Opinion
Opinion
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White Women Protesting Gun Violence Won’t Work Because America Values Weapons Over People
White women in Colorado staged a sit-in Monday, but politicians won’t ever ban guns.
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How a Photo Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About America and Haitian Migrants
Itâs American history, really. Cowboys have always been good. Black people have always been on the other end of the whip.
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We Stand in Solidarity With Nikole Hannah-Jones
We, the undersigned, believe this country stands at a crucial moment that will define the democratic expression and exchange of ideas for our own and future generations. State institutions across the country are attempting to ban frank and rigorous conversation about our history in the classroom. Few single works have been threatened with more restrictions…
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Was Drakeâs Views Really Fire or Did It Leave a Lot to Be Desired? Letâs Argue
On this fifth anniversary of Drakeâs fourth studio album Views, I think itâs high time we say what needs to be said. The album was not that great. Sure, it had bops. Looking at you, âChildâs Play,â âControlla,â âOne Dance, âPop Style,âand âFeel No Ways.â Yes, it had vibes. Shouts out to you, âWeston Road…
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I Think It May Be Time for Tyrese to Throw in the Tile
OK, first things firstâlet me just say that I like Tyrese. I do, I really do. âSweet Ladyâ and âStayâ are my jams, he and Ludacris literally make up some of the best moments in the Fast & Furious franchise and I firmly believe that if he could get together whatever he needs to get…
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What if White People Are Wrong?
Of all the toxic traits that white supremacy offers, perhaps its most oxymoronic byproduct is the supreme confidence with which it endows its adherents. At this very moment, someone reading these words is absolutely certain that they are excluded from the group most Black people consider to be racist. Meanwhile, perhaps the most anti-racist white…
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Daunte and the Debt Collectors: How the Cops Became Robbers
On Sunday, April 11, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was driving with his girlfriend in Brooklyn Center, Minn., when an armed posse, under the color and authority of the law, recognized the fact that he hadnât paid for a sticker on his license plate. After stopping Wright for not having the decal that permitted him to drive…
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If You're Black, Every Day Is April Fools
While some may claim there is no such thing as âwhite culture,â I vehemently disagree. Those schooled in the anthropological specialty known as wypipology are keenly aware of the hallmarks of the Caucasian culture, including guitar-based dancing, the affinity for wraparound sunglasses and an addiction to calling the police (known to the ancient Romans as…
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I Donât Know Which Very Smart Brotha Needs to Hear This, but Maxwellâs 'Ascension' Is Actually the Best Song Ever
Before we get into this, let me first start by setting the framework for this entire piece with the wise words of Linnethia Leakes: âI said what I said.â Now that thatâs established, I think itâs time that the real truth about the best song ever finally be released. For context, over the last few…
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A Thing I Wrote About Guns and Loopholes
I should begin with the hole in my sisterâs face. I should describe how surprisingly clean a hole a bullet bores into a skullâas if her head was a watermelon or a piece of wood or a thing we did not love. I should probably detail how surprisingly sturdy my knees felt as I stood…