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Why Steve Harvey Should Be the Next Jeopardy! Host
He’s the host America deserves and the one we need right now.
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Yup, I Used To Believe That Georgetown University Was An HBCU. Here’s Why
The basketball team was so Black that it made the university Black by osmosis
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I'll Be Around
This month makes 10 years from the weekend I drove from Pittsburgh to D.C. for a party to celebrate both the three-year anniversary of the launch of VerySmartBrothasāthe blog Panama Jackson, Liz Burr, and I created in 2008āand the release of Your Degrees Wonāt Keep You Warm At Night, a self-published compilation of satirical dating…
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15 Things the Pandemic Taught Me About Being an Introvert
1. No one gives a shit 2. Seriously 3. No one cares 4. I guess I knew this before the pandemic, actually 5. When all those āHow introverted are you?ā quizzes infested the internet 6. And every introvert was like āFinally! Iām seen! Iām understood! Finally thereās a word to explain why I hate small…
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Yeah, I Can Watch This Clip of Daniel Kaluuya and His Famous Bruvs Celebrating His Oscar Win Forever
One of the everlasting values of Saturday Night Live is that it recreates a dynamic that really only exists one other place in popular cultureāthe NBA All-Star Game. Although the intensity level of that game is notoriously inconsistent, what remains static is how easy it is to discern comfort. In this group of the 24…
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Diddy Ruins Everything, Everybody
āWhoaā was a bulldozer of a trackāa concussive and relentless four minutes that felt like youād just been injected with a dose of Harlem, and not Ma$eās Harlem, but Big Lās. To be in the club, on the floor, in 2000, when a DJ dropped that track felt life-threatening in all the best ways. But…
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Hubert Davis Was So Close to Having a Forgettable Press Conference
The first 38 minutes of Hubert Davisā introductory press conference as the new menās basketball head coach at the University of North Carolina hit each of the points that new hires for high-profile coaching gigs are expected to. He was gracious, emotional, and humble. He told the story of his own journey to North Carolina…
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Christians With Ashy Souls Believe That God Is Ashy, Too
While watching and admiring Lil Nas Xās mastery of Twitter over the past week, Iām reminded a bit of John Wick. Specifically, Wick in the nightclub in John Wick, which is the first time we truly see him do some quintessentially Wick shit. While Iām sure it would suck to be one of those nameless…
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I'm Not Really Into Hyperbole or Whatever but Usher's 'U Don't Have to Call' Is the Best Song Ever Made
Earlier this week, Panama Jackson refreshed and reshared a 2017 piece declaring Mark Morrisonās āReturn of The Mackā the best song ever that no one acknowledges is the best song ever.Ā He is wrong for many reasons, including the following: 1. Iām certain that Mark Morrison, the Morrison household, the Morrison family, and the Morrison…
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Whiteness Is a Pandemic
I donāt have much to add here today that hasnāt already been said.
