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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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#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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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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Shit Bougie Black People Love: 25. Natural Hair
If you ever happened across a Bougie Black Person at a gallery crawl or a blogging conference and you wanted to make them happy, ask them about natural hair. If it’s a woman, ask her to share her “big chop” story, and pull up a chair as she regales you with a 30-minute-long tale that…
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Boycotting Bill Cosby Means A Different World Too
Earlier this year, I admitted that the moral quandary many face about recognizing R. Kelly’s misdeeds and being fans of his music has never been an issue for me. Not because I’m any more or less moral than those struggling with — or just straight not caring about — his history with young girls, but…
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17 Reasons Why The NY Times Interview With Willow And Jaden Smith WILL Actually Break The Internet
1. Because “Prana Energy” — one of the six or seven things I had to google while reading this — is in the title. 2. Because this quote… “…the new pieces are suffused with a different sort of bareness, and a self-guided education in topics such as Archimedean solids and mysticism” …is used to describe…
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Missouri Just Declared A State Of Emergency, Which Means There's A 99.9% Chance Darren Wilson Will Not Be Indicted
And that fucking sucks. I have nothing else to say about this right now because I have nothing else to say about this right now that I haven’t already said. Just, if you’re in or near Ferguson or plan on traveling to or near Ferguson any time soon, stay safe.
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Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Sucked Because She Hasn't Been Dead Long Enough
At some extremely contrived professional mixer five years ago, a woman asked me to name the movie that surprises people when they learn I haven’t seen it. Before I could answer, she volunteered her’s: “Malcolm X.” This alone was grounds for getting up and walking away from the bar, but I stayed because that would have…
