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Threatening Black Phrases, Ranked
Threat level: Minor This is probably the most benign threat among the black population because itās also a means of clarifying a misunderstanding. Itās sort of like an out for both the person using it as well as the individual being addressed to say: āIām not here to fuck you up. Iām not sure what…
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So Youāve Decided to Make Friends With a Black Person: A Beginnerās Guide
Youāve finally decided that itās time to make a black person your actual friend. Congrats! Letās say you just started a new job, or maybe your kid made a new friend at school, or perhaps some black people even just moved into your neighborhood, and now you want to make nice with them. Cool. Youāre…
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Stuff That Scares Black People, Ranked
Stuff That Scares Black People, Ranked From Ford Crown Victorias to Roaches
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On Being the Only Black Man for Miles (or Kilometers) in Western Canada
Full disclosure: My wife is neither black nor American. The current Mrs. Richardson is the daughter of Indian immigrants and was born and raised just outside of Vancouver in British Columbia. Itās a beautiful place, really. The Fraser Valley is the type of landscape that evenly swaps out steep hills and crested peaks for wide-open…
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White Supremacy Is the Opioid Thatās Destroying America
Last week, in a moment of both clumsy acknowledgment of reality and dispatching his charges of office like a dolt, āPresidentā Donald Trump declared a state of emergency for the current opioid crisis in America. And in the typical Trumpian form of a man whose lips probably move when he reads menus, the president thought…
