Very Smart Brothas
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Thanksgiving And Shit
My wife and I are masochists, apparently. Because that would be the only reasonable explanation for us deciding to host somewhere between 30 and 35 members of our family for Thanksgiving this year. Actually, the real explanation is laziness. We’re both from Pittsburgh, which means that every holiday we’ve spent together has been spent shuffling from…
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Darren Wilson Is A Dick. Literally
Darren Wilson is a dick. Not in the figurative sense (although he is that too). No, I came to that conclusion after seeing the first clear images of him — the photos of the injuries he sustained while involved in the life-threatening altercation with the 8’4, 720 pound Michael Brown. Darren Wilson is dick, literally.…
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Ferguson Is Burning
I spent a couple hours this evening at a friend’s going away party. He recently accepted a job overseas, and 50 or so people gathered at SAVOY — a Black-owned restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Strip District — to see him off. The crowd was predominately male; (mostly) Black men ranging from the early 20s to the…
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12 Year Old Killed By Police; Darren Wilson Preps For TV Interview
It would be very difficult to find a juxtaposition that articulates how many Americans (Black and non-Black) feel about our country’s concept of justice better than two stories I read this morning. From Tamir Rice Shooting by Cleveland Police Under Investigation: The police shooting death of a 12-year-old boy with a toy gun in Cleveland…
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On Bill Cosby And Living Through The Gray
My favorite episode of The Cosby Show begins innocently enough. Claire Huxtable walks in the house from a long day’s work, kicks off her shoes and falls into the arms of her doting husband, hoping to slumber. Rudy refuses to let her parents rest, though. She traipses down the stairs with a story to tell, a…
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Last Day For "Bougie Black Girl" And "I Love Bougie Black Girls" Tees And Hoodies
As our latest Teespring campaign comes to an end, let me remind you of a couple things: 1. There is a VSB store where all of our active campaigns are housed. 2. Although the hoodie options don’t initially appear on the page, they do if you click on a campaign and then go to “additional…
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#GetWellMeechy
After making the final edits yesterday on the latest in the Shit Bougie Black People Love series, I went to Google to find a picture to go with the post. I searched “natural hair,” “natural hair conference,” and “natural hair meetup” until I found an appropriate pic — a shot of three women with natural…
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Rapper Drops Mixtape. Just May Pay For It With His Life
What will follow is the most ridiculous thing I think I may have read in life. I don’t even mean that in a cavalier fashion. I mean that in the most sincere way possible. Like, when I say that I don’t like J. Cole, like, at all, I say with the utmost sincerity. That’s how…
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Shonda Rhimes Tries To Make "Bitch Baby" Happen. What Is A Bitch Baby?
The number of times in my life I’ve heard the word “bitch” used as an insult? Countless The number of times in my life I’ve heard the word “baby” used as an insult? Also countless. The number of times in my life I’ve heard the words “bitch” and “baby” both used in a sentence or…
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My Big K.R.I.T. Conundrum
I really want to like Big K.R.I.T. I keep trying. But it’s not working. Everybody sings his praises. He’s one of the more highly touted artists out right. His album Cadillactica is getting rave reviews. I enjoy his interviews since he seems to actually have something to say. He’s personable. I’ve even met him and…