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Christmas Gift Ideas for the Washed Black Dads in Your Life
As a washed black dad myself, Iâm well-versed in all things washed black dad. I wouldnât quite call myself a maven just yetâyou need approximately 12-15 years of washed black dadding to qualifyâbut Iâm close, and I have the sleeping pattern and sensitive toothpaste to prove it. Anyway, if you have a washed black dad…
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I Will Never Forgive White People for Donald Trump
I forget sometimes that Donald Trump is president. Iâve tried to convince myself that this is intentional; a willful misremembering of reality necessary to process his span in office. Thereâd be a nobility there, I think, as this would suggest Iâm so empathetic, so down, so woke, that I canât even sleep without tricking myself…
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30 Questions for the Way Too Aggressive Card Chip Reader at Target Last Night
1. When I was done making my purchase yesterdayâa Wilton Icing Writing Black Pen and three Sterilite Clearview Latch Boxes with purple latchesâwas it really necessary to say âRemove your card … NOW?â 2. Donât you know that putting âNOWâ in there was overkill? 3. And also rude as fuck? 4. What happened to âRemove…
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Pete Buttigieg Is (Also) Lying About His Age
I was tempted to begin this by saying Iâm ashamed to admit that I havenât been paying much attention to the Democratic presidential nominee horserace, but I didnât say the thing Iâm saying I didnât say, because it would have been a lie. I am neither ashamed to admit that nor even incrementally approaching shame.…
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Maybe Itâs Time to Just Burn Down Every Plantation
The most telling revelation from the now-concluded spectacular first season of Watchmen came directly after its first episode and was inspired by its first sceneâa reenactment of the Greenwood Massacre. Like many, I was surprised that HBO would launch a big-budget prestige series about angsty superheroes with a depiction of the government-sanctioned slaughter of hundreds…
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Pittsburgh Doesnât Deserve Mike Tomlin
So this premise is already operating at a deficit: If born, I guess, you deserve the ability to continue living, and whateverâs necessary to achieve that goalâfood, water, safety, shelter, etc.âexists under that umbrella. But once we get into concepts like happiness and fulfillment, our application of âdeserveâ becomes nebulous, as it gets conflated with…
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If You See Someone With a Plate of Half-Eaten Wings, They Probably Just Had Some Trash Wings, That's All
A now-viral image of five chicken wingsâeach in a different state of completionâhas lit the internet on fire, sparking arguments, ending friendships, and even getting niggas disinvited to gender-reveal clambakes. In the image, each wing is listed from 1 to 5, representing the spectrum from âbarely-nibbledâ to âdid you just eat the bone too?â And,…
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Quiz: How 'Black, But Not Like You Regular Blacks' Are You?
1. As a kid, what music did you listen to? A) I was that eclectic and special and unusual black kid who listened to Steely Dan and Jodeci. I think thatâs why I got into Brown. (14 points) B) Whatever I wanted to listen to. I donât understand this question. (0 points) C) Mostly stuff…
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NBA Player Calls Black Women 'Bulldogs,' Then Defends Himself by…Quoting Dr. King?
I think I have some thoughts today about Patrick Patterson, the NBA player who implied that black women are âbulldogsâ in an Instagram comment while defending his marriage to Sarah Nasser (a white woman). I think itâs funny seeing him referred to as an âNBA Starâ in write-ups about this story, cause thatâs like calling…
