Very Smart Brothas
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Dear America, Where's My Hug?
“…so how you feel? Frustrated, irritated, sometimes I don’t know myself I be too numb, to feel something sometimes…” ~ Khujo Goodie of Goodie Mob, “Thought Process” Soul Food (1995) As the news of Eric Garners murderer – and I use that term with all of the weight it carries considering that the medical examiner…
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Eric Garner Choked To Death By Cop. In Broad Daylight. On Camera. Cop Gets Off. Fuck Everybody.
I don’t even know what to say now. Really, I don’t. Maybe I will later today or tomorrow. But now, I try to write and it feels like Groundhog Day. I could literally cut and paste everything I said the last two weeks about Michael Brown and just substitute Garner’s name for Brown’s, Staten Island for…
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Toni Morrison To Release New Novel, And I'm Preparing To Pretend To Understand It
There are not enough superlatives to describe the work of Toni Morrison, America’s greatest living novelist. The Bluest Eye isn’t just a great book, it’s there with Citizen Kane, What’s Going On, the iPhone, and Bria Myles as one of the best and most important artistic triumphs of the last century. She is your favorite writer’s favorite writer; the person who both…
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Shit Bougie Black People Love: 26. Solange Knowles
It might seem odd that Solange would appear on this list before Beyonce. After all, Beyonce is Beyonce and is loved by everyone. But people who love Beyonce don’t really love Beyonce. Because loving Beyonce is like loving oxygen or a recurring dream about a root beer float. You appreciate these things and might die without…
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Ray Rice Deserves A Second Chance…Just Not With Janay Rice
In the next couple of months, former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will continue to receive interest from NFL teams. In fact, there are a few teams who’ve reportedly already discussed the prospect of bringing him in. Someone — or several someones — will likely eventually invite him to their team’s facility for an…
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REMINISCE Ugly Sweater Holiday Party and Toy Drive | Saturday, December 6th | DC
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2014 REMINISCE UGLY SWEATER HOLIDAY PARTY AND TOY DRIVE Come out and party with the cool kids. We all want to have a holiday party where we don our ugly sweaters and drink to our hearts content! Well let us do all the heavy lifting for you. Come out in your best…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 12 Recap: Is This The End?
On this season finale – well at least before we get the shenanigans that are the reunion show – we get some stories that end up on an up-and-up note and also we get stories that involve Hazel. And to know Hazel is to know that she never wins. Ever. But, let’s talk about Ray…
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Why #ByeElizabeth Needs To Replace #ByeFelicia
I don’t know how things that become things become things. I just know that one day, something is not a thing. And then, the next day, that thing is a thing. You can argue that the surest way to make a thing a thing is for it to have a celebrity shout out. We can list…
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F*ck The St. Louis Police Officers Association And Everything They Believe In
If you watch the news, you’ve probably seen or at least heard about the pre-game display that a few of the St. Louis Rams football players put on when walking out of the tunnel on Sunday before they, the Rams of St. Louis put an otherworldly ass whippin’ on the Raiders of Oakland. Five players – Stedman…
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An Argument For Not Blocking Your Ridiculously Stupid And/Or Racist Facebook Friends
The last two weeks of November produced a vortex of news stories (Ferguson, Cosby, Ray Rice) everyone seems to have an opinion on. And, when everyone seems to have an opinion on something, that “everyone” includes “stupid and/or insensitive and/or racist motherfuckers.” Nowhere was this more evident than it was on Facebook, as these weeks…