Very Smart Brothas
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Kevin Garnett Does Not Want To Actually Fight. Because No One Wants To Actually Fight.
During the Rockets/Nets game last night, professional octogenarian Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard got into an altercation. Both men pushed each other, Garnett headbutted and threw the ball at Howard, and Howard hit Garnett with a forearm. Now, what happened next depends on your interpretation of what happened next. And your interpretation of what happened next…
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Kendrick Lamar Said Something Dumb. Looks Like Rappers Are People, Too.
In a recent cover story for Billboard magazine, hip-hop wunderkind Kendrick Lamar spoke on Ferguson in comments that lit up the Blackosphere and caught the ire of self-imposed musical Civil Rights leader and idiot savant, Azealia Banks: “I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it’s already a situation, mentally, where it’s f—-ked…
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This Time, Let's Not Stop Talking About Boko Haram
One of my duties for EBONY is to decide which of the day’s news stories will be published on the site. There’s only space for 10, so after sifting through the dozens of articles that populate my Facebook and Twitter feeds every morning and searching a dozen or so different news sites (The Washington Post,…
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Black Card Revocation Commission: An Inquiry About Dominoes
Hi. My name is Panama Jackson. I went to an HBCU. I grew up watching Martin, A Different World, The Cosby Show (awwwwwwwwkward), Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and even spent precious moments of my life watching Homeboys from Outer Space. I’ve watched both Alex Haley’s Roots and Queen and own at least two Tyler Perry movies…
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President Obama Is Officially Trolling The Fuck Out Of Conservatives, Part 2
To reiterate, In the past two years, President Obama has effectively… 1. Legalized gay marriage 2. Legalized marijuana 3. Given legal status to millions of illegal immigrants …and, in December… 4. Basically made Cuba the 51st state And now he’s planning to make community college free…for everyone. Which means he’s planning to provide a free…
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Shit Bougie Black People Love: 27. Unprotected Sex
Bougie Black People are known for many things. Selfies on bike trails. Coed kickball games. Groupon. Alcoholism. Day parties. Running for Congress. Pescetarianism. Tapered jeans. Delta fundraisers. Working for The Root. But while it’s true that BBP partake in many of these activities because they find them pleasurable and/or profitable, it’s also true that the…
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On #BlackBrunch And Bottomless White Tears
Earlier this week, NYC protesters supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement decided to take it up a notch and encroach upon “White spaces” in order to express their outrage over police brutality against Black folks. I thought it was a splendid idea. More often than not, creating awareness about an issue to facilitate change means making folks…