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  • Economic Anxiety Is Not Just For White Men

    At some point in his 56 years of life, Cesar Alteri Sayoc—the man charged with mailing explosive devices across the country and who is the mixed son of Italian and Filipino parents—learned to cloak himself in the construct of whiteness and the benefits he likely presumed it would provide. Among those were the benefit of…

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    Malaika Jabali

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  • OK, I'm Happy for Ciara 

    If you have spent the slightest amount of time on Black Twitter or Black Instagram since 2015, you have probably come across a tweet or IG post about Ciara. And if you’ve seen a post about the singer/dancer/Russell Wilson muse—who dropped a new single and music video on Wednesday —you probably fall into one of…

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  • White Men are Winning at Literally Everything, So Why are they Still so Angry?

    Who hurt you, boo? You should smile more. It may feel like the whole world is against you, but do all of you have to be so bitter? Look at all of your athletes and celebrities with astronomical success. You have special programs to get you into colleges and businesses based almost entirely on your…

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  • An Explainer for Folks (Dudes) Who STILL Don't Understand The Shea Moisture Ad Uproar

    Supreme. Jordans. Build-a-body IG models who advertise that paste-on bra every 5 minutes. Defending Nate Parker. The Decision. These are just a sampling of things dudes go ballistic over, when in the grand scheme of things, they don’t really matter. So why come these same ninjas act like they don’t understand why the hell Shea…

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    Malaika Jabali

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  • In Case You Forgot, Ashanti Was Once The Queen of R&B.

    I know what you’re probably thinking. The world needs an Ashanti comeback. Ok literally no one is thinking that. Except for me. And maybe some random dude on the west coat cause they be on some other shit. Never mind it’s definitely still just me. Aside from the fact that Ashanti has lowkey been slaying…

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  • Dear White People Who Believe They're Victims Of Racial Oppression: You Are Wrong and You Are Dumb

    Do y’all remember that time some Africans sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and found a bunch of people living on some continents and got friendly with them and then decided, “Oh, y’all cool but do you mind, we’re going to kill you now and steal your land. Ok thanks?” But then they were like, “well…

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    Malaika Jabali

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  • What Are Those??? The Sad, Sorry, And Satisfying Slate Of Trump's Inauguration Performers

    The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Jackie Evancho. The Reagan Years. Pete Carol and the Blues. Yosemite Street Theater. Y’all these are the “big” names of people performing at President-elect Trump’s upcoming inauguration festivities on January 20th. Those last two I made up because that’s precisely what this random ass list of performers sounds like. On what…

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    Malaika Jabali

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  • Charlamagne Is Basically Every Ciara-Hating Twitter Nigga

    According to an African proverb, “You can’t be both dumb and ugly. Pick a struggle.” Charlamagne the I Don’t Use the Lord’s Name In Vain decided he would pick every struggle when he tweeted, in so many words, that Black women need to be more like hate-filled bucket of gluten-free fuckshit Tomi Lahren. He not only…

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  • Jesse Williams is Brilliant

    Apparently, God woke up one fine mornting and she said you know what it’s a Friday and I ain’t got shit to do. Except it was actually Wednesday, August 5, 1981. On this day I shall give y’all Earth heathens a man. He will be smart. He’s gon’ be famous. And y’all don’t say “woke”…

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  • Allen Iverson Is Turning 41 This Week (41!) And More Reasons I'm Starting To Feel Very Old

    While watching the Cleveland Cavaliers play the Golden State Warriors during the NBA Finals, it’s been hard for me to look at Tyronn Lue and take him seriously. Not because his team has been getting mollywhopped by Golden State. No, it’s because he will always be the guy Allen Iverson stepped over in the 2001…

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Malaika Jabali is a public policy attorney and expert at discreetly bowing people when “Knuck if You Buck” starts playing. She complains about being a broke Millennial on instagram @wokerandbroker.


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