Brothas
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The Best Argument For Why Morehouse And HBCUs Matter You'll Ever Read
One of my good friends from college is a teacher in Chicago. One particular student of hers has begun the college search and in her attempts to convince him to attend Morehouse College, or at least an HBCU, she reached out to myself, and three of my best friends – all of us Morehouse College…
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Hey! Let's Talk About Vasectomies!
On this past Monday’s episode of Black Ink Crew – a show about a group of individuals who own and (many times horribly) operate a tattoo shop in Harlem – cast member O’Sh*t (this is literally his nickname), decides to get a vasectomy after thinking that he’d gotten a fourth woman pregnant after she showed…
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Why Would NY Mag Hire A White Writer To Write On The President's Relationship With Black People?
Before I read the first sentence of a new story published by New York Magazine entitled “The Paradox of the First Black President,” I ran a Google search of the author’s name, Jennifer Senior. I’ve seen her byline before, as I am a regular reader of the publication, so I didn’t doubt her credentials, and…
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The New Negro And The Lost Art Of Shutting The Fuck Up
A few weeks ago, a reporter spotted one of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” baseball caps in Tom Brady’s locker. I won’t derail this article by going on a rant about how their definition of when America was “great” was either when negroes were docile, or even better — slaves. I won’t even mention…
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Visions Of Pappyhood
It wasn’t always this way. Last year, I could scroll down my Facebook timeline past the cats-are-assholes videos and the fire-and-brimstone warnings against using people’s public content on a public site and not get tripped up by a video of a dancing, diaper-clad chocolatey wonder. I could walk down the street and not melt into…
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What Rihanna Really Meant When She Called Rachel Dolezal A "Hero"
Post-racial turducken Rachel Dolezal is back in the news today. But not, surprisingly, for buying a pair of wings and some feathers from a Halloween store, going to a Spokane zoo, and trying to convince everyone she’s an ostrich. No, this time it’s because Rihanna offered her thoughts on Dolezal in a Vanity Fair profile. And when…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 5 Recap
This episode starts off where Nia’s life always starts off – running behind a man who actively goes by Soulja Boy who has been sleeping with and texting (as recently as the day before) his jumpoff, Nas, that he wants to be with her and in the words of Boyz II Men, “pleaaaaaaaaaaaase don’t go…