Some Thoughts
Some Thoughts
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You Canât Be Mad at Big Boi and Travis Scott If You Watch the NFL
Oh, sometimes as we struggle it will be necessary to boycott. But let us remember as we boycott that a boycott is never an end. A boycott is merely means to awaken within the oppressor the sense of shame and to let him know that we donât like how we are being treated. – Martin…
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Dispatches From The Kwanzaa Kid: How I Killed the Kwanzaa Carol
If Iâm ever sent to prison on charges of first-degree blackness or mayonnaise-related hate speech, I will probably have to do my time in solitary confinement. Iâm pretty sure there are prison gangs that are waiting to stab me with a shank made out of a Bic pen to get a teardrop tattoo symbolizing that…
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Dispatches From The Kwanzaa Kid: How the Grinch Stole Ujamaa
Hereâs a lie you often hear: âI grew up in the hood. And because I was smart, all the cool kids and the gangstas bullied me and beat me up.â If you talk to anyone who ever knew me, none of them would describe me as cool. Even though I was the least intimidating person…
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Dispatches From The Kwanzaa Kid: Stories About the Turkey Bacon of Holidays
I like turkey bacon. I realize that turkey bacon is essentially a ribbon of bologna meat, but as someone who grew up in a super-religious household and was raised by an uber-religious mother, I never had bacon (or any of the popular pork-related meats) until I was an adult. Donât get me wrong, I knew…
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Here's 10 Black-Ass Predictions to Consider Since No One Really Knows What the Hell is Going to Happen in 2019
When it comes to predicting the future, I tend to listen to the wisdom of the black women in my family. Grandmamas, mothers, aunts, play aunts, doesnât matter, their dreams are damn near unassailable when it comes to predicting your impending future death. (âBaby, I saw you on a train headed straight towards a mountain.…
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A Couple Photographed Themselves Having Sex at the Great Pyramid and I Have Questions
A couple who took selfies while engaged in what appears to be a sexual act atop one of the Eight Wonders of the World (my aunt Phyllisâ fried chicken was recently approved by the World Wonder sanctioning body) has sparked international outrage and prompted a necessary question: Why, though? According to the Guardian, Danish photographer…
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No, Van Jones, I Do Not Have to Give the Racist in Chief âHis Dueâ
As someone who was born, raised, and currently lives in the South, I have grown accustomed to hearing colorful phrases infused with racist overtones, such as betraying someone by âselling them down the riverâ or hearing an unsolicited comment from the âpeanut gallery.â In fact, a few days ago, I engaged my Yankee coworkers in…
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I Just Found the Most Racist Photo (and Caption) on iStock. Here's My 10 Favorite Things About It
Yesterday afternoon, while searching âblack man calls policeâ and âcalling police black personâ on iStockâto find a suitable picture for âMy Self-Care Sunday Story: I Called The Cops On A White GuyââI found the above pic. There are tens of thousands of images on iStock, and I wonât pretend to have seen them all. But…