Dave Chappelle, in his 5th and final Netflix stand-up comedy special, "Sticks & Stones" says, at around the 15 minute mark: "And if you at home watching this shit on Netflix, remember bitch, you clicked on my face!" It's kind of a smart line because it's a built-in, preemptive defense of what he knew.. and … Continue reading Dave Chappelle’s Fight For His Right To Be Wrong
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Since it was announced that black actress and singer Halle Bailey would be playing Ariel in the new live action adaptation of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" white people have wasted no time in banding together to lose their damn minds. "Well if a black character was played by a white actor, everyone would say … Continue reading No Racial Group Gets “Pandered” To More Than White People
Seems like every year the Woker-Than-Thou Intellectual Negro Justice League collectively take to the internet streets, donning their black as fuck super hero costumes (complete with RBG flag capes), to wag their fingers at the rest of us poor, colonized black folk for having the shameful audacity to... wait for it... enjoy ourselves on the … Continue reading A Friendly 4th Of July Reminder To Let Black People Live
Any black person who works in a predominantly white job environment likely knows exactly what I mean when I say: it's like working two jobs while only being paid for one form of labor. Of course, you won't find “microaggression suffrage pay” itemized on your check stub, but you can't help but feel owed that … Continue reading Why Being The Only Black Person At Work Is Like Having Two Jobs At Once
Every time R Kelly finds himself back in the news and trending on social media (which is at least once or twice a year), black folk all over the web split off into two factions: those who believe wholeheartedly that he's guilty and celebrate his demise, and those who believe wholeheartedly that he's an innocent … Continue reading R Kelly And Why All Of Your “What-About-Ism” Questions Are Trash
Meet Megan Lee Neely, an assistant professor of biostatistics at Duke University. Over the weekend Neely resigned as director of graduate studies for biostatistics majors at the amid outrage after she sent an email on Friday in which she warned first- and second-year graduate students to only speak English on campus or face “unintended consequences.” … Continue reading Let’s Talk About White People’s Weird Obsession With Everybody Speaking English
When's the last time you opened the comment section of a Worldstar or YouTube video depicting black kids fighting, shouting or otherwise causing a ruckus and witnessed a plethora of people wondering what happened before the camera started rolling? How many people, in general, do you ever see earnestly seeking further context and back story … Continue reading The MAGA Kids Are Still Racist Assholes, Here’s Why
So, by now everyone has seen Gillette's new ad challenging men to do better and the subsequent reaction from many men generally saying, "Nah, fuck all that!" While many of us reasonable people saw a simple ad suggesting men should stop harassing women in the street, online and in the workplace, stop the bullying and … Continue reading Family Poses With Guns To Spite Gillette, And I Have Questions
Is there another group out there with bigger delusions of grandeur than black conservatives? It seems like ever since Candace “Blexit” Owens got her head all hyped up by Kanye “Slavery Was a Choice” West and their “free thinker” mantra was born, black right-wingers have become emboldened to emerge from the shadows and declare themselves … Continue reading The Truth About “Free Thinker” Black Conservatives
Now that we're a few days removed from the 2018 midterm elections and we've all seen the results, analysis of the results and opposing, ideological analysis of the analysis of the results, I want to take some time away from the election and the candidates themselves, to talk about how trash the conversation around voting/not … Continue reading The Convo Around Voting Has Become Toxic AF: Here’s Why
