Opinion
Opinion
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What We Really Learned from the Cop Who Taught an 11-Year-Old Black Boy With a BB Gun âA Lessonâ
Itâs a sorry state of affairs when mainstream media outlets are praising public servants for performing their jobs adequately, but thatâs apparently where we are in 2018. On Wednesday, CNN published an article titled, âInstead of firing at an 11-year-old with a bb gun, an Ohio officer teaches him a lesson.â The piece focuses on…
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Dear Drivers Who Veer Left to Turn Right, I Hate You. WTF Is Wrong With You?
This goes out to you and you â you know who you are, so stop me if youâve heard this one before. Youâre driving along a thoroughfare, minding your own business. Maybe youâre even listening to your favorite true-crime podcast as you venture into work, traffic court, or to that Brazilian wax appointment youâve been putting…
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A Requiem for âWhite Women,â Which the National Review Says Is a âDisparaging Termâ
On Sunday, Oct. 14, Kyle Smith, the National Reviewâs critic-at-large, penned an opinion column alerting the magazineâs conservative readership of a disturbing new trend. Smithâs article lamented the fact that Democrats and people on âthe left,â including this writer, are now slandering a sacrosanct segment of American society with an insidious, previously unknown racial slur:…
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Dispatch From a Black Man in Trumpland: Kanyeâs Oval Office âMinstrel Showâ Ainât Only About Him
Speaking Thursday on CNNâs Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Don Lemon took it there, calling Kanye Westâs performance in the White House yesterday a âminstrel show.â âHim in front of all of these white people, mostly white people, embarrassing himself and embarrassing Americans, but mostly African-Americans,â Lemon said. Others have noted Kanyeâs much-discussed mental health struggles…
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LaCroix Doesnât Just Taste Like Bug Spray, It Might Actually BE Bug Spray
Remember way, way, way, way, way back when, when I was like, âYâall are pretending to enjoy LaCroix,â and some of yâall were like, âBlasphemy! La Croix is the nectar of the Gods!â And then I was like, âUm, it tastes how Lindsey Grahamâs voice sounds,â and then yâall were like, âI JUST BAPTIZED MY…
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Why Is It So Damn Hard To Vote?
They donât want you to vote. I am not a conspiracy theorist, nor do I believe in the mythical âthey.â So, for years, I have always wondered why more black people didnât vote. Even if one doesnât believe in politics, democracy or supporting a political system founded on white supremacy, I vote for the same…
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When Donald Trump Says âItâs a Scary Time For Young Men In America,â He Means Young White Men
This is your regular reminder that the current sitting president of the United States is a racist, xenophobic rape apologist who protects and promotes abusers. He doesnât protect all abusers mind you; he protects those who look like him, think like him and have a socio-economic status that matches his. Everyone else can go to…
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Kanye West Is the Male Lauryn Hill
One day last week Kanye West was supposed to drop new music. Instead, he dropped more support for his president Donald J. Trump. One day last week, Lauryn Hill was supposed to do a show (or wasnât supposed to do a show. At this point both are believable) and she canceled and said that the…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Breaks Down Americaâs Ugly History of Housing Discrimination and How She Plans to Fix It
Home ownership is at the heart of the American dream. Michael Smith, his wife, Janet, and their daughter, Ashley, were living that dream. They scrimped and saved for a down payment while he worked full-time moving packages for DHL, and Janet, for Chase. Finally, they bought a modest home with a small yard in a…
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Kanye Is Just Being Kanye. That's It, and That's All
I want to say from the outset that this is not a post meant to excuse anything Kanye West is saying or doingâbecause a lot of what he is saying and doing is very damaging for black folks, and I cannot get behind that no matter the cause. Yesterday, I wrote about Kanyeâs visit to…