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I Just Discovered the Container Store and I Think My Life Has Been Changed Forever
Perhaps this is a Pittsburgh thing, or maybe this is just a me thing, but I have a habit of first discovering and/or learningāeither through rap music or a thing said by a standup comicāabout things that everyone already knows. For instance, although I knew of the Cheesecake Factory, I didnāt know they sold things…
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I'm Sure Someone Has a Tape of Donald Trump Saying the N-Word. Unfortunately, No One Gives a Shit
There is a 100 percent chance that Donald Trump has, at some point in his life, said ānigger.ā Those odds stay at 100 when assessing the chance that he currently thinks of black people as niggers, and then they slightly dip (87 percent? 92?) when wondering whether he 1) currently says it and 2) has…
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If You Ask Why I've Never Been to a Place You Assumed I've Been to Before, the Answer Is Probably 'Because I Was Broke'
I get it. I am a person who is a) black; b) makes a living where I often write about things specifically related to blackness; c) calls himself a āprofessional black personā; and d) has an upcoming book titled What Doesnāt Kill You Makes You Blacker (which, if you werenāt aware, is available for pre-order.)…
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Allegedly 'Smart' White People Keep Getting Dumber and Dumber About Racism
Iām going to keep this short, because variants of this piece have been written so many times that spending more than 600 words on this will make my ears explode. On Twitter earlier today, New York Times features writer Elizabeth Williamson shared a piece from columnist (and colleague) Bret Stephens about Sarah Jeong, whose hiring…
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The 10 Ashiest People In America, Ranked
Conservative politics and perpetually chapped lips are a clear sign of lotion avoidance. Also, Iām looking forward to the day when his brother in conservatism and chap, Paris Dennard, joins him on the list. His first hit single, āHow To Rob,ā was basically an ashy niggaās Koran, and heās been doubling down on ash ever…
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A List of Things I've Never Done That I Ain't Ever Going to Do Because I'm Almost 40 So Why Start Some New Shit Now?
1. Cocaine 2. Learn how to swim 3. Smoke a cigarette 4. Date a white woman: Iām married so this is a moot point anyway. But if I wasnāt, I think 40 is too late to start getting those interracial dating reps in. Plus, I donāt even know what Iād say to a white woman…
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Mural Depicts Dallas Cowboys' Dak Prescott in 'The Sunken Place' for Anti Protest Comments
Although Michael Jordanās āRepublicans buy sneakers tooā (a statement he might not have actually said) is oft-cited as a juxtaposition to the very public activism from many contemporary athletes, he was definitely not the only star of the ā90s finding oxygen and endorsements behind the both sides shield. Where a person like former Chicago Bulls…
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Just Remember That Your Punk-Ass President Would Never, Ever, Ever Call LeBron James Dumb to His Face
We have known, since weāve known who Donald Trump is, that Donald Trump is a racist. Perhaps his name hasnāt always been associated with racism, but racism has always been attached to the Donald Trump package, like an IKEA refrigerator equipped with a complimentary ice maker. We know, for instance, that he was sued decades…
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The 10 Worst Sentences From Andrew Sullivan's 'When Racism Is Fit to Print,'Ā Ranked From 'STFU Andy' to 'Does He Have a Concussion?'
Andrew Sullivan has been saying dumb things about race and racism on TV and the Internet for as long as Iāve known who Andrew Sullivan is. Iām convinced heās able to do this because heās British and has an admittedly nice beardāwhich makes people assume his words are 30 percent smarter than they actually are.…
