Opinion
Opinion
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Maybe Twitterâs CEO Jack Dorsey Really Is Just Donald Trump in Disguise
Have you ever noticed how when Donald Trump is on camera talking, a whole lot of words are coming out of his mouth, but none of them are really making sense? Even when people ask him very direct, sometimes close-ended questions, he seems unable to answer them in a way that indicates there is any…
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Will the GOPâs Lone Black Senatorâs Wokeness Play Well With the White South Carolina Voters He Relies Upon?
Itâs becoming a pattern: Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina speaking up more forcefully and clearly about race and racism, even challenging his white counterparts to be better. The latest example came courtesy of an opinion piece Scott wrote for the Washington Post titled, âWhy are Republicans accused of racism? Because weâre silent on…
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I Told Yâall: Donald Trump Canât Read
The opinions expressed in this article are the sole opinions of Michael Harriot. This is in no way meant to demean the puss-filled presidential wart fucking up Americaâs face. Anyone thinking of attributing these thoughts to someone else should note that this is typed in italics which, Iâm pretty sure, makes it legally binding. In…
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Kevin Hart Wonât Get Redemption Until He Atones
Kevin Hart fucked up, and he is continuing to fuck up even as I write this. As my colleague Issac Bailey pointed out: He messed up by refusing to do what was easy and right. As others have noted, he should have simply apologized again for the old tweets because a new, larger audience would…
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Kevin Hart and The Oscars: Redemption Must Be Available, Even to Former 'Homophobes'
Kevin Hart messed up. He messed up several years ago when he decided to craft a series of homophobic tweets that still haunt him. He messed up by refusing to do what was easy and right. As others have noted, he should have simply apologized again for the old tweets because a new, larger audience…
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Apparently, the New York Times Really Misses White Supremacy
While life and familiarity have, for the most part, left me unfazed by the audacity of whiteness, there are times when I am still awestruck by its reckless cockiness. How it can feel nostalgic about slavery and wax poetic over wickedness. How it dances in the middle of the ballroom floor, twirling on top of…
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New Birth and Jamal Bryant: Time for the Black Church To Address Its Culture of Sexism, Misogyny and Homophobia
âRepent ye therefore, and be converted.â âActs 3:19 Rev. Jamal Bryant, the former pastor of Empowerment Temple A.M.E. Church, has inherited the pulpit of the late Bishop Eddie Long. While the public has speculated about both Bryantâs and New Birth Missionary Baptist Churchâs motivations for this move or whether Longâs son had applied for the…
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The Privilege of Being Remembered Like a Dead White Man
Did you know that houses owned by black Americans are undervalued by an average of $48,000 per home? Combined, this makes for 156 billion dollars in lossesâa discrepancy called a âsegregation tax.â I didnât know this either, until a recent study by the Brookings Institute articulated exactly how pervasive this brand of bias is, and…